GENEVA SECONDARY SCHOOL INAUGURATED BY SARAH GILLET, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO SWITZERLAND

The school becomes the third Anglophone school in central Geneva (together with the International School of Geneva and Institut International de Lancy) and is the only one to offer an exclusively British curriculum. Students aged from 11 to 18 study all subjects in English and are taught by wellqualified British staff. It is also much smaller in size with a maximum capacity of 250 students as compared to well over 4,000 in the International School Foundation.
Pictured during the unveiling ceremony above, Douglas S. Crawford, Director General of ASC International House which owns and runs Geneva Secondary School, commented: “Geneva Secondary School has been created in response to a need in the region for more places and more choice for English-speaking children. We are not trying to compete with the other schools in Geneva, both of which are excellent schools in their own right. We are trying to be different in order to offer more choice to parents in our region. Our class sizes are limited to sixteen in the lower school and ten in the upper school and we only offer tuition in English – no bilingual programme and no Francophone programme. We aim to offer value for money and outstanding client care which is why our fees are considerably lower than in other schools. As this is a British school, operating a British curriculum and as many of our directors and teachers are British citizens it is a genuine pleasure for us to welcome our Ambassador as our guest of honour today”. The school follows the British curriculum (key stages 3 and 4) before students take IGCSE examinations at the end of year 11. Students then move into the A Level college where three subjects are sufficient for entry into most universities. Situated in beautiful premises in Châtelaine, just a few minutes from the motorway, the school is also wellserved by public transport with two main line bus routes stopping outside the front door. Raji Sundaram, Principal of Geneva Secondary School, observed: “Our A-Level College has been running since 2005 and has been a runaway success. One of the most satisfying parts of the job is seeing so many of our students reaching university through the A Level system – for many of these students Maturité or IB (which demand far more subjects) simply is not an option. Being able to specialise in only three strong subjects at A Level is of huge advantage to some students and opens doors which would have otherwise remained closed.”

For more information on this new school in Geneva visit www.gsschool.ch