The British International STEAM School

The curriculum is British and Cambridge-based. The primary school follows the Cambridge International Curriculum, part of the Cambridge Pathway that runs from age five to eighteen and is used in over 10,000 schools worldwide, alongside a modified English National Curriculum. Learning is organised around inquiry: students move through discovery, investigation and the creation of new understanding, working on projects that cross traditional subject boundaries, and they take part in goal setting and assessment themselves. Each unit ends with a Celebration of Learning - a show, exhibition, bazaar or student-led conference. Students who continue within the group move on to IGCSE and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at the Zekeriyakoy campus.

The campus covers the early years and primary school. Pre-school takes children from two and a half to four, with an EYFS programme built on inquiry, explicit teaching of language and social interaction and early work on recognising and managing emotions; the youngest children stay half day for at least their first term. Reception follows, and then the primary school for ages five to eleven, taught through the Cambridge International Curriculum with each year group in its own homeroom area. Secondary education, IGCSE and the IB Diploma are offered at the group's other Istanbul campus.

The school sets out to provide a safe and caring international environment that celebrates cultural diversity, so that students reach their academic potential and become lifelong learners and responsible global citizens. Its stated philosophy includes instilling respect, tolerance, integrity and compassion, encouraging students to be responsible risk-takers and promoting responsibility for a sustainable environment. It defines high quality learning as students being able to articulate their learning journey and interpret new concepts at a high standard, working from a growth mindset.

The campus sits in the city but is sheltered from the traffic and surrounded by planting. Each year group has its own homeroom area, with year groups in the same key stage on the same floor, and there are project rooms with interactive smartboards for group work and long-term projects. Specialist spaces include an art room used for lessons and Genius Hour, a science laboratory equipped for the Cambridge curriculum, a music room that serves as the hub for performances, a multi-use hall for assemblies, indoor PE and events, and a canteen.

A bus service is run with an outside operator whose fleet carries GPS tracking, security cameras, its own drivers and hostesses; families register separately for it and it is not included in the fees. Lunch is provided by the school and eaten family style in the canteen, with staff sitting with the students; the published menu marks vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and lactose-free options. Uniform is compulsory and bought from an official supplier.

Activities are woven into the school day rather than offered only as after-school clubs. Break time is spent outdoors on the courtyard and the basketball court, and the garden terrace works as an outdoor classroom where plants are grown and water projects are run. The music room is where students learn instruments, sing together and prepare performances, and the art room gives them time to explore materials and techniques, including during Genius Hour, when they pursue projects of their own choosing. The multi-use hall hosts indoor PE as well as the Winter Show, talent shows and exhibitions, and each learning unit closes with a Celebration of Learning shared with families.