The International School Aberdeen A GSG School
- The International School Aberdeen
Pitfodels House
North Deeside Road
Pitfodels, Cults
Aberdeen
AB15 9PN - Head: Nick Little
- T 01224 730300
- F 01224 865558
- E [email protected]
- W www.isa.aberdeen.sch.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Aberdeen City
- Pupils: 538 (312 boys; 226 girls); sixth formers: 62 (37 boys; 25 girls)
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £11,600 - £17,350 pa (last updated on 13/08/2024)
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Wow, you should see this school. Beautiful surroundings, fabulous facilities and bright, engaged and wonderfully welcoming staff and pupils. It will definitely be harder to make friends for life as they could be going back to Norway at the end of term, but what a way to expand your child’s horizons. Strong emphasis on modern languages, including English as an additional language and Dutch language and culture (there are still a considerable number of Dutch expats and oil employees)...
What the school says...
The International School Aberdeen specialises in offering an internationally recognised co-educational pre-kindergarten through secondary school education for students of all nationalities, culminating in the IB Diploma Programme.
ISA's programme of studies has been developed to meet the needs of itsstudent body by utilising the best examples of international curricular models. We feature small classes, individual attention, a caring and supportive environment, academic challenge, and the globally recognised International Baccalaureate Diploma programme. ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Unusual sports
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of school
Since August 2018, Nick Little. After reading history at the University of Oxford, he initially studied for a postgraduate in law at the University of Sussex before taking a year out to teach English at university in the north of China. He never continued with the law, returning to the UK for teacher training and then starting his career as an English and humanities teacher in Lancashire.
He spent 16 years at a three-programme IB school in Suzhou, near Shanghai, being promoted through multiple positions before becoming head teacher for four years. He was in China during a period of massive growth in international education (his school expanded from 200 in 2002 to 1,200 in 2018). While in China he won a teacher of the year award in...
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