The cluster of international schools consisting of the German European School, the Dutch School and the Swiss School located along Bukit Tinggi Road makes up the international educational community in Bukit Timah.
Prior to the establishment of the Swiss School in 1967, Swiss families had to relocate away from Singapore due to the lack of educational facilities for their children. What began at the former bowling alley of the Swiss Club with just 20 students is now a school premise that caters to its 31 teachers and 190 students today.
The German European School, established in August 1971 in Maryland Drive with only 5 children and 1 teacher soon found itself in need of bigger premises. As its population grew, the German European School moved three times before settling down in its first official school house on Chatsworth Road in 1973. However, the premises became too small by 1979 and the school began to negotiate with the Swiss Club to lease a plot of land from them for a new school and relocated to its current location along Bukit Tinggi Road in 1989.
The Hollandse School, established in 1920 also moved to Bukit Tinggi in 1984 after moving its premises from Cairnhill Road to Orange Grove Road before settling in its current location. Today, it offers a Dutch education to children of expatriates in Singapore with more than 170 students enrolled in the school. European communities (links to be added later when system is up)