Most popular international schools in Cali

Colégio Colombo Británico Cali is an IB World School serving ages 1 to 18. It offers the full IB continuum—PYP, MYP and DP—alongside the Colombian Baccalaureate Diploma, with CIS accreditation ensuring international standards. The school is bilingual in Spanish and English and welcomes students from diverse nationalities, including a secondary cohort that is predominantly Colombian. Facilities include a performing theatre, an art studio, and three libraries, plus a roofed sports center with gym, pools, and outdoor fields to support arts, athletics and study spaces. The GoBeyond Round Square program enables international exchanges and experiential learning, including trips to the United Kingdom. A Diploma Programme College Placement Counsellor assists with higher education planning. The school partners with Make-A-Wish Colombia for community service and emphasizes multilingualism and global citizenship through Round Square activities and leadership opportunities. The student body reflects international and local cultures, preparing learners to contribute responsibly and globally daily.

Colegio Bolívar is a Cali-based school offering a bilingual program from preprimary through high school. The Preprimary curriculum follows the Ontario framework with a play-based, bilingual approach that develops inquiry, communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. Grades 2–5 use a Deeper Learning model, emphasizing reading and writing alongside science, math and technology, with English instruction and integrated arts, music, dance and physical education. Middle School provides bilingual program that prepares students for Colombian Bachillerato and U.S. High School Diploma, with class sizes up to 22 and electives like art, robotics, video production, Model UN, AI and video game design. High School offers a double diploma, AP courses, AP Capstone and Senior Project, and college guidance for SAT/ACT/TOEFL/ICFES. 14-hectare campus includes science and technology centers, Fine Arts and Science Center, library, a sports complex and outdoors. Core values include Respect, Integrity and Social Commitment, guiding graduates to universities worldwide and beyond.

Colegio Aleman de Cali (German School of Cali) is a private, bicultural, international school in Ciudad Jardin, Cali, Colombia. The school serves students from Maternal through Grade 12 and offers both the International Baccalaureate diploma and the German Abitur. Instruction is delivered in Spanish and German, with English introduced from Kindergarten and French added in upper years, making it a four-language institution. Students can earn international language certifications including IELTS, the Deutsches Sprachdiplom (DSD), and DELF. The school is part of the Deutsche Schule network and affiliated with the ZfA (Central Agency for German Schools Abroad). Summer exchange and camp programs in Germany are available, along with professional orientation for university placement.

Lycée Français Paul Valéry de Cali is a French international school serving Maternelle, Élémentaire and Secondaire, delivering the French national education system within the AEFE network. The school offers the French Baccalaureate and the Colombian Baccalaureate, and conducts instruction in French while teaching four languages—English, Spanish, French and Portuguese—supporting rapid bilingualism and multiculturalism. Classes emphasize differentiated pedagogy and the development of critical thinking in a diverse student body. The campus network centers on a rural Arroyohondo–Yumbo site of about 70,000 m2 with completed preschool facilities and ongoing primary and secondary buildings; the design prioritizes bioclimatic features, natural ventilation and daylight, and includes dedicated sports facilities. The Antigua La Flora site previously served multiple facilities and closed in 2022. The school is the only French lycée in Cali and operates under AEFE guidelines to foster autonomy, responsible citizenship and a high standard of education through its programs and extracurriculars.

Aspaen Liceo Tacurí is a day school in Colombia offering a blended international curriculum that combines Cambridge CAIE and IB Diploma Programme. The school is certified as a Cambridge Associate School and participates in Cambridge-British Council alliance to internationalize learning, including second-language subjects taught with international methodologies in real-context learning. Education is personalized, with mixed delivery in preschool and differentiated instruction in later years to meet each student's development needs. NOVUS and NOVUS A+ enable interdisciplinary projects that extend learning beyond traditional subjects, with NOVUS A+ developed in partnership with Universidad de La Sabana to address affectivity, sexuality and health. The program emphasizes faith-based education, values-driven leadership, creativity development, freedom and respect, and international projection, with excellence promoted as a lifestyle. The campus supports a chapel, dining hall, a school shop, and transport routes; sports include football, swimming, volleyball and basketball, alongside electives like robotics, environmental work, and cultural activities.