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The ten schools Johannesburg parents researched most this year, chosen from the 35 international schools in the city. Ranked by how many families opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between September 2025 and August 2026, then the full picture on curricula, class sizes and fees.
The 2026 ranking
Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between September 2025 and August 2026.
Lycée Jules Verne is a French AEFE-affiliated international school with two campuses, in Johannesburg and Pretoria, welcoming students from Very Small Section (TPS) through Terminale, ages 2 to 18. Opened in 1992, the school is part of the global AEFE network, delivering education aligned with French programs and guiding students toward the French baccalaureate in 138 countries. The Johannesburg campus serves nursery to Terminale in a modern, green environment with adaptable classrooms, laboratories, a CDI library, and facilities for sport and the arts; the Pretoria campus offers kindergarten through CM2 in a warm, secure setting with modern classrooms, play spaces and sports facilities. The school emphasises laïcité and cultural respect, serving 76 nationalities and a world-facing ethos. A rich AES extracurricular program provides arts, music, theatre, sciences, languages, and wellbeing activities, supervised by qualified instructors, with after-school care and activities coordinated via the Eduka portal. Open to the world, thriving.
Lycée Jules Verne is a French AEFE-affiliated international school with two campuses, in Johannesburg and Pretoria, welcoming students from Very Small Section (TPS) through Terminale, ages 2 to 18. Opened in 1992, the school is part of the global AEFE network, delivering education aligned with French programs and guiding students toward the French baccalaureate in 138 countries. The Johannesburg campus serves nursery to Terminale in a modern, green environment with adaptable classrooms, laboratories, a CDI library, and facilities for sport and the arts; the Pretoria campus offers kindergarten through CM2 in a warm, secure setting with modern classrooms, play spaces and sports facilities. The school emphasises laïcité and cultural respect, serving 76 nationalities and a world-facing ethos. A rich AES extracurricular program provides arts, music, theatre, sciences, languages, and wellbeing activities, supervised by qualified instructors, with after-school care and activities coordinated via the Eduka portal. Open to the world, thriving.
What’s on offer
The mix of programmes and teaching languages across all 35 schools. Many offer more than one curriculum, so totals run higher than the school count.
Number of schools teaching each curriculum.
Number of schools teaching in each language.
Size & classes
School size and class size shape day-to-day experience as much as curriculum does.
Schools grouped by total enrolment.
Average school size is 728 students · based on the 33 schools that report enrolment.
Schools grouped by typical class size.
Average class size is 22.0 students · based on the 30 schools that report it.
What it costs
Fees shown are one year for a 12-year-old (or the closest age available), excluding one-time enrolment costs.
Across the 4 schools that publish a price for a 12-year-old. All figures in ZAR.
How many schools sit in each annual-fee range.
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