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The British School of Egypt

Egypt, Cairo

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees Fees not listed
Ages 2 - 17 years
Pupil numbers 1380
Type Co-educational
Opened 2010
Bus Service No
Academic offering
Curriculum British Curriculum, EYFS (Early years foundation stage), Cambridge IGCSE, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels
Taught languages Arabic, French
Typical class size 22
Strengths Sport, Visual and Creative Arts, STEM
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Social and Hobbies
Stages Early Years, Primary School, Secondary School, Sixth Form
Introduction

The British School of Egypt is a co-educational British international school in Sheikh Zayed, Cairo, delivering the National Curriculum for England. The school serves students from age 2 to 17, starting with the EYFS and progressing through Cambridge IGCSE, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels and Cambridge A Levels. Opened in 2010, it now educates over 1,300 students from diverse nationalities on a large campus with dedicated buildings for Early Years, Primary and Secondary sections. Facilities include a theatre, a heated swimming pool, comprehensive sports facilities, science laboratories, music rooms, art rooms, drama rooms and ICT laboratories. The Senior Leadership Team is mainly British, and the school is a COBIS member. The environment supports a practical, globally oriented education that blends strong academic pathways with opportunities in the arts and physical education, helping pupils prepare for higher education and successful futures worldwide.

The Essentials

The British School of Egypt has 1,380 pupils, typical class sizes of 22, instruction in English.

Location
Al Sheikh Zayed, Giza Governorate, Egypt. The British School of Egypt opened in 2010 in the exclusive Sheikh Zayed community on the West of Cairo. The BSE is a large campus with dedicated buildings for Early Years, Primary School and Secondary School and facilities including a large theatre, a heated swimming pool, sporting facilities, science laboratories, music rooms, art rooms, drama rooms and ICT rooms.

Stages
Early Years (EYFS), Primary School, and Senior School KS3 with KS4 & 5. Pre-Foundation Stage to Year 12 are taught at The British School of Egypt.

Type
The school is a co-educational British international school delivering the National Curriculum for England.

Country affiliation
United Kingdom. The British School of Egypt is a British international school delivering the National Curriculum for England.

Bus service
Door-to-door transport is offered on request through an external bus company for Foundation Stage One to Year 12. The service is safe and comfortable, with routes planned to minimise travel time. To register, contact the transportation office at ehab.elmasry@bse.edu.eg; a transportation team member will then confirm availability and provide morning pick up and afternoon drop off times and locations.
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
All children must wear The BSE school uniform, purchased from the uniform shop. Most items display The BSE logo. If a student cannot wear a uniform item on a given day, the parent should email their class teacher.

Food Options
Hot and cold meals are provided through Delta Catering Services. The catering menu changes each term and the restaurant does not accept cash sales. Meals are paid through the SPARE cashless system; parents can preload SPARE accounts and monitor purchases; Foundation stage meals can be pre-ordered for the week or month and delivered to classrooms at appropriate break times.

House System
The BSE has four houses: Balmoral (Purple), Windsor (Red), Stormont (Green), and Cardiff Castle (Yellow). On entry, each child is placed into a house and remains a member of that house; house points are awarded for classroom behavior, participation, kindness and achievement, and there are House Days and inter-house events. Weekly house points are collected and announced in assemblies.
Fees
Application / Registration fees

- A registration (application) fee is required to secure a place; payment of the registration fee is necessary within 10 working days after a successful assessment and parent conference.

Tuition fees (summary and example)

- Tuition fees vary by year group and are billed as instalments. The school issues student-specific invoices showing the tuition amount and splits the annual tuition into instalments (example below).

- Example (actual invoice for a Year 4 pupil, invoice dated 01/12/2025):
- Tuition (annual total): EGP 130,216.00.
- Tuition 1st instalment: EGP 64,433.00.
- Tuition 2nd instalment: EGP 65,783.00.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The school requires instalment payments. The first tuition instalment is scheduled for payment into the school account between 1 May and 15 May (as an example of the school's published payment window for the first instalment). Additional fee payment deadlines appear on the school calendar (the calendar records fee-payment windows such as periods in early December). Late payment is subject to the school's contract terms.

- Invoices show explicit due dates per invoice (for example, the Year 4 invoice carried a due date of 15/12/2025). Instalment amounts and due dates are stated on each pupil's invoice.

Boarding fees

- Boarding is not listed or referenced in the school's parent-facing materials reviewed; the available materials and invoices indicate day-school tuition and associated services rather than boarding charges. (No boarding fee schedule was located in the documents consulted.)

Other costs and recurring extras

- Transport (school bus): bus services are charged separately; the school's behaviour/transport rules note that suspension from the bus may be enforced without refund of bus fees in specific circumstances. Specific bus-price amounts were not found in the materials reviewed.

