Nassau - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability of international schools? What has been your general experience with them, if any?
Great international schools. We’ve been happy with faculty, engagement, curriculum, extracurriculars, activities for family, and PTA from K-12. Recent grads getting into great schools abroad (US, UK, Canada) with scholarships. Look at Lyford Cay, Windsor, and Kings College- these three I can vouch for, but there are other options, too. - May 2024
There are several private school options, more so for elementary school children. I do not recommend St. Andrews under any circumstances - we withdrew one of our children after just a few months due to an atmosphere of hostility and bullying. We left our older child there as she had already made friends, but we found the school is difficult to work with. Meridian school experience was very positive, but that only goes up to 7th grade. Windsor Prep takes over for 8th graders, and our experience with that school has also been very positive. I have nothing bad to say about either Meridian or Windsor - although Meridian is located next to the landfill (which sometimes catches on fire for weeks). So if your child has asthma or similar, you won't want to send him/her there. One additional note - if your teenager is inclined to make stupid decisions, marijuana and alcohol use is very common within that age group. - Jun 2015
We have no experience with the schools but understand that there are several available and their reputations are generally good. - May 2015
I believe there are two high schools, Lyford Cay and St. Andrews. Lyford Cay is on the west end of the island in a prestigious community (Sean Connery lives there), but is very small. St. Andrews is on the east side and is bigger, but traffic is awful over there. Parents with kids there will be faced with either hour commutes for their kids to get to school or having an hour commute for them to get to work. - Jan 2011
Lyford Cay and St. Andrews are the best private schools. They use the IB curriculum - Mar 2010
Dependent on the side of island that you live on, their are two international schools here; St. Andrews (East side) and Lyford Cay (West side).It is wise to pick the school on the same side of the island as what you live for the commute can be 1+ hours each way. I enrolled my 3 year old in a wonderful Montesorri program at Tambearly School (West side).They have small student-to-teacher ratios and classes all the way up to Year 9 (British system is island wide). - Dec 2008
