About Us

Surval Montreux is an exceptional international boarding school for girls aged 12 to 19 years, in a spectacular and unique setting in a beautiful corner of Switzerland. Families who choose Surval for their daughters are looking for something different. Surval is not a typical school, we are much more than a school.

We are committed to emboldening our girls with the confidence, tenacity, and resilience to find their own path and success in life, through a modern and forward-thinking bespoke education built around a foundation of championing social enterprise, forging global perspectives, and celebrating language and culture, lived out in our everyday life.

At Surval, our core values of courage, curiosity, honesty and openness equip our girls for  their tomorrow – promoting a culture of courtesy, consideration and care.

Highly Qualified Staff

Our highly qualified staff are committed to inspirational teaching and to the provision of an outstanding enrichment curriculum. Our teaching staff ratio is 1:2.5, and in addition we have a team of Graduate students to support individual work with girls, as well as all the extracurricular opportunities.

Small Class Sizes

The small class sizes and the individual attention that girls receive both academically and pastorally ensure that every girl can achieve the best of which she is capable. Girls coming from schools with classes of 30 or more are delighted to find how much easier it is to understand and make progress when they have the teacher’s full attention and individual explanation.

An International Family

The experience of living together in a family community, in comfortable rooms with breathtaking views, gives girls security, aspiration and lifelong friendships. The rich variety within our international intake gives us particular strength. All our students are genuinely international, and learn about and from each other both in lessons and beyond.

Individual Attention and Care

Surval is a learning community with a creative culture which is open to and initiates change, and is sensitive to the needs of the individual within the school family. We are proud of our distinctive ethos of friendliness and the commitment of everyone in the Surval ‘family’.

Key Facts

• Founded in: 1961
• Students:  60 students (Maximum per year)
• Age range: Girls ONLY 12-19 years old
• Campus: Montreux
• Accreditation: AdvancED
• Nationalities: from all over the world 

Academics 

• Average Class Size: 10 
• Language: English and French
• Diplomas:  American High School, IGCSE, A Levels, Language Certificates
• Ratio Staff/Students: 1:6
• Foreign Languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
• Summer Camps: 27 June to 31 July 2021 (8-16 years old)