St. Paul's School

We are the British school of São Paulo. At St. Paul’s we always strive to be the best we can be. We have the courage of our convictions, essential values, and the freedom to imagine and create. This is achieved through our high-quality British and Brazilian holistic education which drives the personal and academic development of pupils, within a caring, inclusive and united community.

We draw on our proud heritage, traditions and values as a world class overseas British school, the first in Latin America to be recognised as such by the UK government, yet we look forward with imagination and confidence.

With our Anglo-Brazilian curriculum, we embrace the very best of both cultures. Our strong set of shared values lie at the heart of the school, shaping the experience that our pupils enjoy. We are an all ability, family school, which welcomes boys and girls, aged 3 to 18. They are all finding their way on their exciting learning journey, brilliantly supported by dedicated staff and the school community of parents and Old Pauleans.

Pauleans are many things but most of all they are themselves. It is our aim to discover the passion and talents of every pupil. Academic rigour, empathetic pastoral care and a range of broader curricular experiences help to inspire and nurture our pupils as confident, compassionate young people, possessing the integrity and resilience to thrive in an uncertain world.

Our commitment to broad educational experiences opens a multitude of opportunities to Pauleans who go on to leading universities in the United Kingdom, America and Brazil.

At St. Paul’s, we believe in releasing passion to achieve the best in everyone. We should strive to be better in all that we do, in work and play, every day. An innovative, structured curriculum, combined with excellent teaching, state of the art facilities, and the best in pastoral care, equip pupils to achieve that.

Our culturally diverse community of pupils of over thirty nationalities includes girls and boys aged 3 to 18. As members of a strong and united community, Pauleans are equipped with everything they need to be global citizens that make a difference. Our mission is to provide a high quality British and Brazilian education for the personal and academic development of pupils within a framework of a caring and united community.

In this, they are sustained by our six Core Values: Aspiration, Adventure, Responsibility, Resilience, Inclusion and – above all – Kindness.

Our values shine through in our pupils, and we are very proud of all that they achieve, whether that is on the stage in the theatre, on the sports field, in their music making, in their community service activities or, indeed, in their academic studies.

Pupils at St. Paul’s School benefit from both its rich history and its innovative, modern facilities. The school is situated in the leafy residential area aptly named Jardins, in São Paulo. We seek excellence and modernity in all contexts, and this is clearly reflected in the services and spaces we offer.

The site has undertaken an almost continuous programme of building works over the past 25 years as it has gradually grown. This includes extensive refurbishment and extension of the original school building, the creation of a Sixth Form centre and a full refurbishment of the Pre-Prep School area. In 2014 we inaugurated a multimillion dollar underground state of the art sports centre including basketball and volleyball courts, and a full-size heated swimming pool. In 2016 we celebrated 90 years of excellent education by opening the Queen Elizabeth II Academic Centre, which houses a learning resources centre, art studios, music school with the latest recording facilities, and 10 modern science laboratories.

Looking ahead, we have embarked on ambitious plans which include a complete redesign of the Prep School, the creation of an Outdoor Centre and the development a state-of-the-art onsite Innovation Centre.