British International School Ho Chi Minh City

In Brief

BIS HCMC is the strongest British-track school in Saigon by exam results and size - if your child is heading towards UK universities and you're already in Thao Dien, it's hard to argue against it. Ask about the three-campus logistics and how pastoral care works across sites.

BIS HCMC holds the highest IB Diploma average in Vietnam - 36.4 in 2025, well above the world average of 30.6 - and it's been rated outstanding in all categories by the UK government inspectorate. With 2,400-plus students from 55 nationalities, it's the largest international school in Saigon, and it operates across three campuses in An Khanh Ward: Early Years and Infants on Thao Dien Street, Junior on Nguyen Van Huong, and Secondary 200 metres further along the same road. The British curriculum runs through IGCSE before students enter the IB Diploma in Years 12 and 13.

Nord Anglia's global network is a real operational advantage here. Students get access to MIT STEAM labs, Juilliard-linked arts programming, and United World Schools partnerships that genuinely extend what a single campus can offer. Average class size is 18 with a cap of 24, and the 100-plus after-school activities per campus give secondary students a broad schedule. Families already living in Thao Dien find the walk between campuses straightforward at pickup.

Three campuses means three sets of school-run logistics, and it's worth asking how information flows between them if you have children at different stages. Some families have noted that the secondary campus feels more corporate than intimate given its size. If you're self-funding rather than on a company package, the fee trajectory into secondary and IB is at the top of the Saigon market, so build in the full secondary cost before committing.