Taipei European School

Taipei's pan-European campus, formed by merging the British, French and German schools, around 1,800 pupils across two Yangmingshan and Shilin sites, IB-track at the top with separate national-curriculum primary streams below.

TES brings together the British Section, the Section Française and the Deutsche Schule in Taipei, with the Swire European Primary Campus in Shilin and the Swire European Secondary Campus on Yangmingshan. The school holds CIS accreditation, runs the IB MYP and IB Diploma in upper school, and added a five-storey secondary block in 2020. IB results sit above the world average.

Families pick TES over TAS for two reasons. It is more genuinely international, with a lower share of Taiwanese passport-holders, and the British, French and German sections give European families a way to keep their child on a national curriculum at primary. Honest criticisms recur. Fees are high relative to outcomes, no school bus runs below grade 3, and views on administration vary. For families on the embassy or European corporate circuit, TES is usually the first call before TAS.

• TES is the British/IB counterpoint to Taipei American School in Taipei; posters position the two as the city's top tier and rank TES second on package and prestige but academically comparable.
• Former pupils praise the Mandarin programme. One ex-student said the school had pretty good Mandarin language teaching during their time but added that the climate has shifted to feel "much more cooperate" under newer leadership.
• IB pathway is the standout vs TAS. Parents weighing IB depth pick TES; AP-leaning families pick TAS.
• Two campuses (Yangmingshan upper school, Shilin lower school) feature in posts about commuting and where to live.
• Work-culture flags appear in teacher posts. One described TES as "okay tier 2" with families that "throw their weight around" and a package below TAS.
• A small but persistent local point: a long-running family protest takes place outside the school. Posters say the school has explained the antisemitic symbolism to the protesters, who continue regardless. Read it as local context, not a school-quality claim.