English International School Prague Explained

Established:1995
Chair Label:Owner
Chair:Nord Anglia Education
Head Label:Principal
Head:Mel Curtis
City:Prague 4, Prague
Country:Czech Republic
Lower Age:2
Upper Age:18
Coordinates:50.0056°N 14.4519°W
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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.

It merged into the Prague British International School as of September 2018.[1]

History

The school was founded in 1995. 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 6782sqm building on a 18029sqm 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.

Curriculum

The 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PBS & EISP Together . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190103232721/https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/schools/prague/british-international/our-school/pbs-and-eisp-together . 2019-01-03 . 2019-01-04 . nordangliaeducation.com . Prague British International School.
  2. "Home Page." The English International School Prague. 13 April 2001. Retrieved on 5 January 2019. "Na Okruhu 395, 142 00, Prague 4, Czech Republic"
  3. "Our new campus ." The English International School Prague. 4 March 2008. Retrieved on 5 January 2019.
  4. "One School, Three Campuses." Prague British International School. Retrieved on 4 January 2019. "Libuš campus Brunelova 960/12 142 00 Praha 4 "
  5. Web site: History of the new campus. https://web.archive.org/web/20071103134221/http://eisp.cz:80/?idpg=20. dead. 2007-11-03. Prague English International School. 2007-11-03. 2019-01-05.
  6. Nord Anglia Education And The Juilliard School Announce Global Collaboration.
  7. Web site: Pražská škola rozjela hudební obor slavné konzervatoře Juilliard. Kromě Švýcarska je jediná v Evropě. cs.
  8. News: The Private School Advantage. 2016-11-11. 2016-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20161111191257/https://www.expats.cz/prague/article/czech-education/Prague-private-schools/. dead.
  9. Web site: Mikolas Josef to represent the Czech Republic in Lisbon. 29 January 2018. EBU. eurovision.tv. Jordan. Paul.