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BIS Washington is housed in a single urban building, creating a close-knit school community from early years through upper secondary. The campus features specialist facilities for the sciences, visual arts, music, dance, computer science, and design technology, as well as a learning support center. The primary school has a learning hub for collaborative, project-based learning, and there is a library with learning spaces. There is a café and on-site kitchen for school lunches, nearby playing fields and a gymnasium, and a counseling space for college and university applications. Classrooms are high-tech, with wireless access and devices such as iPads, tablets, or laptops. Seesaw (in Primary) and ManageBac (in Secondary) share assignments, track progress, and provide resources, while laser cutters, engravers, 3D printers, and robotics tools are available in Technology and Computer Science labs.
Nearby playing fields and a gymnasium support physical education and team sports. After-school sports include basketball, cross-country, football (soccer), swimming, track and field, and volleyball.
Specialist facilities for the sciences, visual arts, music, dance, computer science, and design technology, plus a learning support center. The primary school has a learning hub for collaborative, project-based learning, and there is a library with learning spaces. Classrooms are high-tech, with interactive SMART boards. Wireless access and devices—iPads, tablets, or laptops—are available for students, and Seesaw (Primary) and ManageBac (Secondary) are used to share assignments and track progress. Technology and Computer Science labs house laser cutters, engravers, 3D printers, and robotics tools.
We have a wide range of after-school activities that help students explore their interests. Examples include Walk in the Woods (Reception–Year 2), performances and musicals, music programs, Green Team, Model UN, and a newspaper club, with a rotating slate of 20+ clubs each term. After-School Sports include basketball, cross-country, football, swimming, track and field, and volleyball. The school also offers trips and visits to enrich learning experiences, and residential trips for certain year groups. The Global Classroom is an online Nord Anglia Education program with school challenges and an annual expedition to Tanzania.
British International School of Washington BISW is a private international school in DC serving ages 2 to 18 and part of Nord Anglia Education. Opened in 1998, BISW blends a British educational heritage with an international focus. The school offers a curriculum across 2–18: Early Years Foundation Stage; the English National Curriculum supported by the International Primary Curriculum; the International Middle Years Curriculum; IGCSE in Upper Secondary (Years 10–11); and the IB Diploma Programme in Upper Secondary (Years 12–13). English and Mathematics are taught in line with the English National Curriculum. The campus is a single building housing facilities for the sciences, arts, music, dance, computer science and design technology, plus a learning hub, library, and counseling space. BISW uses Seesaw in Primary and ManageBac in Secondary to track progress. Juilliard and MIT collaborations enrich arts and STEAM, alongside Nord Anglia's Global Campus programs. Preparing students for a global career.
