Tokyo International Public School (TIPS)

Location

• Nishi-Kasai Campus (Montessori kindergarten): KS Building 2F, 5-5-18 Nishi-Kasai, Edogawa City, Tokyo
• Naka-Kasai Campus (Montessori kindergarten and elementary): Sawada Building 3F, 1-31-9 Naka-Kasai, Edogawa City, Tokyo

Ages

Kindergarten for ages 3–6 (K1, K2/K3). Elementary Grades 1–8 (the Naka-Kasai Campus page says Grades 1–5).

Curriculum

The kindergarten uses Montessori education, with K1 (ages 3–4) and K2/K3 (ages 4–6) classes. Children learn practical life, sensorial, math, cultural, language and creative activities following monthly themes. The elementary school follows the Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary (Grades 1–8) curriculum, and the official website says "Registered as Cambridge International School". It is described as a school conceived by graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Kindergarten hours are 9:00–14:00 for Regular School and 9:00–18:00 for Full School; elementary is 9:00–15:00.

Monthly fees

Monthly amounts include consumption tax (excluding tax: Regular ¥50,000, Full ¥80,000, elementary ¥50,000). The school year is not stated. The kindergarten Regular School amount has a note "for parents not using city subsidies". Both campuses are facilities covered by free early childhood education and care subsidies, and it says families living in Koto City and Edogawa City receive a subsidy of ¥77,000/month or more from the city when a child aged 3–6 enters the kindergarten course. There are also evening classes for ¥5,000–¥33,000/month (tax included; varies by days per week and length of 1–3 hours; no enrollment fee).

Fees at entry

Enrollment fee ¥30,000 (one time only).