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Costa Rica, San Jose
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The school does not offer boarding facilities per se; however, week-day boarding arrangements for children can be made with school families who live in the vicinity.
Uniforms are required for all students. The 2026 uniform guides are available for Primary and Secondary.
Pupils are organized into houses for tournaments and other activities; Primary House tournaments are part of the school.
The British School of Costa Rica is an independent day school. Founded in 1981 by Mr. David Lloyd and Mrs. Liliana Lloyd, who serve as Directors General, it is privately owned and registered in the Costa Rican Public Registry. It is NEASC-accredited, recognized by the Costa Rican Ministry of Education, and is a member of the International Baccalaureate Organization; it is a Cambridge IGCSE Centre and an IELTS Testing Centre, licensed by the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award, among other designations.
The British School of Costa Rica is an independent day school for students aged 3 to 18, delivering IEYC and IPC in the primary years, a bespoke middle-years curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE in Years 9–10, and the IB Diploma Programme in Years 11–12. The Diploma is a bilingual English/Spanish two-year programme. The school is bilingual throughout, with most classes in English and the remainder in Spanish (or French), and aims for bilingual proficiency before Year 3. Founded in 1981, it is NEASC-accredited, recognized by the Costa Rican Ministry of Education, and authorised as an IB World School and Cambridge assessment centre. The 2.2-hectare campus includes an Early Years block, 46 general classrooms, five senior science labs, two Makerspaces, an Art Salon, and a 300-seat Auditorium/Theatre plus a 1,200 m2 gym and on-site sports fields. Extracurriculars feature Model United Nations and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, alongside broad arts and sports offerings.
