Preparatory School

At BISAK we aim to provide the children with a curriculum which is exciting, broad, well-balanced and above all stimulates the children to learn. In addition to acquiring skills and knowledge, we aim to help the children feel valued and develop their independent skills, confidence and maturity so that they can enter Senior School and adulthood with the ability to pursue wholeheartedly a wide range of academic, social and cultural activities.​

We follow the National Curriculum for England and Wales that comprises:​

• Early Years’ Foundation Stage curriculum for our pupils in Nursery and Reception
• Three core subjects – English, Mathematics and Science​
• Foundation subjects – History, Geography, Design and Technology, Art, Music, Physical Education (PE), Computing and MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) – Arabic and Spanish​

We place great emphasis on Numeracy and Literacy as these underpin many of the other aspects of the taught curriculum.​ Whilst the core subjects are taught on a regular basis, the foundation subjects may be taught as blocks of work over a matter of weeks.​ Our planning often reflects a cross-curricular approach where appropriate, not only celebrating the international nature of our school but ensuring that our children are taught the values that form the basis of British society.​ There are age-related expectations at the end of each academic year.