Our History
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January 2019 |
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February 2019 |
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May 2018 |
School completes standardisation tests |
Pupils perform well in the first UK standardisation assessments. |
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May 2018 |
COBIS Compliance |
BSW becomes the first school in Poland to complete Council of British International Schools Compliance |
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September 2018 |
Expansion to Year 7 |
BSW opens to Year 7 with specialist teaching in Upper Primary. |
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September 2018 |
Senior Leadership Team expanded |
School appoints Mikołaj Gruzial as Head of Administration and Sarah Leybourne as Deputy Head of Primary. |
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February 2017 |
Strategic visit to the British International School of Stavanger |
Peter Davidson and Saul Simpson visit BISS to research forest school before planned strategic launch in September 2017. |
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September 2017 |
Appointment of Tom McGrath as Principal |
Mr McGrath succeeds Mr Nicholls. The school now offers classes to Year 5. |
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September 2017 |
Forest School Begins |
All pupils experience Forest School across the school year. |
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September 2017 |
Fourth House established |
Cornwall house established to match school growth. |
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September 2016 |
Opening of canteen |
The school grows to include classes from PreNursery to Year 4 |
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September 2016 |
Appointment of Peter Davidson as Head of Primary |
Peter Davidson joins the Senior Leadership Team and begins Pastoral initiatives |
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September 2016 |
House system launched |
Three Houses established as part of the developing Pastoral Programme. Suffolk, Nottinghamshire (Notts) and Durham. |
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May 2015 |
Strategic visit to the International School of Geneva |
Peter Davidson visits the International School of Geneva to research combining local and international curricula. |
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September 2015 |
Expansion of Building |
The school grows to include 5 classrooms |
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September 2015 |
Appointment of Chris Nicholls as Principal |
Mr Nicholls joins the school from The British School of Tokyo |
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October 2015 |
ISI Consultancy Visit |
ISI consultant visits the school and advises on curriculum and direction. |
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December 2014 |
School is founded |
Starting with just a handful of pupils in two classrooms, BSW begins operation as an international pre-school |
