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  • Educational overview of Mombasa

    Finding the right school shouldn’t be complicated because there just isn’t the choice available as in Nairobi.  As always it’s more of a case of ‘matching’ a child to the right school than a search for golden and shiny perfection.  No school is perfect all the time, and all three schools reviewed have much to be proud of and are well worth serious consideration. 

  • Expat overview of Mombasa

    The Kenya coast always surprises first-timers: it’s totally unlike the rest of Kenya – you almost feel you’ve arrived in another country. 

  • Expat overview: Kenya generally and Nairobi specifically

    Although she's lived in Kenya much of her life, journalist, parent and GSGI Kenya Editor Juliet Barnes' travels and life have made her think like an expat. But her piercing take on moving to Kenya is a must-read for anyone thinking about going or already there.

  • Schools in Kenya: educational overview

    It would be hard to find many people in Kenya with quite as good a grasp of Kenyan educational offerings, much less the enthusiasm for for it, as journalist, parent and GSGI Kenya Editor Juliet Barnes. Unexpectedly, at least from a Euro-centric point of view, one is spoilt for choice if looking for a good school in Kenya. In this article is all you need to know, written by this extraordinary GSGI editor/advisor, a woman so intrepid she edited her school write-ups for the GSGI while "sorting out a stroppy bull buffalo" circling her house one summer afternoon. 

  • Schools in Mombasa considered by expats

    A snapshot of international schools in Mombasa that are considered (although not necessarily chosen) by English-speaking expat parents, with the best visited and reviewed by The Good Schools Guide International.

  • Schools in Nairobi considered by expats

    A snapshot of international schools in Nairobi that are considered (although not necessarily chosen) by English-speaking expat parents, with the best visited and reviewed by The Good Schools Guide International.


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