Choosing between Cambridge and UNEB in 2026
Parents keep asking the same question. Here's the honest answer, university outcomes, cost, and the part nobody mentions.
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Parents keep asking the same question. Here's the honest answer, university outcomes, cost, and the part nobody mentions.
A practical checklist for parents weighing the decision, from results to the things the prospectus never mentions.

The practical effect for sixth-formers: a narrower but better-resourced menu, and tighter cut-offs.
The prospectus is polished. These questions get you past it to how the school actually runs.
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Lubowa, Wakiso
ISU is Uganda's flagship International Baccalaureate World School, accredited across PYP, MYP and DP, with a richly multinational student body drawn from more than 50 nationalities. Its 50+ acre Lubowa campus is the most architecturally generous in the country. Founded in 1967 to serve Kampala's diplomatic and expatriate community, ISU has grown into a fully authorised continuum school where a child can progress from Early Years through to the Diploma Programme without ever changing institution or educational philosophy. That single, unbroken arc, rare anywhere in the region, is the school's defining promise to globally mobile families. Teaching is delivered by a faculty recruited internationally and overwhelmingly trained in IB pedagogy, with class sizes held deliberately small so that inquiry-led learning, the heart of the IB approach, can actually happen rather than being aspired to. Specialist teachers in the sciences, languages, visual and performing arts, and physical education work alongside homeroom staff from the earliest grades. Beyond the classroom, ISU runs one of the broadest co-curricular programmes in Uganda: competitive swimming and athletics on campus facilities, a 350-seat performing-arts theatre, Model United Nations, robotics and a service-learning agenda woven through the curriculum rather than bolted on. The school's house system and pastoral structure give every student a small community inside the larger one. Graduates leave with a bilingual or trilingual profile and an IB Diploma that is read fluently by admissions offices on every continent, which is why ISU alumni are found at Ivy League and Russell Group universities, Canadian and continental-European institutions, and the leading universities of East and Southern Africa. The school frames its mission less as preparation for an exam than as preparation for a life lived across borders.
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$8.5k – $22.5k

Kampala Central, Kampala
Kampala International School Uganda is a long-established IB World School in the Bukoto suburb, authorised across the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. Founded in 1993, KISU serves a multinational community and runs the full IB continuum from Early Years through to the Diploma. Class sizes are kept small and teaching is inquiry-led in the IB tradition, with a faculty drawn from across the UK, East Africa and beyond. The school is known for a warm, family feel relative to the larger international campuses, and for strong pastoral structures alongside its academic programme.
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$7.2k – $19.5k

Central, Kampala
Accorns International School Kampala is a premium IB World School in Kololo running the Primary Years and Diploma Programmes, with a strong reputation for university counselling and a polished campus.
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$12k – $19k

Kampala Central, Kampala
Scoris International School has grown from a small Kibuli Hill primary in 1996 into one of the largest Cambridge schools in Uganda, with strong IGCSE and A-Level outcomes and a notably energetic co-curricular life.
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USh 1,800k – USh 5,900k

Kampala Central, Kampala
Part of the Aga Khan Education Services global network, AKHS Kampala has delivered the Cambridge curriculum at IGCSE and A-Level since the 1990s, with strong outcomes and a richly diverse student body. The school is open to all faiths.
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USh 2,200k – USh 5,200k

Makindye, Kampala
Set on Buziga Hill with views over Lake Victoria, Rainbow International School Uganda is an IB World School running the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. Established in 1992, it draws a diverse student body from the surrounding Muyenga and Buziga neighbourhoods and the wider expatriate community. The school combines the IB framework with a strong arts and outdoor-learning tradition, making use of its green hillside campus for environmental and service-learning projects woven through the programmes.
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$6.5k – $17.5k

Kampala Central, Kampala
Acacia International School is a primary IB World School on Acacia Avenue in Kololo, running the Primary Years Programme for children from Early Years to the end of primary. Founded in 2008, it is a feeder for the secondary IB and Cambridge schools across Kampala. The school is small and centrally located, with an inquiry-led PYP programme and a close-knit, internationally diverse parent community.
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$5.5k – $9.5k

Lubowa, Wakiso
Galaxy International School Uganda is a purpose-built Cambridge school south of Kampala known for its strong STEM and ICT provision. It runs the full Cambridge pathway and draws a multinational student body.
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$7k – $12.5k
Kololo, Kampala
Accredited by the French Ministry of Education and operated under the Mission Laïque Française, LFGL delivers the French national curriculum from maternelle to collège in Kampala's diplomatic district of Kololo.
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Fees on request

Lubowa, Wakiso
Acorns International School runs the Cambridge curriculum from Early Years through IGCSE and A-Level on a leafy campus south of Kampala. A long-standing favourite with expatriate and Ugandan professional families, it pairs small classes with a broad co-curricular programme.
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$6.5k – $11.5k
Mukono Town, Mukono
Founded in 1969 by the Anglican Diocese of Mukono, Salama is one of East Africa's longest-running schools for blind and low-vision children, offering Braille-instructed primary and lower-secondary education, with strong onward placement to inclusive secondary schools.
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USh 580k – USh 870k
Kampala, Kampala
Kampala Montessori School offers authentic Montessori education across the 3–6 (Casa) and 6–12 (elementary) cycles, with mixed-age classrooms, the full complement of Montessori materials and trained guides. Children transition into UNEB primary for the upper-primary, PLE-preparation years.
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USh 1,450k – USh 1,650k