- Uniform: a school uniform programme / online uniform store is in operation and uniforms are sold via the school's uniform portal. Uniform purchases are a separate, additional cost.

- Examination and external assessment fees, activity / ECA charges, trips, and other pupil-specific charges are typically billed separately on student invoices or as additional items; specific price lines for these items were not provided in the sample invoice reviewed.

Refunds and withdrawal

- The school's policies and invoices state that late payment and contract terms govern refunds; the behaviour/transport policy explicitly notes there may be no refund of bus fees where suspension is enforced. A formal, itemised refund schedule (amounts and conditions) was not present in the public materials examined; refunds and deposit/withdrawal conditions are documented in the school's contract and individual invoices.

Fee payment options

- Bank deposit and online bank transfer are accepted. Invoices list the school bank (example shown on a pupil invoice: Banque Misr with the school account number and IBAN for transfers). Parents are instructed to include the child's name and year group on payment slips and to provide a copy of the payment receipt to the accounts office or to bsefinance@bse.edu.eg.

- The school provides an Online Payments portal for convenience; individual invoices identify the school bank details for direct deposit and IBAN/SWIFT for international transfers.

Summary of what is included above and availability of figures

- The overview above gives the school's required payment steps, instalment method and an actual invoiced example (Year 4, annual tuition EGP 130,216 split into two instalments). The school issues pupil-specific invoices that list the instalment amounts, due dates and bank transfer details for each enrolled student.

Notes on availability and completeness

- A full, published public fee schedule listing tuition amounts for every year group and a dedicated 2026/27 fee-table was not located in the publicly accessible materials reviewed. The figures supplied above are taken from the school's admission/payment guidance and a representative pupil invoice dated December 2025. For a complete, year-group breakdown of tuition by term or instalment for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic year, the school issues individual invoices and formal fee schedules to applicants and enrolling families; the materials examined did not include a single consolidated public table listing every year group's published amounts.
Academics

The British School of Egypt teaches British Curriculum, EYFS (Early years foundation stage), Cambridge IGCSE, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels for students aged 2 to 17.

Curriculum
The school delivers the National Curriculum for England.

Exam Results
The school has IGCSE, AS and A-Level examination results.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Complete Well-BSE-ing is a holistic approach that supports Academic Well Being, Physical Well Being, Social & Emotional Well Being, and Spiritual Well Being. The program in EYFS emphasises the holistic well-being of children, including social and emotional development. Pastoral Care fosters emotional intelligence and uses Mindfulness reflection sessions and Positive Behaviour Mentoring guided by qualified School Guidance Counselors.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
The school is inclusive and actively seeks to remove barriers to learning and participation, aiming to identify and support the SEND of all pupils. It works in partnership with pupils, teachers, parents and external agencies to enable pupils to reach their fullest potential and promote independence, confidence and well-being. The ALDD has a team of highly qualified teachers providing one-to-one, small-group and in-class support from EYFS through Year 10, and coordinates with external professionals such as Speech and Language Therapists and Educational Psychologists; Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are set with targets and reviewed twice a year.

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
English as a Second Language is offered as an option in Key Stage 4 (Year 10) as part of the IGCSE options.

Mental Wellbeing
Mental wellbeing is supported through a school-wide pastoral framework that emphasises emotional intelligence and healthy emotional development. Mindfulness reflection sessions and Positive Behaviour Mentoring are part of the wellbeing provision, delivered with the support of qualified School Guidance Counselors.

Safeguarding
Safeguarding policies are in place and are integrated with school policies; safeguarding is addressed within pastoral care, and safeguarding requirements are reflected in daily practice (e.g., safeguarding guidelines in EYFS with adult-to-child ratios).
Parent Experience

History
The British School of Egypt opened in 2010 in the exclusive Sheikh Zayed community on the West of Cairo. It is a co-educational British international school delivering the National Curriculum for England. It has over 16 years of experience teaching the National Curriculum of England to children from 2.5 years to 17 years of age. It has a vibrant pupil population with over 1,380 students from different nationalities and a large campus with dedicated buildings for Early Years, Primary School and Secondary School and facilities including a theatre, a heated swimming pool, sporting facilities, science laboratories, music rooms, art rooms, drama rooms and ICT rooms. The Senior Leadership Team is mainly British and the school is a COBIS member.

Community
The school has a vibrant, diverse community with over 1,380 students from different nationalities. The campus includes dedicated buildings for Early Years, Primary and Secondary, and facilities such as a large theatre, a heated swimming pool, sporting facilities, science laboratories, music rooms, art rooms, drama rooms and ICT rooms. The Senior Leadership Team is mainly British, bringing years of experience from the UK and around the world, and COBIS membership connects the school with quality British schools worldwide. Mindfulness and a growth mindset underpin the Complete Well-BSEing approach, and Live Well for School, Live Well for Life is the guiding ethos.

