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Norway, Stavanger
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Uniform is required at BISS. Gausel and Sentrum use the same uniform structure: Primary pupils wear a pale blue polo shirt, navy trousers or skirt, and a navy round-neck sweatshirt; Secondary pupils wear a white shirt, black v-necked sweater or cardigan, and black trousers or skirt; PE kit includes a sport shirt in the colour of the pupil's house, leggings or shorts, gym shoes, and a hoodie. Uniforms are ordered through Trutex Europe with LEA codes LEA000132TF for Gausel and LEA000133TF for Sentrum, with a Ship to School option and a standard returns process.
Pupils are grouped into houses and wear house-colour PE shirts as part of the PE kit.
All BISS organisations (Preschool, Gausel, Sentrum and the BISS Foundation) have a Board that governs the schools. The Board includes representatives of the student body, parents, staff and Stavanger city and is responsible for policy, planning and budgets; it sets tuition fees annually and ensures the IB mission and a child-centred approach are implemented, with a focus on staff development.
BISS is an IB World School with three campuses serving ages 1 to 16 in Stavanger, Norway. Preschool operates at Gauselbakken 105, while BISS Gausel (Primary & Secondary) is at 107 and BISS Sentrum (Primary & Secondary) at Tanke Svilands gate 73. The school offers the IB Continuum, with the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP) on the Gausel and Sentrum campuses, and a Diploma Programme (DP) for older students. English is the language of instruction across the IB programmes, while Norwegian is integrated across the curriculum in both primary and secondary levels, with national testing at PYP5, MYP2 and MYP3. Preschool follows the Norwegian Framework Plan and supports English development in a multilingual environment. Learning is inquiry-based and aims to foster intercultural understanding and international mindedness. The school operates as an international day school, originally founded in 1977 and restructured in 2019 into three campuses.
