1. Please mention about the school and its mission/vision and various infrastructural facilities.
BCB campuses offer collaborative, family-friendly (Brazilian and International) environments. Our students have ample space to explore, play, and grow with opportunities to explore nature and enjoy adventure.
Both BCB’s campuses offer smart interior and exterior environments with equipped playgrounds, hard-court and rubber surfaces, and facilities that are age-appropriate, safe, and enjoyable. These spaces allow our students to engage in healthy physical activity year-round and learn skills of responsibility and teamwork that they will carry with them throughout life.
For external activities such as Extra Curricular Activities (ECAs) and PE classes, we also have a partnership with Clube Indiano which is very well equipped with several football and rugby fields, sports courts, green areas and swimming pools. This partnership allows us to offer a wide range of sports within our curriculum which develops and maintains physical and mental strength in our students.
Mission -BCB is a caring and inclusive international community that empowers children to succeed and flourish through a world class education.
Vision – To shape a generation of creative and resilient global citizens – a generation that will change our world for the better.
2. Kindly mention about the prominent personality of the school and his/her role in the development of the school.
Mr. Nick West, our visionary principal leads the school by empowering everyone to contribute, making the community work together to achieve all we do. With that in mind, we could say that everyone plays an important role in the development of the school.
3. What new services or activities did you establish at your school?
Recently the work experience weeks, the expeditions to Tanzania and skiing in Switzerland. Expeditions and trips for all Y4 students and upwards. Introduced Growth Mindset Super Heroes and new IB subjects.
4. Please mention what steps are you taking beyond the traditional curriculum to ensure overall development of the students?
The extracurricular activities. We develop the whole child to be globally minded with intercultural competence.
5. What steps does the school take to motivate and develop the students’ interest towards education?
Personalised learning. On arrival within the community you can see that this is inbuilt into the ethos of our school. We closely monitor and support every student.
6. How are you providing financial assistance to the students in need?
Financial assistance for current families challenged by a decrease in financial income can be requested for further analyses.
7. What makes your school unique?
Academic Excellence – Our world-class education team and curricula help your child achieve outstanding exam results and a place at their university of choice.
World´s Best Teachers – We invest in the world’s best teachers – with world-leading development programes. These are uniquely designed with our partners, so your child has a learning experience like no other.
The Nord Anglia Family – When you join the NAE family, with 85 schools around the globe and more than 80.000 students worldwide, you become part of a global community of students, alumni, opening up a world of opportunities for your child. Collaborations – We work in collaboration with the best organizations in the world such as MIT, UNICEF and The Juilliard school to enhance your curriculum and provide our students with the best Global Opportunities.
Global Community – with over 42 nationalities, 61% of our students are expats and 75% of teachers are native English speakers.
8. What are some ways you keep up with changes in education trends?
Part of an international group of schools who collaborate together all the time and are part of this process. Courses such as MLP, SLP, King’s College Master’s and Aspiring Principal’s Program.
9. Please enlighten us about the school’s major awards/achievements, its accomplished/renowned alumni, remarkable collaborations, and major accreditations.
BCB offers our students a one-of-a-kind Global Opportunities – Whether building passions with Juilliard, MIT, and UNICEF or going on eye-opening expeditions, our outstanding international experiences and diverse community will shape them as a global citizen ready to succeed anywhere. Keeping our student’s wellbeing and unique abilities at the heart of everything we do, we offer a personalised learning experience in a safe caring community so that they succeed, no matter what the future holds. BCB is an IB Certified School and also accredited by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Our BCB students score on IB was 12% higher than the global average with 100% pass rate. On IGCSE, 60% of our students obtained grades A*/A and 93% of grades at A*C, a world class results.
10. Kindly elaborate about the future plans of the school in the same.
Build upon our current successes and continue to provide the highest quality international education in Sao Paulo.