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Our Primary Technology Lead Talks about Tech, Safety, Innovation, and preparing for the future.

Creativity teaches children how to think, connect, and grow.

Director of Inclusion Judith Scholes explores how we can best support Neurodiversity in school and beyond.

Discover how play in Early Years education at BISC, South Loop builds academic and emotional foundations for lifelong learning.

The differences between UK year groups and US grades can be confusing. Here you can better understand your child’s school year or grade, based on their age.

As we prepare for the start of a new school year, parents and students may be apprehensive given what happened in Uvalde this past May. To put parents at ease, we have outlined what we have done and will continue to do to ensure The Village School is a safe environment for students to learn and grow.

We are delighted to announce the phenomenal results of our 2021 International Baccalaureate graduating class at the British International School of Chicago, South Loop. A total of 30 students sat the full International Baccalaureate Diploma at British International School of Chicago, South Loop. The average score from our Class of 2021 was 37, the school’s best ever and 4 points higher than this year’s IBDP global average of 33, widening the gap between British International School of Chicago, South Loop and other IB schools around the world.

Episode 2 of our #EdTech vodcast series is now live! 🎧 Whether inside or outside the classroom, technology-based learning is transforming education.

Nord Anglia Education and UNICEF have entered into a new, three-year global partnership that will help support UNICEF to further develop learning materials on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and help Nord Anglia students gain the knowledge and skills required to make positive change within their communities.

Our brand-new vodcast is here! We’re excited to launch our first video series with teachers answering parents’ big questions about virtual school and #EdTech.

Our High School math team took part in the ICTM regional/state online contest on Wednesday, March 17th. Overall, we are regional champions and 4th in State.

Each year we share our parent satisfaction survey to help us improve our understanding of how we are performing in key areas - what we are doing well and the areas where we can improve so that we can continue to provide the best possible educational experience for your child.

Amani is in Year 12 and studying Visual Arts at IB. She has been virtual for pretty much the duration of this year and is developing a portfolio of work based on themes of social injustice!

This year, Primary, Middle, and High School will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday, April 23, 2021.

We are excited to share the successes of a student in our Middle School. Students have been working on this year’s MIT Challenge 2, called “Mission Moxie”, in Science lessons recently.

Each year, Global Campus holds a creative writing competition. The competition follows a theme and entries are submitted in different age categories. Throughout Autumn term, our Key Stage 2 and Middle School children worked hard to prepare entries for this year’s competition. Each school in the Nord Anglia family can participate but only 1 entry per school can be entered into each age category.

Well done to all of the students who recently competed in the various Mathematic competitions.

This year's Nord Anglia Education Virtual Young Musician of the Year Competition was bigger and more impressive than ever! Over 1300 students from 61 schools entered the competition, submitting over 6,500 minutes of performance videos, and the team of judges reviewed every single minute of every single video.

Karys, Claire and Adriano entered the University of Illinois, Chicago's annual High School German Day. Karys and Claire entered the poetry reading competition, whilst Adriano created an advert for why learning German is fun.

Year 5 Gavin and Year 3 Avia partnered with a Senior Citizen facility on Chicago’s South Side.