Argentina, Buenos Aires
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NORTHLANDS is a bilingual, co-educational school with British roots. It aims to enhance pupils' abilities to the fullest in a warm and caring environment. It offers children in the Argentine and international community an education based on the development of skills, concepts, attitudes and values. It is a non-denominational school where diverse cultures, religions and ethnicities interact, and where diversity, respect, empathy and open-mindedness are core. Through the admissions process, it aims to achieve classroom diversity by establishing heterogeneous groups that facilitate and enrich learning. It rotates the composition of each division over the years to help students become more open-minded and to develop their integration and teamwork skills, which are essential both within school and in their future personal and professional development.
Northlands School, founded in 1920, operates two campuses in Nordelta and Olivos for students aged 1 to 18. It is an IB World School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme, with instruction in English and language options in Spanish and French. The PYP fosters inquiry across disciplines—sciences, social studies, mathematics, arts, languages and personal development—encouraging international-mindedness and the ability to learn how to learn. Cambridge IGCSE covers seven subjects, including English First Language, Spanish Literature and French, with options for science, mathematics and history or environmental studies, plus a Creativity option in arts, theatre or music. The IB Diploma Programme offers subjects such as English and Spanish language and literature, French, economics, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental systems and societies, and arts. It emphasizes Service Learning and Education for Sustainable Development and maintains affiliations with Cambridge, ESSARP, CISLA across local and global communities.