Yokohama Christian School is a non-profit, co-educational preschool and elementary school that offers a Christian and classical education taught with materials approved by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).

To read the YCS Statement of Faith please download it here:

YCS welcomes inquiries and applications from all interested students, Christian and non-Christian, and does not have specific nationality requirements. Applications for the current school year are on-going, please feel free to contact the YCS office for an application pack.

Applicants will be interviewed and observed prior to admission. Elementary aged children need a teacher recommendation and assessment by the Head of School. Entrance exams will be administered for elementary age children to assess a child’s level in mathematics and language arts.

Criteria for Entrance: The following will be used as a basis for selecting children to attend the school: age, class size, English language proficiency, siblings enrolled at the school, and English language support at home by a parent or guardian.

Yokohama Christian School admits students of any race, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities accorded or made available to YCS students. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of our educational policies and procedures in our school-administered programs.

Yokohama Christian School is a non-denominational, church sponsored school that accepts students of all faiths. Yokohama Christian School admits students of any race, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities accorded or made available to YCS students. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of our educational policies and procedures in our school-administered programs.