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Colombia, Cartagena
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The school has a food plant equipped with state-of-the-art technology and high quality standards, ensuring hygienic and safe processes. It promotes healthy eating habits from the early years and serves a healthy, nutritious and balanced diet to support learning. Snack and lunch are provided during the school day in accordance with nutritional standards, and the nutrition area develops projects to enhance student wellbeing.
The school has three Houses—Dragons, Unicorns and Lions—each linked to values: Dragons (Wisdom with action), Unicorns (Imagination with purpose), Lions (Strength with balance). The House system fosters identity, school spirit and collaboration and supports IB learner-profile experiences through activities such as sports competitions, academic contests, cultural events, volunteering and recreational activities.
The school is part of the Cognita family of Schools. It maintains an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (IQNET), Registration CO-SC-CER876764-9, expiring September 23, 2027.
The Colegio Británico de Cartagena is a private day school in Colombia serving students from 0 to 17 with three international curricula: IB Diploma Programme, Cognia (American) and Canadian curricula. Students graduate with a triple qualification comprising a Colombian bilingual program, a Cognia US Diploma and the IB Diploma. English begins in preschool, with French introduced from 4th grade through 12th grade; high school students complete TOEFL certification. The school operates across two campuses: the Anillo Vial Campus, a country site with spacious classrooms, sports fields and laboratories, and Castillogrande Campus, the preschool site designed as a magical castle for early learning. Facilities include Ring Road and Castillogrande Libraries, science laboratories and a dining room. CBC emphasizes sports and co-curricular projects as core to learning. With more than 40 years of experience and as part of the REDCOL network, CBC combines academic offerings with social-emotional learning through Yale University's RULER program.
