Philippines, Manila
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The school operates a new, larger campus in Eastland Heights, Antipolo City, opened for School Year 2024-2025. The Eastland Heights campus is Bannister Academy's primary campus and is part of the Philippines' first ecotherapy community, offering sustainable living in campus surroundings. Bannister Academy is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World Diploma Programme school. The campus address is Lot 8 Eastland Heights, Sitio Sapinit, Brgy. San Juan, Antipolo City, Philippines 1870; contact: (02) 8807-3334 or 0917-711-0100; theresekovillanueva@bannister.edu.ph.
The school maintains small class sizes, enabling teachers to devote more individual attention to students, which supports a personalized and caring learning environment. The High School program follows the Department of Education's General Academic Track, with a curriculum spanning STEM, HUMSS, and ABM strands. Senior High School includes one-on-one mentoring and exposure trips and mini-internships conducted in Grade 11, enriching student preparation for university and beyond.
The school offers a range of clubs under its formation program, including Football Varsity, Chess Varsity, Korean Language Club, Debate Club, Bike Club, and Frisbee Club. Grade School clubs include Arts & Crafts, Chefs Club, Board Games Club, and Chess Club and Varsity, with scheduled activities such as football and chess sessions during the week. These clubs broaden opportunities for students to develop teamwork, strategic thinking, creativity, and language skills.
Bannister Academy offers a blend of classical education and curricula for students aged 3 to 18. The school delivers a Bespoke Curriculum alongside the IB Diploma Programme and the DepEd-aligned Indian Curriculum, with the K-12 program running Preschool through Senior High. Its learning model is rooted in the Trivium—grammar, logic, rhetoric—within a Paideia framework, cultivating critical thinking, inquiry, and articulate communication. Latin study supports analytical skills. The Senior High integrates the IB DP with English A Literature SL/HL, Filipino A Literature SL/HL, English B SL/HL, Global Politics SL/HL, Philosophy SL/HL, Chemistry SL/HL, Physics SL/HL, Mathematics SL/HL, and Visual Arts SL/HL, with Theory of Knowledge, Creativity, Activity, Service, and Extended Essay. In 2024-25 Bannister relocated to Eastland Heights campus in Antipolo City, part of Philippines' first global ecotherapy community, offering sustainable living. The school emphasizes small class sizes, mentoring, and Grade 11 internships. Extracurriculars include sports, arts, language clubs, leadership programs.