British Schools of America, an educational organization founded in 1998, joined the Nord Anglia Education family in 2013. Headquartered in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, with a North America regional office in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

, Nord Anglia Education operates 42 schools with over 34,000 students around the world including 10 schools in the United States located in Washington D.C.,

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Meckl ...

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

Windermere Windermere (sometimes tautology (language), tautologically called Windermere Lake to distinguish it from the nearby town of Windermere, Cumbria (town), Windermere) is the largest natural lake in England. More than 11 miles (18 km) in leng ...

and

Coconut Creek Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Situated north of Miami, it had a population of 57,833 in 2020. It is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city seceded from ...

. All Nord Anglia Education Schools in the United States provide a unique combination of the

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Dip ...

and the English National Curriculum.The schools also offer the IB Diploma Programme and the IGCSE as well as

US curriculum The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

British School of Boston

The

British School of Boston The British International School of Boston (formerly known as the British School of Boston) is a non-sectarian, co-educational college preparatory day school located in the Moss Hill section of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood in Boston, MA. BISB ...

opened in September 2000 in

Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 25,364 at the 2020 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest b ...

. In 2004, the school relocated to the Showa Boston campus in the Moss Hill section of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. BSB shares a campus with

Showa Women's University is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The university has undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and five research institutes. It also contains affiliated schools that span from kindergarten to high school. Aside fr ...

satellite campus whose main campus is in

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. The current headmaster is Paul Wiseman. All teaching staff is recruited directly from the

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or other international schools.

Accreditation and Professional Associations

The

is accredited to offer the

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into ...

and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). The school is an active member of the http://www.ecis.org/(ECIS) and the Council for International Schools in the Americas https://web.archive.org/web/20110927231350/http://www.cois.org/(CISTA).

Enrollment and Student Profile

The

's current enrollment comprises approximately 435 students, with seventy eight nationalities represented in the student body. The school serves

Nursery School A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, or play school or creche, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school ...

Year 13 Year 13 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England and Wales, Northern Ireland and New Zealand. It is sometimes the thirteenth and final year of compulsory education, or alternatively a year of post-compulsory e ...

(Pre-School to Grade 12).

British School of Chicago, Lincoln Park

British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park (BISC Lincoln Park) is a private international school for Pre-Nursery to Year 6 students (ages 15+ months to 11 years) located in the Clybourn Corridor of Chicago, Illinois. In September 2 ...

opened in 2001 in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

on the north side. In 2008, the school relocated to

Lincoln Park Lincoln Park is a park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, ...

. The current principal is Mel Curtis. All teaching staff is recruited directly from the

or other international schools. *The school is well known in the area for the ''British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park Music School,'' which offers students and members of the community to take individual and group classes.

Accreditation and Professional Associations

is accredited as a Learning-Focused School. It is also accredited by the

Council of International Schools The Council of International Schools (CIS) is a membership organization aimed at international education. CIS was formed in 1949. It has over 1,360 institutional members consisting of over 740 schools and 610 colleges/universities, located in 122 ...

(CIS) and the

National Independent Private Schools Association National Independent Private Schools Association (NIPSA) is an organization that accredits primary and secondary proprietary schools in the United States and internationally. NIPSA was formed in 1983, in northern California, by a small group of ...

(NIPSA). The school is an active member of the European Council for International Schools (ECIS) and the Council for International Schools in the Americas (CISTA). BSC is also an affiliate member of the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). In 2010, the school was the 4th in the world to achieve "mastering" level in all areas in delivering the International Primary Curriculum.

Student Profile

serves Nursery to Year 6 (Pre-School to Grade 5).

British American School of Charlotte

The British American School of Charlotte opened in 2004 and is located in the Ballantyne/South Charlotte area. The current headteacher is Adam Stevens. All teaching staff is recruited directly from the

or other international schools. The curriculum includes the International Primary Curriculum, National Curriculum for England, and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education IGCSE.

Accreditation and Professional Associations

The British American School of Charlotte is accredited as a Learning-Focused School. The school is an active member of the European Council for International Schools (ECIS) and the Council for International Schools in the Americas (CISTA).

Enrollment and Student Profile

The British American School of Charlotte's current enrollment comprises approximately 165 students, with eleven nationalities represented in the student body. The school serves Nursery to

Year 10 Year 10 is the tenth year of compulsory education in schools in many countries including England, Australia, India, Northern Ireland, New Zealand and Wales. It is the tenth or eleventh year of compulsory education. It is approximately equivalent ...

(Pre-School to Grade 9).

British School of Houston

The

British School of Houston The British International School of Houston (BISH), formerly the British School of Houston (BSOH), is a non-sectarian, co-educational college preparatory day school in the Greater Katy region of the Houston area. BISH, which opened in September 2 ...

opened in 2000 and is located west of downtown

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

. The headteacher is Ann McPhee (acting). All teaching staff is recruited directly from the

or other international schools.

Accreditation and Professional Associations

The

is accredited to offer the

(IBDP) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). The school is an active member of the European Council for International Schools (ECIS), the Council for International Schools in the Americas (CISTA), and the

Independent Association of Preparatory Schools The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS, formerly Independent Association of Preparatory Schools) is a schools association, representing around 670 preparatory schools. The majority of IAPS' schools are in the UK, with other locations ...

Enrollment and Student Profile

The

's current enrollment comprises approximately 870 students, with over forty nationalities represented in the student body. The school serves Nursery to

(Pre-School to Grade 12).

British School of Washington

The

British School of Washington The British International School of Washington (BISW) is a private, nonsectarian, co-educational British school located in the Georgetown neighborhood near the border of the Georgetown and Glover Park neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. BISW edu ...

was the first World Class Learning school to be opened by Lesley Stagg in 1998 Washington D.C. In 2008, the school relocated to the Georgetown (D.C.) area. The headteacher is David Rowsell. All teaching staff is recruited directly from the

or other international schools.

Accreditation and Professional Associations

The

is accredited to offer the

(IBDP) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). The school is also accredited as a Learning-Focused School and is an active member of the European Council for International Schools (ECIS), the Council for International Schools in the Americas (CISTA), and the British American Business Council.

Enrollment and Student Profile

The

's current enrollment comprises approximately 430 students, with over thirty four nationalities represented in the student body. The school serves Nursery to

(Pre-School to Grade 12).

References

External links

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