British School of Kuwait
| The British School of Kuwait | |
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| Location | |
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Salwa, Area 1, Street 1 Kuwait | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school |
| Established | 1978 |
| Founder | Vera Al-Mutawa MBE |
| Principal | Paul Shropshire |
| Secondary HT | Emma Bowie |
| Grades | Reception – year 13 |
| Enrollment | Over 2750 |
| Sixth form students | 75 |
| Colour(s) | Purple and gold |
| Website | http://www.bsk.edu.kw |
The British School of Kuwait (BSK) is a private, co-educational, international school that is currently located in the suburb of Salwa, Kuwait. The school has a selective intake of students aged 4–18. Most teaching programmes are based on the National Curriculum of England. Year 10 and 11 students undertake programmes of study leading to GCSE and IGCSE. Sixth form students work towards Edexcel AS and A Level examinations.
History
Vera Al-Mutawa founded The Sunshine Kindergarten it was a small children's school in 1978. This grew to become the Sunshine School. In 1993, the school moved to its present campus, opened to secondary age students and rebranded as The British School of Kuwait. Since 2008, Kindergarten students have been taught in a building adjacent to the BSK campus, for which the name The Sunshine Kindergarten was resurrected. In 2013, BSK was accredited as a British School Overseas (BSO) by the Department for Education in London.
See also
Kuwait portal
Schools portal
External links
International schools in Kuwait | |
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 American system | |
 British system | |
 French system | |
 Indian system | |
 Pakistani system | |
 Philippine system | |
| Bilingual system | |
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Coordinates: 29°18′04″N 48°03′50″E / 29.301°N 48.064°E