All teaching staff are Native English Speakers

Yoyogi International School offers EAL (English as an Additional Language) support to non-native speakers to further enhance their language skills.

Japanese Language and Culture are featured highly in the curriculum.
The Japanese language program is offered as the Japanese Foreign Language (JFL) class or the Kokugo class. Students in the Kokugo class will have native level spoken Japanese. The Japanese class (KOKUGO) is taught under Japanese national curriculum and textbook, exactly the same program as Japanese elementary schools.

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15

Yes, for Kindergarten

IT is integrated across the curriculum. Students have access to Mac Book Airs, iPads and a variety of digital resources, which are used to publish work, create presentations, and also as a tool to research social studies, science and art topics. A new 3D Printing Lab is being installed.

The school has provisions for virtual learning for any unforeseen circumstances.

Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Others

Yoyogi International School does not discriminate against any persons based on gender, race, religion.

All students perform two NWEA MAP assessments each year

Well above norms

Yes, according to age and grade.

The suggested time is 10 minutes per grade level, i.e., Grade 6 is 60 minutes

100%

We have staff to support mild learning differences, and all teachers receive training.

If required, students are supported with individual programming, additional support, and connections to outside agencies.

We differentiate for a variety of learning levels.

Yes, through external agencies.

Yes

All incoming students are subject to a Reading, Writing and Mathematics and, if necessary, English proficiency test.

Availability and waitlists depend on the enrollment of a given grade level, please enquire for further information.

Open throughout the year, pending available spaces.

Yes

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15:30

YIS offers After School Activities program from 4-5 pm.

Yes

In partnership with a lunch catering service KIWI Kitchen

Yes, through Kiwi Kitchen

Yes

Pilates, Coding, Taekwondo, Soccer, ESL, Drama, Ukulele, Sports Club, Art ...

Physical education, Cross-country team, basketball and others are being added.

We have a cross-country team, football teams and basketball coming in 2025.

2 Libraries (One per campus), Multi-purpose Room, Science Lab, Tech and design space, and 3D Lab in 2025.

Outside playground, indoor gymnasium, and swimming facilities close to school, Olympic facilities immediately accessible and rented

Yoyogi International School provides a first-class education with a totally unique curriculum for international students from around the world age 1 1/2 to 11 years old.
Yoyogi International School was founded in 1999 with the vision of providing the children of the international community in Tokyo with a high-quality early childhood education. The School quickly earned a reputation of providing excellent international education, and proudly became one of the most prestigious early learning centers in Tokyo. Yoyogi International School has since extended its' high-quality, enriching program to primary education.

YIS embraces the needs of every child by providing a warm, secure and nurturing environment where children gain independence, motivation, develop critical thinking skills and integrity that are essential for the global society in the 21st century.

Yoyogi International School's well-developed curriculum incorporates important philosophies and goals from leading educational curriculums to prepare all children for any education system around the world;

- The philosophy of the International Baccalaureate's Prmary Years Programme (IB PYP)
- Middle School is a Project-Based Learning Model based on UK Standards
- UK National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and the Early Year Foundation Stage
- US Common Core State Standards
- US State Guidelines (New York and Massachusetts Board of Education)
- National Education Technology Standards from the International Society for Technology (IT Curriculum only)

YIS curriculum covers eight subject areas:
- Language and Literacy
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Physical Development
- Japanese
- Social and Emotional Development
- IT (Primary Program only)

To deliver these curriculums, YIS utilizes the following programs that are used in classrooms in the US, UK and international schools around the world.
- Everyday Mathematics
- Letters and Sounds
- Write Source
- Harcourt Science