Asker International School

The school is located at Gamle Borgenvei 3, 1383 Asker.

PYP 1-5; MYP 6-10; Upper Secondary and Diploma Programme.

Private international school; IB World School; English is the medium of instruction.

Over 40 nationalities represented.

MYP ends at 15:30 Mon-Thu; 12:20 Fri. PYP ends at 15:00 Mon-Thu; 12:20 Fri (Grades 1-5). SFO finishes at 16:30 on Fridays.

The school offers an IB-structured curriculum with Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) and is an authorised World School. It opened in August 2013 and now has about 600 students and over 60 staff. In the MYP, subjects include Mathematics, English, Norwegian, Sciences, Individuals and Societies, Physical Education, Performing Arts, Design, Spanish and Mandarin. English is the language of instruction in the IB programmes, with weekly Norwegian instruction; four languages are taught in the MYP (English, Norwegian, Chinese and Spanish) and two in the PYP (English and Norwegian). Year 11 in August 2026 begins IB Foundation; AIS plans to offer the Diploma Programme and has applied to become an authorised DP School, with consultancy in 2026 and first DP teaching planned for August 2027. AIS is a MOT school, a Dysleksi Norge School and Eco-Lighthouse organisation.

The school emphasises inclusive learning and the IB Learner Profile in practice; all teachers are inclusion teachers and implement Quality First Teaching to ensure access and engagement for all students; AIS fosters collaboration, mutual respect and problem solving to support belonging and well-being; the school maintains a psychosocial wellbeing framework aligned with IB standards.

The school identifies learning differences early and provides targeted interventions; it adheres to Norwegian law for special education and IB standards, including Special Education and pedagogical-psychological services with appropriate accommodations and additional support as needed.

English is the language of instruction in the IB programmes; from Grade One the classroom operates as an English immersion environment, with EAL support consisting of individual guidance, differentiated teaching and optional separate language development lessons as required; EAL constitutes the largest language environment at AIS.

All pupils are entitled to a good physical and psychosocial environment that promotes health, well-being and learning; AIS has a Psychosocial Environment Strategy and clear guidance on supporting the social, emotional and physical well-being of students and staff.

AIS provides a friendly, welcoming, healthy and protective environment that is gender‑sensitive; safeguarding is embedded in policies and day‑to‑day practice to protect students.

The school registers your application after you submit it; the application is an expression of interest. When a place becomes available, you will receive an email with the offer and a contract. To accept, sign and return the contract and pay the admin fee of NOK 2000 by the date stated in the email. Once the contract and payment are received, you will receive a confirmation email. The Board prioritises admissions as follows: open to all school‑aged children; if applications exceed capacity, priority goes to the children of staff, siblings of current students, former AIS students who have attended school outside Norway for at least six months (updated September 2020), and the date of application. Applicants are asked to indicate which criteria they meet on the application. Places for grade 1 are offered from the beginning of November in the year before the students start; after this date, contracts are issued based on the criteria listed above. There is continuous admission until the 60 places in grade 1 are filled. For all grades, parents must give a minimum of three months' notice when leaving; if spaces become available during the school year, AIS will fill them as soon as possible. AIS accepts new students as long as capacity allows. When capacity is reached, students are placed on a waiting list. You do not need to re‑apply if you do not secure a place during the school year; there can be no more than one application in the system for a student. In March each year AIS contacts those on waiting lists to confirm whether they wish to remain on the list for the next year.

If capacity is reached for a grade, applicants are placed on a waiting list. AIS contacts waiting lists in March each year to confirm whether families wish to remain on the list for the next year.