British International School of Washington

The British International School of Washington is a private, nonsectarian, co-educational British school located in the Georgetown neighborhood near the border of the Georgetown and Glover Park neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. BISW educates pupils between the ages of 2 and 18. BISW was originally founded in September 1998 by Dr. Lesley Stagg. In 2013, BISW joined Nord Anglia Education, an international education provider owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. As of 2019, Nord Anglia operated 66 international schools in 30 countries with over 61,000 students. BISW leases property from Georgetown University, yet GU's Green Building was purchased in 2009 by the entity that is now HUB Properties Trust.

Curriculum

The Primary School, which includes pre-nursery to year 6, offers the International Primary Curriculum, a curriculum for 2-12 year olds from the British National Curriculum.
The British International School of Washington offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for students in years 12 and 13, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education in Years 10 and 11 and the International Middle Years Curriculum. IGCSE and IB students take external examinations at the end of years 11 and 13.

Affiliation and associations

The British School claims accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on International Education. BISW is also accredited to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and accredited by Fieldwork Education as a Learning-Focused School. The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the European Council of International Schools, the Council of British International Schools, the Council for International Schools in the Americas, and the British American Business Association.