Colegio de Inglaterra (The English School)

General Information

IndustryEducational services

Organisation typeCompany

Company Address Calle 170 # 15-68
, Bogotá
Cundinamarca Colombia

Phone number+57 1 6767700

Web page http://www.englishschool.edu.co/en/

Company Address headmaster@englishschool.edu.co

Contact Information

Contact Person Mr. Richard Matthews
Headmaster

Phone+57 318 727 2892

Email headmaster@englishschool.edu.co

Verified By

OrganisationViento Trading

Project typeOther long-term partnership, Joint venture

Project abstractThe English school is looking for partners within the education sector in Finland who can provide transfer of technology and know–how for pre-school, primary, secondary and their baccalaureate programme. Such partner would provide technological platforms for educational purposes (gamification) and offer an innovative approach for teaching and learning methods. Additionally, they are looking for partners and educational institutions in Finland to create international cooperation agreements and mobility programmes.

Project descriptionThe English School – Colegio de Inglaterra is a private school located in Bogotá, Colombia. It has a student enrolment of 1750 and offers the full International Baccalaureate programme: the IB Primary Years Programme, IB Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme. It is one of Colombia's highest ranking private school, and their teaching programmes are in English, Spanish and French.

The School was founded in 1961 and has 410 employees from which has 240 members of teaching staff. The school is divided into three levels: Preschool (ages 4–7), Primary education (ages 8–11) and Baccalaureate (ages 12–18). Baccalaureate is divided into Middle School (grades 5-8) and High School (grades 9-11). The school belongs to UNCOLI which is an organisation of international schools in Bogotá, they are the governing body of all inter-school competitions and provide the organisational support for sporting, academic and artistic events among the schools.

The English School is open to receive interesting proposals from Finnish companies working in the field of education, these potential partners can provide innovative products or services for improving student’s experience in the classroom.

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Number of employees50-249

Annual turnover in €0,5 - 2 million

Annual balance sheet total0,5 - 2 million

Certifications, standardsThe English School holds a certification given by the EFQM Excellence model which is a management framework used for over 30000 organisations in Europe and beyond.

Already engaged in international co-operationYes

Percentage of transnational activities0 to 9 %