The English International School, Prague
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Address
Na Okruhu 395, 142 00, Prague, 4, Czech Republic
Tel: (+420) 2 619 12368
Fax: (+420) 2 619 10074
eisp@volny.cz
www.eisp.cz
School Summary:
Founded 1995
over 200 students, aged 18 months - 16 years
(IGSCEs offered, plan to launch the IB programme in September 2007)..
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The English International School of Prague is a co-educational day-school
for children of all races, creeds and backgrounds. It was established
in 1995 by Nord Anglia Education Ltd and has sister schools in the
UK, Moscow, Warsaw, Bratislava, Kiev, Berlin and Budapest
The English International School, Prague offers the English National
Curriculum, enriched to make it appropriate for the international
environment.
All children learn some Czech and a second foreign language is
introduced in Year 3. Music, art and drama figure significantly
in the school day, and many children take the opportunity to learn
a musical instrument in school. All teaching is undertaken in English.
A limited number of places in the EAL programme is available for
children entering with no English.
Most of the teaching staff at The English International School,
Prague are graduates of British universities, with recent experience
of teaching the National Curriculum Early Learning Goals, the Literacy
and Numeracy Strategies. They form an enthusiastic and professional
team and expect high standards of themselves and of the pupils in
their care.
The Early Years Unit is a few minutes' drive away in Libus. It
is a well-equipped, purpose-built facility with a good science laboratory,
large ICT suite, library, spacious classrooms and a newly refurbished
playground. A new multi-purpose hall was completed in the Autumn
of 1999. Pupils also swim, and have the use of tennis courts and
a large sports field five minutes' walk from the school, during
the summer months.
The English International School, Prague is in southern Prague
and operates a bus service for KS1 to KS3. The school day is from
08:45-15:30 in the Main School, and from 09:00-15:15 in the Early
Years Department. Parents are always welcomed in school and educational
success is seen as the product of a partnership between school and
home.
The English International School, Prague aims to develop articulate
and autonomous people who care for and respect others and who are
prepared to set themselves high standards. Preparation at Year 8
for entry into the prestigious English College if Prague is undertaken
by all children with academic merit.
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