Guide · Practicalities
Where to live in Belgrade if your child goes to an international school
Which neighbourhood each school is in, how the buses actually work, and why choosing the school before the flat saves a year of driving.
Schools' own pages read 24 August to 23 September 2026
Eleven of the twenty schools in this guide have a campus in Dedinje, Senjak or Banovo Brdo – three adjoining neighbourhoods in the south-west of the city. That is the single most useful thing to know before you sign a lease. The other nine are spread out: Green School on Ada Ciganlija, Westbridge, the state Deseta gimnazija and the Russian Embassy school in Novi Beograd, London Gates and Intellectum in Stari Grad, BIS in Voždovac and International School and Young Sparrows in Vračar. Vračar is the practical middle option. Novi Beograd has modern family housing but only three of the schools here, so living there usually means a commute.
Which schools are where
| Neighbourhood | Schools | Which ones |
|---|---|---|
| Senjak | 6 | Brook Hill, DSB, PRIMA, Ruska škola, ISB, EFB |
| Dedinje | 4 | Brook Hill, Chartwell, EDUCA, IPS |
| Vračar | 3 | Brook Hill, International School, Young Sparrows |
| Stari Grad | 3 | Intellectum, International School, London Gates |
| Novi Beograd | 3 | Deseta gimnazija, Westbridge, Russian Embassy school |
| Banovo Brdo | 2 | Crnjanski, Ruđer Bošković |
| Košutnjak | 1 | Ruđer Bošković |
| Savski Venac | 1 | Chartwell |
| Ada Ciganlija | 1 | Green School |
| Voždovac | 1 | BIS |
| Žarkovo | 1 | Crnjanski |
Some schools run several campuses in different neighbourhoods and appear more than once. Where a school does not name the district of an address, the district shown here is our reading of the street, and we could not check it against an independent source – Brook Hill, for instance, describes all four of its campuses as being in Dedinje, while two of the addresses look to us like Vračar and Senjak. Check the address of the campus your child will actually attend, not the school's head office, and do not rely on our district labels for a lease.
The neighbourhoods, honestly
Dedinje and Senjak
The diplomatic quarter and the streets around it, and where more of the schools in this guide are than anywhere else – nine of the twenty have a campus in one of the two. Quiet, green, and residential to the point of being sleepy – you will drive or take the trolleybus for most things. If your priority is that a child can walk or take a short bus to school and to friends' houses, this is the answer.
Banovo Brdo and Košutnjak
Ruđer Bošković and Crnjanski are here, and Green School by Chartwell is on Ada Ciganlija nearby. More space and more greenery than Dedinje, somewhat lower rents, and the large Košutnjak forest park on the doorstep. Further from the centre, which matters more to parents than to children.
Vračar
The practical compromise: a proper city neighbourhood with cafés, markets and parks, close enough to Dedinje for a short commute, and considerably more alive than the diplomatic quarter. Brook Hill's primary campus and International School's primary and lower-secondary campus are here.
Novi Beograd
The largest concentration of international residents overall, modern flats with lifts and parking, and good infrastructure for families. But of the schools in this guide only Westbridge, the state Deseta gimnazija and the Russian Embassy school are here, and ISB's bus covers only parts of the municipality. If you are drawn to Novi Beograd, settle the school and the bus route before the lease.
Zemun
Riverside, characterful, cheaper, and popular with families who want a neighbourhood rather than a compound. No school from this guide is there, so it is a commute in every case.
How the school buses actually work
| School | School bus |
|---|---|
| BIS | Runs a service |
| Brook Hill | Nothing published |
| Chartwell | The school's Secondary FAQ refers to “our school bus services”, and its own fee schedule prices transport per day. |
| Deseta gimnazija | Nothing published |
| DSB | Nothing published |
| EDUCA | Door-to-door service, charged as an optional extra and priced per day on the school's fees page. |
| Green School | Nothing published |
| Intellectum | Nothing published |
| IPS | The school advertises home-to-school transport and lists three drivers among its staff. No routes, times or prices. |
| International School | Runs a service directory figure |
| London Gates | Nothing published |
| Crnjanski | Nothing published |
| PRIMA | Runs a service |
| Ruđer Bošković | Not mentioned anywhere on the school's own site. |
| Ruska škola | Nothing published |
| ISB | Covers Dedinje, Senjak, the diplomatic area in Banovo Brdo, parts of Novi Beograd and parts of downtown |
| Westbridge | Nothing published |
| Young Sparrows | Nothing published |
| EFB | Nothing published |
| Russian Embassy school | Nothing published |
Two things are true of school transport across the whole city, and neither is obvious from any school's own page.
- Only two schools publish a price. Chartwell and EDUCA both price transport per day on their own fee pages. No other school in this guide publishes one, and every service is optional and billed separately, so for the rest you will only find out by asking.
- Coverage depends on who else lives near you. ISB creates a new route only when at least seven pupils live in the same area, and plans routes at the start of the year from the applications it has received. So the honest question is not "do you run a bus" but "do you cover this street, this year" – and if you are applying late, the answer can change.
Questions families ask
Where do international school families live in Belgrade?
We can tell you where the schools are, not where the families are – school addresses are published and household data is not. Eleven of the twenty schools in this guide have a campus in Dedinje, Senjak or Banovo Brdo. Vračar has three schools, one of which – Brook Hill – is already among those eleven. Novi Beograd has modern family housing but only three of the schools here, so living there usually means a commute.
Which Belgrade neighbourhood is best for families with children?
For school-age children at an international school, Dedinje and Senjak are the practical answer because the schools are there and the commute disappears. Vračar is the compromise if you want a livelier neighbourhood and a short journey. Banovo Brdo suits families who want more space and green. Novi Beograd has modern family housing, but only three of the schools in this guide, so it is the option that most often means a daily cross-city drive.
Do Belgrade international schools have school buses?
Several do, all optional and charged separately. Only Chartwell and EDUCA publish a price, both per day. Only the International School of Belgrade describes its coverage publicly – Dedinje, Senjak, the diplomatic area in Banovo Brdo, parts of Novi Beograd and parts of downtown – and it creates a new route only when at least seven pupils live in the same area.
Should I choose the school or the flat first?
The school. More than half of the schools in this guide sit in three adjoining neighbourhoods, bus coverage depends on where other families in that school live, and places depend on your child's specific year group. Settling the school first turns the housing search into a small problem; doing it the other way round can mean a year of driving across the city twice a day.