The Bermuda High School

In Years 12 and 13 BHS offers three routes: the full IB Diploma Programme with six subjects, Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS; the IB Courses Programme, which lets students take six IB subjects at the levels they choose without the Diploma core; and A Levels, with three or four subjects studied in depth. Before this, students take GCSE/IGCSE examinations in Years 10 and 11, following the English National Curriculum in earlier years. Students sit the PSAT in Year 11 and can take the SAT in the senior years. As a Round Square school, BHS also offers international conferences, exchanges and service projects.

English is the language of instruction throughout the school. Modern languages start early: from the Early Years Programme children follow a blended programme in both French and Spanish, learning through songs, games, role play and puppetry before moving on to basic reading and writing. A foreign language remains part of the core subjects studied for GCSE/IGCSE in Years 10 and 11, and languages are among the subject groups available in the IB Diploma and A Level programmes.

BHS is organised in three stages. Primary runs from the Early Years Programme, a play-based year for four-year-olds combining the International Early Years Curriculum and the UK Early Years Foundation Stage, through Years 1 to 6. Secondary covers Middle School (Years 7 to 9) and Senior School (Years 10 and 11), when students prepare for GCSE/IGCSE examinations. The co-educational Senior Years Programme in Years 12 and 13 offers A Levels, the IB Diploma or IB courses.

BHS aims to give students academic excellence enriched by innovation within a supportive and collaborative community. Its mission speaks of an inclusive environment that encourages intellectual curiosity, awareness of the community and resilient independence, so that students can step into the world boldly and responsibly. The school's vision is to be an international leader in empowering young people, especially girls and young women, and it builds leadership skills from the earliest years through its I LEAD framework and the Round Square IDEALS.

Sport at BHS follows a positive coaching approach. Teams enter inter-school competitions run by the Bermuda School Sports Federation, alongside inter-house events and sports days. Extra-curricular sports include cross-fit, archery, gig rowing, cricket, swimming, running, netball, basketball, hockey, football, tag rugby, pickleball, softball, sailing, yoga, ultimate frisbee and scuba diving. Primary clubs have included gymnastics, orchestra, bell choir, musical theatre, glee club, STEAM, computing, baking and leadership, with paid clubs such as fencing and Zumba. Drama productions and Round Square trips abroad complete the programme.

The campus near central Hamilton combines the original 19th-century building with newer facilities. The Innovation Centre, opened in 2020, contains five science labs, two computer science and robotics labs, a creation and innovation space, a digital media studio, a library and a leadership room around the Buchanan Learning Commons. The arts are served by the Alvin Ferreira Family Theatre, a flexible black box space, music suites with 11 practice rooms and a recording studio, and an arts wing with three fine art studios, digital arts and ceramics studios and a gallery. There is also a 400-capacity gymnasium with an upper fitness studio, Queen Elizabeth Hall, a natural grass sports field and an astro-turf primary playground.

After-school care for children from the Early Years Programme to Year 6 runs every school day until 5:30 pm, with homework time, crafts, science activities and outdoor play, and holiday camps operate during school breaks. Senior students have a dedicated university admissions counsellor. A Director of Admissions and Inclusion oversees admissions and inclusion, and specialised learning support is available on request. Each year BHS awards more than $1 million in needs-based financial aid, plus merit scholarships for entry into Years 4 to 7.