| School type | Coeducational Day & Boarding |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Co-ed Age Range | 3-18 |
| Number of Pupils | 520 |
| Day fees per annum | EURO5,000 |
| Curriculum | Fieldwork IPC, IBDP, IBCP, IGCSE |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Average Class Size | 8:1 |
| Teacher/Pupil ratio | 8:1 |
| Fort Pembroke, Pembroke, PBK 1641, Malta |
Verdala International School is located on the small Island of Malta in the central Mediterranean. It is situated half way between Italy and North Africa. The school itself is located in the district of Pembroke on the edge of the urban area that extends to the west of the capital Valletta. The name Verdala comes from the French Grandmaster de Verdala who led the Order of the Knights of St John from 1582 to 1595. Founded in 1976 as a day school to serve the children of expatriate families living in Malta, the VERDALA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (VIS) has gone through considerable change during its history. Initially sponsored by an American oil company, Verdala grew to over 400 students in its early days. The withdrawal of the company from Libya resulted in a sharp decline in enrollment at VIS.
In 1985 the school reconstituted as a non-profit foundation, which currently operates under the name of The Verdala International School Foundation. In 1987, the school moved with 110 students to its current historic site at Fort Pembroke. Since that time, the school has grown to its current population of 522 students. Having outgrown the space initially provided within “the Fort”, the school obtained additional buildings and grounds from the government. The resulting six acre campus provides room for growth and development of the school in the foreseeable future.
The Foundation is charged by statute to operate an International School for the education of children of any sex, nationality, creed or ethnicity, and in particular, the dependents of international parents for whom the Anglo-American model of education is best suited.
APPLICATIONS
Before you start the process of an online application for a place for your child, please read through the following information carefully.
Admissions Policy
You can review our Admissions policy by clicking here.
Placement Policy
According to our school’s Admission’s Policy, we place new students by age. To read our placement policy, click here.
To apply for admission, please submit the following for each applicant:
All documentation must be provided in English and translations must be by a recognised authority.
- School records for the previous two years and records for the current year, as available.
- Copies of any independent assessments (if appropriate), individual educational plans or any psychological and/ or medical reports (if appropriate).
- Copy of the applicant’s passport (photo page only)
- Health record, including record of vaccinations as required by Maltese Legislation.
- The non-refundable application fee, which covers the administrative costs only and does not guarantee a place at the school.
If you are applying for more than one child, click on the ‘Add Applicant’ tab, once you complete the first child’s application.
The signature of the parent on the Application Form constitutes acceptance of all Terms and Conditions.
Incomplete applications will be discarded after 30 days.
The admissions process is connected to our student’s annual Re-enrolment process, which will be initiated in March each year. Once we have a realistic idea of the number of returning students and spaces available, we will start to review applications.
Waiting Pools
A waiting pool of applications will be created if a class is full. A student’s position in the wait pool may change if there are subsequent applications from families with higher priority. Students will remain in the wait pool for the academic year for which they have applied. If a seat is not found for the applicant within that academic year, parents may contact the admissions office to roll over the application to the next academic year as early as October 1st. Applications will not automatically roll over to the following academic year.
