WHY CHOOSE A BRITISH SCHOOL?

British education, both school and university, has achieved a worldwide reputation for quality. The United Kingdom annually welcomes hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world to study in its educational institutions. The numbers studying in the British system is increasing annually. Why is this ?

British educational traditions have developed over decades and centuries, encouraged and monitored by the Government and led by outstanding institutions such as Universities like Oxford and Cambridge and by some of the world famous Independent Schools, like Eton, Harrow and Winchester. Britain has known how to encourage such institutions to set the pace for others to follow, to achieve standards of academic excellence, and to be leaders.

British education is renowned for concerning itself with the development of the whole personality. Learning is important, but not enough in itself. Young people need to develop their potential to explore and discover the world around them, to think for themselves and form opinions, to relate to others, to develop their bodies through sport and physical education, and to gain experience in taking responsibility.

British education, while firmly rooted in the European traditions of scholarship and learning, nevertheless enthusiastically embraces these wider objectives. Some schools on the international scene, while teaching in English, do not follow the British National Curriculum which has a clearly defined series of academic and other objectives at every level, known as the Key Stages (see article on the British Curriculum and attainment at these stages is measured by standardised tests.

Parents who choose a British School that follows the National Curriculum (see article on British Education in the UK and abroad can therefore be sure that wherever they go in the world, the standards will be comparable to the UK, where Government monitoring of the unified curriculum guarantees quality. In a world where there is a bewildering array of schools teaching in English on the “international circuit”, the guarantee offered by a well developed national system, is a source of confidence and stability in what might well be an unfamiliar environment.


	WHY CHOOSE A BRITISH SCHOOL? British education, both school and university, has achieved a worldwide reputation for quality. The United Kingdom annually welcomes hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world to study in its educational institutions. The numbers studying in the British system is increasing annually. Why is this ? British educational traditions have developed over decades and centuries, encouraged and monitored by the Government and led by outstanding institutions such as Universities like Oxford and Cambridge and by some of the world famous Independent Schools, like Eton, Harrow and Winchester. Britain has known how to encourage such institutions to set the pace for others to follow, to achieve standards of academic excellence, and to be leaders. British education is renowned for concerning itself with the development of the whole personality. Learning is important, but not enough in itself. Young people need to develop their potential to explore and discover the world around them, to think for themselves and form opinions, to relate to others, to develop their bodies through sport and physical education, and to gain experience in taking responsibility. British education, while firmly rooted in the European traditions of scholarship and learning, nevertheless enthusiastically embraces these wider objectives. Some schools on the international scene, while teaching in English, do not follow the British National Curriculum which has a clearly defined series of academic and other objectives at every level, known as the Key Stages (see article on the British Curriculum and attainment at these stages is measured by standardised tests. Parents who choose a British School that follows the National Curriculum (see article on British Education in the UK and abroad can therefore be sure that wherever they go in the world, the standards will be comparable to the UK, where Government monitoring of the unified curriculum guarantees quality. In a world where there is a bewildering array of schools teaching in English on the “international circuit”, the guarantee offered by a well developed national system, is a source of confidence and stability in what might well be an unfamiliar environment.	.