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Peru, Lima
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Founded in 1980, Hiram Bingham began life in a house in San Isidro. It moved to its current site in Santiago de Surco in 1985, initially on a large vacant plot with prefabricated wooden classrooms. Permanent buildings were added over time, with Primary built in 1986–87 and Secondary in 1992–93. The Arts and Sports centre opened gradually, with the theatre completed in 2011. The school started as a girls' school and first admitted boys in 1998; it has grown to roughly 700 students, with a maximum of 50 students per year group; the IB Diploma was introduced in 1998, followed by MYP in 2001 and PYP in 2003, making it the first Peruvian school authorized for all three IB programmes, and in 2022 it became the first in Peru to be evaluated by IB across the continuum.
Community Profile outlines values development through the IB-inspired profile, with the aim that all HB community members—students, teachers and parents—demonstrate its twelve characteristics. Teachers commit to a safe, supportive learning environment, and parent involvement is encouraged as school-family collaboration. HB profile includes caring, authentic, resilient, principled, thinkers, communicators, knowledgeable, reflective, open-minded, balanced, risk-takers and inquirers.
HBPA stands for the Hiram Bingham Parents Association. It is formed by the parents of the school and an elected committee who run the HBPA and support the school and community. It organises social activities that help strengthen the sense of community and serves as a communication channel between the school and parents. HBPA delegates, known as HB Supporters, coordinate this communication. The HBPA maintains ongoing collaboration with the school to support student life and events.
Hiram Bingham is an international school in Peru offering the International Baccalaureate continuum (PYP, MYP, DP) for ages 3 to 16. Founded in 1980, it is Peru's first school authorised for all three IB programmes (2003) and in 2022 underwent a continuum evaluation by IB. The campus in Santiago de Surco features classrooms with German furniture and air‑conditioning, four secondary science laboratories, a Primary multi‑purpose room, and libraries for each section. Students benefit from extensive arts and performance facilities, including two art rooms, a pottery kiln, a dance room, music and drama spaces, and a theatre seating 358. The school offers a broad extracurricular program across sport, arts and service, with facilities for basketball, swimming, football and more. With 700 students and cohort limits of 50, Hiram Bingham emphasizes personalised education in a close community. English, Spanish and French are taught, with Cambridge and Alliance Française examinations and IB university access.
