Private Grundschule Schloss Thiergarten Bayreuth der International School Bayreuth gGmbH

Advertised as an 'International School' but nearly all of the students are native Germans. We choose the school for our English speaking child because we felt it would ease the transition of moving to a new country. We were told that the teachers speak German and English simultaneously. The do not. They speak German nearly the entire time and will only give our child a quick summary of what was just spoken or what our child needs to do. Our child takes 4 hours of English, yes English per week and rarely has any private German classes to help her learn. Despite all the children learning English and taking many hours of English, they do not speak it outside of their forced English class. Our child must speak German in order to communicate with their fellow peers and teachers. The support for foreigners is terrible at this school and quite frankly the teachers lack patience and compassion.