The British School of Quito
The British School Quito | |
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Address | |
Via Cununyacu, Km 2.5 Tumbaco , | |
Coordinates | 0°13′29″S 78°25′41″W / 0.2246341°S 78.42799409999998°W |
Information | |
Type | Private school |
Established | 1995 |
President | Sylvia Harcourt |
Staff | 45 teachers |
Number of students | 320 students |
Colour(s) | Blue, white and red |
Slogan | Quality International Education. |
Website | www |
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The British School Quito (BSQ) is a British international school for students aged 3–18 in Quito, Ecuador.[1] It was founded by Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper and the former British Ambassador in Ecuador Richard Lavers in 1995.[citation needed]
In Years 12 and 13, the school offers the accredited IB Diploma Programme. The British School is the only school in Quito to offer, in English, all of the “Higher Level” IB programmes of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
The school curriculum is taught in English. The curriculum is the British National curriculum from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4, this includes the internationally recognised Cambridge iGCSE examinations. The school teaches Spanish, has a Spanish as a Second Language department, English as an Additional Language department, and geography.
History
The British School of Quito was conceived by Ambassador Richard Lavers in 1994 when he arrived to find that Ecuador was one of two countries in South America without a British school.[citation needed]
The school was created under a bilateral agreement signed on 9 June 1995 by the Government of the Republic of Ecuador and Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom. This agreement established The British School Quito with the Foreign Ministry of Ecuador, within the framework of a broader cultural agreement between the two countries.[citation needed]
References
External links
- School website
- International Baccalaureate webpage
- Council of International School website
- Tiny Piano Productions webpage
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