CHOOSING & APPLYING


a fully equipped gym, two large sports halls and an eight lane 25 metre indoor pool – was completed in 2017. “The facilities on campus allow students to challenge themselves to become the very best they can,” says principal, Barnaby Sandow. “The 120-acre campus is situated just five minutes from the South China Sea. Next door to the school is the jungle of the National Park Bukit Shahbandar. Our alumni often comment when they return to visit, that it was only when they left that they truly appreciated the privilege of being able to board in this unique environment.”


CURRICULA TO SUIT THE GLOBALLY MOBILE FAMILY


Many boarding schools around the world choose a US or UK curriculum as their focus, but there are now almost 370 schools with boarding facilities across the world that offer the International Baccalaureate (IB).


ACS Cobham, an international day and boarding school in Surrey and TASIS The American International School in England offer the best of both worlds – a US-based curriculum with the Advanced Placement and the IB Diploma.


Sevenoaks School in Kent has taught the IB programme


for 40 years, Jerudong International School teaches the IB programme in Brunei. Whatever corner of the globe a family is moving to, it is likely they will find an international boarding school that caters to their needs.


THE GROWTH OF FLEXI-BOARDING Over the past 10 years, boarding schools have endeavoured to respond to the ever-changing needs of the modern family lifestyle. Busy parents have increasingly pushed for a more flexible approach to boarding, one that enables students to switch from traditional boarding patterns to staying the night on a flexible basis.


Flexi-boarding allows working parents the freedom to pursue their busy careers in the knowledge that their children are well cared for, but they can come home whenever they want to. Explains a spokesperson from International School Eerde in the Netherlands, “Expat families in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany get the best of both worlds when they choose a flexible boarding package. We are the only international school in the Netherlands to offer multiple


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Exhilarating, immersive education. Good Schools Guide


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Alongside academic excellence, Sevenoaks offers co-curricular breadth, strong pastoral care, innovative thinking and an inclusive global dimension inspired by the International Baccalaureate. A co-educational boarding and day school, we have offered the IB since 1978. Our average Diploma score is ten points above the world average, and our students go on to study at leading institutions worldwide, including Oxford, Cambridge and Ivy League.


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