British School of Kuwait

The British School of Kuwait
Location
Salwa, Area 1, Street 1 Kuwait
Information
Type	Private school
Established	1978
Founder	Vera Al-Mutawa MBE
Principal	Paul Shropshire
Secondary HT	Emma Bowie
Grades	Reception – year 13
Enrollment	Over 2750
Sixth form students	75
Colour(s)	Purple and gold
Website	http://www.bsk.edu.kw

The British School of Kuwait (BSK) is a private, co-educational, international school that is currently located in the suburb of Salwa, Kuwait. The school has a selective intake of students aged 4–18. Most teaching programmes are based on the National Curriculum of England. Year 10 and 11 students undertake programmes of study leading to GCSE and IGCSE. Sixth form students work towards Edexcel AS and A Level examinations.

History

Vera Al-Mutawa founded The Sunshine Kindergarten it was a small children's school in 1978. This grew to become the Sunshine School. In 1993, the school moved to its present campus, opened to secondary age students and rebranded as The British School of Kuwait. Since 2008, Kindergarten students have been taught in a building adjacent to the BSK campus, for which the name The Sunshine Kindergarten was resurrected. In 2013, BSK was accredited as a British School Overseas (BSO) by the Department for Education in London.

See also

• Kuwait portal
• Schools portal

External links

• BSK website
• BSK Virtual Learning Environment
• BSO Inspection Report 2013