International Community School, London
International Community School (ICS) is a co-educational World International Baccalaureate School[1] located in Marylebone, London, teaching students aged from three to 18 years old.[2]
| International Community School | |
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| Address | |
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7b Wyndham Place, W1H 1PN London United Kingdom | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′04″N 0°10′13″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Established | 1979 |
| Department for Education URN | 101171 Tables |
| President | NACE Group of International Schools |
| Head of School | Rod Jackson |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Number of students | 250 |
| Colour(s) | Red, green, blue |
| Website | http://www.icschool.co.uk |
History
The Toettcher family established International Community School (ICS)[3] in 1979. The school was set up to teach children English within a full curriculum International School. Since then the School has broadened its scope to offer a full curriculum for children between 3 and 18 years old.
In 2008, the International Baccalaureate made ICS an IB World School, accredited to teach the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP, and Diploma Programme (DP)..[4]
In 2010, ICS was awarded accreditation to teach the IB Diploma, becoming one of only five schools in the UK to teach all three school-age levels of the IB.[5]
ICS was acquired by the NACE Schools group in 2017.[6] ICS is a non-selective Ofsted-inspected[7][8]
Controversy
A supervised school trip to Brazil in 2013 ended in tragedy when children were allowed to drink tequila in a night bar and one pupil was shot dead.[9][10][11]
Curriculum
ICS teaches the International Baccalaureate curriculum through the three programmes:
- PYP for students aged 3–11 years
- MYP for students aged 11–16 years
- IB Diploma for students aged 16 and over
References
- "International Community School, London". International Baccalaureate. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- 2015 IB Diploma scores Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
- Good Schools Guide entry
- International Community School official page on the IB website
- IB World Schools finder UK list of World Schools
- "ICS JOINS THE NACE GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS — International Community School, London | IB World School in London". International Community School, London. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- Edubase UK government listing
- Ofsted Communications Team (28 December 2018). "International Community School URN: 101171 7b Wyndham Place, London, W1H 1PN". reports.ofsted.gov.uk / enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- Agency (15 September 2015). "Headmaster who supervised school trip to Brazil where student was murdered is allowed to continue teaching". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- Cheston, Paul (21 October 2015). "Teacher banned after pupil he left in bar was shot dead in Brazil". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- Gutteridge, Nick (21 October 2015). "Teacher at £22k-a-year private school led booze-fuelled trip ending with pupil SHOT DEAD". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2019.