The British School New Delhi

The curriculum follows English school stages. Children start with the Early Years Foundation Stage in Nursery and Reception and continue with the National Curriculum of England up to Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9). In Years 10 and 11 students usually take nine Cambridge IGCSE subjects. In Years 12 and 13 they choose between the IB Diploma Programme, taught at TBS since 2005 with six subject groups plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS, and the IB Career-related Programme, which combines several DP courses with a career-related study and the CP core. English Language and Literature is compulsory at DP level.

TBS is organised into a Primary and a Secondary School. Children can join Nursery at age 3, followed by Reception (age 4) in the Early Years Foundation Stage. Key Stage 1 covers Years 1 and 2 and Key Stage 2 covers Years 3 to 6. In Secondary, Key Stage 3 spans Years 7 to 9, Key Stage 4 is the IGCSE stage in Years 10 and 11, and Key Stage 5, Years 12 and 13, offers the IB Diploma or the IB Career-related Programme. The cut-off date for age is 1 September.

The school sums up its vision in three words, thrive, believe and succeed, and its mission as respecting, reflecting and inspiring to achieve excellence. Its values ask the community to live the TBS Learner Profile, respect one another and the diversity of the school, keep high expectations, develop social, intellectual, physical and creative skills, and share responsibility for common goals. Belonging, equity and inclusion, as well as student wellbeing, are named as strategic priorities.

TBS operates from one campus in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, centred on a modern white building opened in 2016 with a landscaped entrance courtyard. Sports facilities include an outdoor swimming pool used for swim meets, a gymnasium that hosts basketball tournaments and a grass playing field, the Lower Field, where cricket and football matches are held. The school also has an auditorium, inaugurated in 1983, and a library holding more than 31,000 books with several hundred new titles added each year.

Optional services include an air-conditioned bus service covering parts of Delhi and Gurgaon for pupils from Year 2, with two attendants on each bus, and a hot lunch programme of largely organic meals cooked on site, plus a healthy snack shop. The school employs a doctor and five nurses, full-time wellbeing counsellors and university guidance counsellors. Learning support covers English as an Additional Language, additional educational needs and a gifted and talented programme. Pupils wear a uniform from Nursery to Year 11.

PE runs from the early years to Year 13, and school teams called the Panthers compete in football, basketball, swimming, cricket, volleyball, table tennis, baseball, badminton and athletics, in leagues such as ISACI and FOBISIA. Primary pupils can join after-school activities run by specialists, including ballet, chess, coding, cooking, pottery, guitar, orchestra, theatre, yoga and Indian classical dance. Secondary students have teacher-led and student-led clubs such as MUN, F1, robotics, drumming, photography, golf and esports. The arts are a strong area, with drama, dance, visual arts and music, plus LAMDA, Trinity and ABRSM exams.