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Parent Focus Group provides parent liaison and support. Pastoral Care mediates relationships between teachers, pupils and parents and within the wider BSE community. Pastoral & Behaviour organizes events such as Anti-Bullying Week and community service. The House System fosters belonging across age groups through House Days and events, and house points are awarded and announced weekly. COBIS membership and a senior leadership team mainly British contribute to the international character of the BSE community.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
The British School of Egypt opened in 2010 in Sheikh Zayed. The school has a large campus with dedicated buildings for Early Years, Primary School and Secondary School. It has a large theatre, a heated swimming pool, and sporting facilities. It has science laboratories, music rooms, art rooms, drama rooms and ICT rooms. The school is located in Al Sheikh Zayed, Giza Governorate.

Sports Facilities
The school has a heated swimming pool. General sporting facilities are available on campus. These facilities support the school's Physical Education programme. The campus houses spaces dedicated to PE and school sport.

Academic Facilities
Science laboratories are on site. ICT rooms are on site. Music rooms, art rooms and drama rooms are available. These spaces support the delivery of the National Curriculum for England and related arts and sciences subjects.

Extra Curricular Facilities
ASA programme begins in the Autumn term and runs in blocks of five weeks. On four ASA nights, over 200 students are involved. Activities cover Robotics, Cooking, Climbing, Sports, Swimming, STEM, Fitness, Reading, Music, Dance and Drama. School Sports Teams and Squad training run alongside ASA.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
The ASA programme offers after-school activities for pupils from Year 1 to Year 10. The range includes Robotics, Cooking, Climbing, Sports, Swimming, STEM, Fitness, Reading, Music, Dance and Drama. Activities run in five‑week blocks each term, with more than 200 pupils involved, and are led by specialist staff. Some activities are on‑site and others are organised by external providers.

Arts & Creative
The Creative Arts Department delivers Music, Art & Design, Drama and Performing Arts. Music experiences develop talent, confidence and creativity, with opportunities to compose and listen critically. Art & Design encourages experimentation and critical thinking about art and design, while reflecting history and culture. Performances and exhibitions showcase productions in the school theatre and annual visual art exhibitions.

Social & Hobbies
The Extra-Curricular Activities (ASA) cover a broad range of social and hobby clubs, including sport, fitness, reading, music, dance and drama. The school runs School Sports Teams and Squad training after class; Bears, Sharks and Eagles compete in matches, competitions and tournaments. These activities promote teamwork, social interaction and physical well-being.

Community & Service
The school hosts Community Carnival events to foster community involvement and school spirit. These community activities bring pupils, families and staff together for celebrations and collaborative projects.

Leadership & Professional
The BSE mission commits to being a school with leaders, designers, creators and contributors. The Vision emphasizes preparing pupils to understand, find solutions and succeed in a rapidly changing society, so they may impact on and improve the world.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Complete Well‑BSEing adopts the principles of Positive Psychology to build resilience and well‑being for every child. It aims to equip pupils with the skills, attributes and habits to thrive, develop a sense of purpose and engagement, and proactively support the well‑being of individuals and the wider community.
Languages

Language Provision
The school delivers the National Curriculum for England. French is taught as part of the curriculum. Arabic, Islamic and Social Studies are provided under the Ministry of Education's curriculum.
Admissions

Admissions
STEP ONE (Optional): Campus Visits / Open Mornings / Site Tours.
Prospective parents are welcomed to join an Open Morning.
An in‑depth presentation is delivered by the senior leadership team.
The day includes a campus tour and refreshments with other prospective parents.

STEP TWO – Submit an Application Form.
When you are ready to apply, complete an application form and submit the supporting documents summarized below.
The documents include the child's electronic birth certificate; 10 passport-size photos; copies of both parents' IDs; and the most recent previous school report (applicable for F2 entrants onwards).
The application form is available online through the Admissions area.

STEP THREE – Entry Assessment.
An age-appropriate entry assessment is conducted on campus.
The assessment is arranged after the application form and supporting documents are submitted.

STEP FOUR – Parent Conference.
Attend a parent conference with the admissions team. For convenience, the conference is arranged on the same day as the child's entry assessment.
The conference provides an opportunity to discuss the assessment results and next steps.

STEP FIVE – Admissions Result Shared.
Results of the entry assessment are shared within a maximum of 5 working days after the assessment.
Families are informed of the outcome in writing, and any next steps are explained.

STEP SIX – Secure your child's place.
If both the pupil assessment and the parent conference are successful, the registration fee must be paid within 10 working days to secure a place for the next academic year.
Payment is made directly in school.

STEP SEVEN – Reassessments.
If a child is unsuccessful during the initial entry assessment, they will be invited to a reassessment.
Where appropriate and in the best interests of the child, the reassessment will be led by the learning development team of academic and behavioral specialists to ensure that the child can access the right support at the BSE.
This process is designed to tailor support to the child's needs.
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