Schools Guidebook
Looking for a British school in Tokyo?
Looking for an American school in Japan?
Looking for international schools in Osaka?
Looking for international schools in Nagoya?
Looking for Japanese international school policies?
This Japanese international school guidebook can help you!
Japanese international schools are now easy to locate with the first ever comprehensive guidebook to international schools in Japan. It gives parents the ability to examine over a hundred schools, all in one publication. No need to gather brochures from many different schools; no need to sit endlessly jumping from one Japanese education related website to another; no need to read between the lines and wonder what’s missing!
Based on over 60 questions that parents ask when looking at educational options for their children, the Guide to International Schools in Japan features six pages on each Japanese international school, including four photographs and 2000 words — it’s like having a mini-prospectus for over one hundred schools, all in one handy package! Each school profile includes:
- Contact information
- Age, gender mix, and nationalities of children
- Class and school size
- History, goals, ethos, and curriculum
- Facilities, hours, terms, and vacations
- Key staff backgrounds and qualifications
- Awards and recognitions
- Languages taught and languages taught in
- Services for bicultural children
- Special needs services and gifted child programs
- Examinations held
- Religious affiliations
- School lunch policies
- Disciplinary procedures
- Education policies
- Transportation and parking
- Security
- Expected parental involvement
- Homework expectations
- School trips and special events
- Extracurricular and summer school programs
- Alumni activities
- Fees, discounts, and scholarships
- Application procedures and acceptance criteria
- Plus lots more!
If you are expatriate parents, a bicultural family, or internationally-minded Japanese parents, the Guide to International Schools in Japan is essential reading!
Caroline Pover’s 700-page guidebook profiling over 100 international schools in Japan is available a English-language bookstores throughout Japan, and at online book retailers. Many of the schools featured in the book also have copies for parents to borrow or purchase, and display copies can be found at embassies, doctor’s clinics, restaurants, libraries, and ward offices throughout Japan. Most relocation providers have copies for their clients, and some women’s organisations and charities can benefit from donations made through book sales.
Updates to the print edition are posted on this site, along with the latest news about featured schools that are also members of Japan School News. You can also download a free supplement here.
A Japanese edition of the schools guidebook is currently in production.
Contact us to order the print edition of the schools guidebook (English edition) directly.
For book signings, please check the author’s speaking engagements listed on her site.
