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Kenya, Nairobi
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Braeburn Garden Estate offers weekly and full-time boarding for students in Years 7 and above. Weekly boarders arrive Monday morning and stay through Friday afternoon; full-time boarders reside in the Treetops block with age-appropriate rooming (Year 9 in 4-bed rooms, IB students in 1-bed rooms). The bus service and all meals and drinks are included in boarding fees. A structured 'prep time' routine supports study, with boarding staff who are teaching staff providing pastoral and academic support, and on-site facilities for recreation and study.
All BGE students wear a uniform for class-based lessons and for Games and Physical Education (PE). Shin pads are compulsory for Years 3 and above for hockey and football, and gum shields are required for hockey and for boys playing rugby.
The dining-hall staff produce an exceptional range of meals on a weekly basis, with a healthy and balanced diet. Beyond set meals in the dining-hall, hot snacks are provided to the boarding houses and food can be delivered to school on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. The newly fitted kitchenettes in the boarding houses are stocked with essentials for the evenings.
Boarding houses are Acacia (Girls) and Baobab (Boys). House staff include a Head of Boarding and Houseparents; Acacia House Team and Baobab House Team manage the houses.
The school is a member of the Braeburn Group of International Schools.
Braeburn Garden Estate School is a co-educational day and boarding school near Nairobi serving ages 2–18. It follows the British National Curriculum through Nursery to Year 11, with Cambridge IGCSE and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), the International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) and BTEC Level 3 in Years 12–13. Boarding is available for Years 7 and above. The 32-acre campus sits eight kilometres northeast of central Nairobi on Garden Estate Road and includes large playing fields, pools (training pool for younger pupils and a 25-metre pool), outdoor courts, a large sports hall, a dance studio, a gym, squash courts, libraries, dining areas and playgrounds. The school is CIS accredited and an IB World School, and is a member of the Braeburn Group of International Schools. Music and drama are central to curriculum and co-curricular life, with a full music department and public performances. Languages offered include Mandarin, Kiswahili, Spanish, German, Dutch and French.
