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Nord Anglia Education (NAE), the world’s leading premium international schools organisation, today announced its A-level results for the 2020/21 academic year. Nord Anglia students achieved 65.4% of grades at A*-A this year, along with 83.7% at A*-B. These results are well above last year’s A*-A grade average of 45.4% and significantly higher than the UK average. A total of 611 Nord Anglia Education students sat the exam this year, achieving a group-wide pass rate of 99.4% at A*-E grades, while seven NAE schools achieved a perfect 100% pass rate.

Nord Anglia Education released global figures today showing that online STEM courses taken by its students between April and June this year were twice as popular compared to the same period last year. The figures are based on students' co-curricular activities on Global Campus, Nord Anglia's online learning platform used by its 67,000 students in 30 countries.

Data shows more teachers than ever at Nord Anglia Education enrolled in bespoke online courses to further enhance teaching skills. Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading premium international schools organisation, released figures today showing a steep rise in teachers using EdTech to further boost their teaching and digital skills.

Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading premium international schools organisation, today announced that Lord Jim Knight has been appointed a member of its Education Advisory Board.

While many of the perks of teaching abroad can vary on a school-by-school basis; there are plenty of reasons to sign on the dotted line for your first international adventure. Here are five of the best reasons to become an international teacher.

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) today announced that Dr Terry Creissen OBE has been appointed Regional Managing Director China International Schools and a member of Nord Anglia’s Executive Committee. Prior to his appointment, Dr Creissen was NAE’s Managing Director for India. It was also announced that Brian Cooklin has been appointed Managing Director (India). Brian is the founding Principal of the award-winning Nord Anglia International School Hong Kong (NAIS Hong Kong). He took up his new position at the end of the 2020 academic year, succeeding Dr Terry Creissen.

With utter delight, pure innocence and genuine curiosity, one of my 5-year-old students once asked me if my skin was made of chocolate. My immediate thought was how awesome that would be, before I smiled and tried to explain to him, to the best of my ability, why I looked different from him. It dawned on me that this may have been a question on his mind from the day I first walked into his classroom months before, but I had never seen it impact how he treated me: with complete respect, love, and kindness.

Transitioning from primary to secondary school is not always easy. Whether it is moving to a new campus or a new country; it is a journey full of excitement, apprehension and sometimes fear of the unknown. As you read this article you might start to remember the way you felt putting on that new uniform and packing your school bag for the first day of secondary school. The transition is a rite of passage that every child must complete. Recently, I completed the NAE Masters in International Education with Kings College London, offered as a professional development opportunity here at Nord Anglia, with the focus of my research on primary to secondary school transition. I hope these top tips will help prepare yourself and your child.

For adults, the process of following written text with our eyes comes easily, but is this activity really as simple as it seems? While it looks as though we track across the letters in the lines they are written, encountering each letter, syllable, word, clause and sentence one-by-one, our eyes are actually darting across the page in an attempt to construct an understanding of the text as a whole. So, it makes sense that learning to read from scratch is a big challenge for students and for parents too, who want to guide them as best they can.

Calling on his incredible career as an Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, business mentor and now Elite Performance Coach at BISS Puxi, Marlon Devonish shares his tips for achieving elite performance and guidance on maintaining mental wellbeing and positivity in this A-Z series.

Calling on his incredible career as an Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, business mentor and now Elite Performance Coach at BISS Puxi, Marlon Devonish shares his tips for achieving elite performance and guidance on maintaining mental wellbeing and positivity in this A-Z series.

Calling on his incredible career as an Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, business mentor and now Elite Performance Coach at BISS Puxi, Marlon Devonish shares his tips for achieving elite performance and guidance on maintaining mental wellbeing and positivity in this A-Z series.

Focussing on play during a child’s early years education is a motivational approach that enables them to achieve greater academic success, develop lifelong skills and a positive attitude to learning.

For global schools group Nord Anglia Education, listening to parents’ opinions and inviting them into the discussion on their child’s education are fundamental to the organisation’s success. This feedback process is built into the company’s DNA through the annual parent survey.

Where you go is not who’ll you’ll be, were comments that sparked debate recently in the media and got many of us thinking, does that statement ring true for the university you choose? Windermere Preparatory School’s International Student Advisor Ruth Lahnston, Counselor Nancy Gerena and British International School Chicago, South Loop’s Director of Counseling Lindsay Kafitz say students should choose a university that is the best fit for them.

Attending boarding school is no longer about convenience for expats living abroad, rather educators believe students develop important life skills, setting them up for success in the future.

This week, at Nord Anglia Education’s ‘Outstanding Teachers for Outstanding Schools’ event in London, Mr Embley told potential teaching candidates for roles in China about what they could expect.

Education technology is bridging the gap between theory and practice by providing students more engaging, personalised learning experiences, teachers are finding. Increasing and integrating the use of mobile devices at schools can engage students at a deeper level with what they’re learning, San Roberto International School’s IT Director Arturo Dares says.

Each year, at Nord Anglia Education’s Senior Leadership Team Conference, senior leaders and principals from across our organisation gather to discuss best practice and to share new developments in their schools. The conference is also when we host our “Be Ambitious Awards” to celebrate the different ways our 56 schools have achieved excellence during the past academic year.

Inderjit Dehal, Director of Professional Development, shares how Nord Anglia Education’s excellent professional development programme for staff helps our students achieve great academic results year after year.