Harrow International School Bengaluru

Harrow Bengaluru follows the English National Curriculum, with Cambridge IGCSE examinations at the end of Grade 10, where students take English, mathematics, the three sciences and a modern language plus three to five electives. In Grades 11 and 12 the school offers two routes of similar size: Cambridge International AS and A Levels, usually four subjects, and the IB Diploma Programme with six subjects plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS. The first IB Diploma cohort began in August 2024. The school is also an SAT test centre.

The school is organised into a Kindergarten and Primary School (Lower Kindergarten to Grade 5, ages 4 to 10) and a Secondary School. The Secondary School has three phases: Lower Secondary for ages 11 to 14 (Grades 6 to 8), Upper Secondary for ages 14 to 16 (Grades 9 and 10, IGCSE) and the Sixth Form for ages 16 to 18 (Grades 11 and 12, A Levels or IB Diploma).

The school aims to help students achieve excellent results, build character and lead with purpose so that they make a positive difference to others. It encourages intellectual curiosity, independent thinking and confidence, together with kindness and inclusion fostered by the house system. Leadership development and service in the local community and beyond are central, and school life is guided by four Harrow values: courage, honour, humility and fellowship.

The upper school has over 12,000 m2 of academic buildings with science labs, breakout spaces, a lecture theatre, an examination hall and a 700 m2 library. A 450-seat auditorium hosts productions and assemblies, and there are dedicated spaces for drama and dance, a music wing with practice rooms, an ensemble space, a recording studio and a music tech lab, and an art school with a kiln room and a darkroom. Sports facilities include an Olympic-size 50 m swimming pool, a 4,500 m2 sports hall with squash courts, a gym, a 400 m running track, a full-size astroturf pitch, cricket facilities and outdoor basketball courts. The campus holds a LEED Platinum green building rating.

The school runs its own fleet of buses on major routes across Bengaluru. Students take lunch in a large dining hall, while boarders have breakfast and supper in their houses. Pastoral care is organised through the house system, with housemasters and housemistresses, tutors and matrons, and a wellbeing programme is built into the weekly timetable. A university guidance team supports students from Grade 8, and a structured scholarship programme is available.

Most secondary students are boarders. Boarding houses sit at the centre of the campus and accommodate up to 70 students each, with twin rooms for younger pupils and single en-suite rooms for seniors, plus their own kitchen, dining room, library and common rooms. Each house has resident house staff and a matron. Evenings include supervised homework, and weekends offer activities, trips and film nights. Families can choose full boarding or weekly boarding, returning home at weekends.

Sport is supported by external partners: Bengaluru FC for football, a cricket academy, a swimming academy, the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy and a strength and conditioning programme. Students compete in ISSO and TAISI events, in fixtures across Bengaluru and India, and on sports tours to the UK. Music includes instrumental lessons, ABRSM exams, choirs, bands and orchestras; drama includes annual productions with a Shakespeare tradition; and dance covers ballet, tap, Indian, folk, modern and street styles. The super-curriculum adds academic clubs, debating, Olympiads, robotics competitions, Model UN and the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.