International College of Continuous Education

In Brief

ICCE is the school for families who want IB from primary upwards but don't need the Diploma, or who want their child to graduate with both an IB credential and Kazakhstan's national Attestat. It is a small, long-established school with a warm community feel - but verify fees and current IB stream staffing directly before making a decision.

International College of Continuous Education has been on Zheltoksan Street in central Almaty since 1993, which makes it one of the oldest schools in the city. It holds IB PYP authorisation for Grades 1-4 and IB MYP authorisation for Grades 5-10, but not the IB Diploma Programme. That dual-track approach - teaching both the IB programme and Kazakhstan's national curriculum in parallel - means students leave with both an IB MYP certificate and the Kazakhstani Attestat, which can be a genuine advantage for families considering universities in Kazakhstan alongside options abroad. The school also runs a separate kindergarten at 138A Panfilov Street.

At 324 students, ICCE is a genuinely small school. There is no uniform requirement, which is unusual in Almaty's international school market. The extracurricular programme includes the Tonika music studio, dance, chess, robotics, a language club called Meridian, and various sports. University partnerships with Oxford, Warwick, British Council, Howard University, and Virginia are listed on the school's website. Parent feedback on the school website is consistently warm, with multiple families citing the teachers' attentiveness, the quality of the food, and the after-school programme as particular strengths.

Fees are not publicly listed, which makes direct comparison difficult. Budget planning requires a conversation with the school first. ICCE's central location on Zheltoksan Street is an asset for families living in or near the city centre; traffic out to Bostandyk or the Al-Farabi corridor is not a daily consideration. The absence of the IB Diploma is the main structural limitation - families expecting their child to progress to DP at the same school will need to transfer at Grade 11.