British Embassy School Ankara

Our school is a learning community where the academic and personal development of each child is at the heart of everything we do. Learning is focussed on the development of skills throughout the school using curricula that support the children’s abilities to apply the knowledge they acquire in new and practical ways to deepen their understanding. From our Nursery class through to our Year 9 students, the thematic approach to learning taken by the IEYC (International Early Years Curriculum), IPC (International Primary Curriculum) and IMYC (International Middle Years Curriculum) provides a context that makes learning accessible yet challenging to children and young adults growing up in our diverse international community. The rigour of the British Curriculum in English and Mathematics combines with international curricula to ensure that children make excellent academic progress at BESA, taking creative risks whilst supported by outstanding teaching and high-quality learning environments. We commit to enabling children to leave our school not only having made outstanding progress but as global citizens who have the confidence to lead with creativity, integrity and a passion for their chosen pursuits.

As an outward-looking school we have strong relationships with other schools in Ankara and through our membership of COBIS, IAPs and the Black Sea Schools Group. These collaborations provide exciting learning opportunities and challenges for the students and a network for the professional development of our teachers. This ensures that they remain current about developments in educational research and enthusiastic about change that ensures the children make progress.

We welcome students from over 30 different countries through our gates each morning; each brings with them their unique perspectives on our world. We consider the development of International Mindedness amongst all community members a priority and are proud to have been recognized at the International School Awards in 2020 for our commitment to developing ethical values in the school.

We help children become independent, responsible, confident, life-long learners in a secure and welcoming environment; where cultures meet and diversity is celebrated. The religious ethos of the school can best be found in the values, compassion and concern that underpin it; qualities we foster in each and in all. In consequence, no distinctive religious belief is allowed to impose itself or be imposed during the school day or at any other time when the school is acting in loco parentis.