Haileybury Almaty is an

independent school An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British Eng ...

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It as an offshoot of Haileybury, a distinguished English

public school Public school may refer to: * State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government * Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...

. In September 2008 Haileybury Almaty was officially opened by the Mayor of Almaty and Kazakhstan government education officials. It was the first

British public school In England and Wales (but not Scotland), a public school is a fee-charging endowed school originally for older boys. They are "public" in the sense of being open to pupils irrespective of locality, denomination or paternal trade or profess ...

in Central Asia.

Curriculum

Haileybury Almaty teaches pupils from 5–18 years of age and follows the British National Curriculum, which is adapted for local context. Every pupil at Haileybury schools in Kazakhstan is assigned to one of four Houses within the school: Attlee, Bartle Frere, Edmonstone or Kipling. The

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has a collection of over 10,000 books and DVDs in English, Russian, and Kazakh.

References

External links

BBC News: UK public school for Kazakhstan

''Architects Journal'' shortlist Building of the Year 2009
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