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Portugal, Madeira
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Pastoral care is at the heart of ISM's Infant School, providing emotional and social support to help children settle in. A holistic approach supports each child's social, emotional, and cultural development, helping them gain confidence, resilience, and a strong sense of self. The Cambridge Early Years curriculum is child-centred and play-based, designed to develop at each child's own pace and focuses on social and emotional development. Classrooms and outdoor spaces encourage collaboration, creativity, and exploration. Cambridge Early Years also supports bilingual and multilingual learners, making it accessible to children from diverse language backgrounds.
Enrichment provision provides additional support in all classes. Targeted curriculum interventions foster mastery of key skills and concepts.
It supports learners, whatever their level of English when they begin the programme. A bilingual or multilingual approach is offered if learners have a home language other than English. The Cambridge Early Years Curriculum also supports bilingual and multilingual learners.
Pastoral care is at the heart of ISM's Infant School, providing emotional and social support to help children settle in. The pastoral program uses thoughtful guidance and structured routines and maintains open communication with families. A holistic approach supports social, emotional, and cultural development. This helps children gain confidence, resilience, and a strong sense of self.
The International School of Madeira is an international day school offering Cambridge Early Years and Cambridge Primary curricula for children aged 3 to 10. Established in 1997, it delivers an English National Curriculum with an international perspective through bilingual English-Portuguese instruction. The Infant School (ages 3–6) follows the Cambridge EYFS framework, organized around six curriculum areas and designed to support bilingual and multilingual learners. The Primary School (ages 6–10) uses the Cambridge Primary Curriculum across more than ten subjects, including English, mathematics and science, with Cambridge Primary English and mathematics strengthening core skills. The school supports bilingual or multilingual learning paths and can adapt the curriculum to a Portuguese program. Class sizes are small, with no more than fifteen pupils per class. Pastoral care and enrichment opportunities underpin a holistic approach. ISM maintains strong links with Madeira's secondary schools, and alumni include professionals across medicine, engineering, education and research opportunities.
