Nursery in Montreux: bilingual childcare for ages 0-4 in Clarens

Montreux has a long tradition of hosting international residents: staff of hotels and hospitality schools, employees of regional companies and institutions, artists and musicians linked to the town's festivals, and families posted here for a few years by an employer based between Lausanne and the Chablais.

For many of these households, English is the language spoken at home while French is the language of daily life outside. Parents often tell us they want their child to acquire French naturally, without losing the comfort of hearing English during the day — especially in the first months of settling in.

That is exactly the balance our team works with: French and English are both present every day, spoken by the adults who use them naturally, so children move between the two without formal lessons and without pressure.

We are a private nursery holding an operating licence from SCAJE, the Vaud cantonal authority for childcare. We meet the same supervision, staffing and safety requirements as subsidised structures, but we manage our own admissions.

In practice, this means families living in Montreux do not need to be registered on the intercommunal network's central waiting list to apply to us. You contact us directly, we look at availability in the age group concerned, and the decision is made between you and us — which often matters when you arrive mid-year.

Subsidised nurseries in the region do valuable work and suit many families. We simply provide an additional route in, particularly for households arriving from abroad or needing a place at short notice.