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Berlin British School operates on three sites with facilities appropriate to each age group. The Early Years (Kita) site is located in Berlin's Grunewald at the Havelchausee and houses Toddlers (2-3), K1 (3-4) and two K2 groups (4-5). The Primary School is five minutes' walk from Berlin's historic Olympic Stadium in Charlottenburg; the single-storey building houses K3 and Grades 1-5 and includes a library, a music room, two gymnasiums and a large playground. The Secondary School is located in the Grunewald area and offers both monolingual and bilingual streams. These sites collectively support learning from Early Years to Grade 12.
Two gymnasiums are available in the Primary School building. There is a large playground. Facilities are distributed across three sites to support physical education for Early Years, Primary and Secondary. The GISST sports programme offers Germany-wide competition for students in Grades 6-12, with football, volleyball, badminton, basketball, cross country and track and field; training takes place after school, with tournaments usually on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Primary School building includes a library and a music room. The building also features two gymnasiums and a large playground. The Primary School offers bilingual English/German streams and follows the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) aligned with the Berliner Rahmenlehrplan. The Early Years curriculum is bilingual, with English-taught subjects by teachers and German-delivered curriculum by Erzieher. Learning principles emphasise accessible learning environments and the use of digital technologies.
Extracurricular activities take place in various locations, both inside and outside school. Clubs are run by our own teachers as well as external teachers and coaches, and cover sports, music, arts, ICT and life skills for Primary and Secondary students. GISST provides Germany-wide competitions for Grades 6-12, with a range of sports and after-school training and fixtures. The Duke of Edinburgh Award is available from age 14, with Bronze, Silver and Gold levels and a focus on personal and social development through adventurous and practical activities.
Berlin British School is an international school for students aged 3 to 18, spread across three campuses in Berlin. The curriculum combines the Berliner Bildungsprogramm with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme in Early Years and Primary, offering bilingual English/German pathways or monolingual English instruction. The program is aligned to the Berliner Rahmenlehrplan and holds Ersatzschule and Ergänzungsschule status. Primary provides both bilingual and monolingual streams, while Secondary offers a monolingual English stream and a bilingual English/German stream. In Grade 10, bilingual students take MSA and IGCSE, while monolingual students take IGCSE; from Grade 11 to 12, students pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Berlin British School operates on three sites: Early Years in Grunewald, Primary near the Olympic Stadium in Charlottenburg, and Secondary in Grunewald. Facilities include libraries, music rooms, two gymnasia, and large playgrounds; the GISST sports programme supports competitive sport for Grades 6–12, with after-school training and fixtures.
