English International School Prague
The English International School, Prague (EISP) was a fee-paying, international day school for pupils 2–18. The school followed the English curriculum and the teaching staff were primarily trained in the UK.
| English International School Prague | |
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Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates | 50°0′20.14″N 14°27′7.01″E / 50.0055944°N 14.4519472°E |
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| Established | 1995 |
| Owner | Nord Anglia Education |
| Principal | Mel Curtis |
| Age | 2 to 18 |
| Website | EISP Website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
It merged into the Prague British International School as of September 2018.[1]
History
editThe school was founded in 1995.[citation needed] It was previously in Na Okruhu 395, Prague 4.[2] Its final Prague 4 campus, Libuš campus at Brunelova 960/12, opened in 2007.[3] This campus, now a part of the British International School of Prague,[4] has a 6,782-square-metre (73,000 sq ft) building on a 18,029-square-metre (194,060 sq ft) plot of land.[5]
In 2015, Nord Anglia Education announced a global collaboration with The Juilliard School to enrich performing arts education in its schools.[6] The English International School Prague became one of ten pioneering schools to begin embedding this collaboration in its performing arts teaching, commencing in September 2015.[7]
The final headmaster of the school was Mel Curtis who joined in 2017.[citation needed]
Curriculum
editThe school uses the National Curriculum of England, and offers IGCSEs at 16 and the IB Diploma (International Baccalaureate Diploma) at 18. The English International School Prague has a small teacher to pupil ratio.[8] It is owned by Nord Anglia Education, which runs 43 schools internationally, educating more than 34,000 students in 15 countries.
Notable alumni
edit- Mikolas Josef (born 1995) – singer, songwriter, model[9]
References
edit- ^ "PBS & EISP Together". nordangliaeducation.com. Prague British International School. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ^ "Home Page." The English International School Prague. 13 April 2001. Retrieved on 5 January 2019. "Na Okruhu 395, 142 00, Prague 4, Czech Republic"
- ^ "Our new campus ." The English International School Prague. 4 March 2008. Retrieved on 5 January 2019.
- ^ "One School, Three Campuses." Prague British International School. Retrieved on 4 January 2019. "Libuš campus Brunelova 960/12 142 00 Praha 4 "
- ^ "History of the new campus". Prague English International School. 2007-11-03. Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "Nord Anglia Education And The Juilliard School Announce Global Collaboration" (Press release).
- ^ "Pražská škola rozjela hudební obor slavné konzervatoře Juilliard. Kromě Švýcarska je jediná v Evropě" (in Czech).
- ^ "The Private School Advantage". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (29 January 2018). "Mikolas Josef to represent the Czech Republic in Lisbon". eurovision.tv. EBU.
External links
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- EISP Website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)