Application for the September 2019/2020 academic session is closed. 2020/2021 will open soon
The International School Award is a badge of honour for schools that showcase outstanding work in international education, such as through links with partner schools overseas. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum is at the heart of the British Council’s work with schools so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills they need to live and work as global citizens.
The British Council International School Award started in 1999 to recognise the schools leading the way in instilling and developing a global dimension into the learning experience of all children and young people. It is managed by the British Council.
The award is now available worldwide in countries such as United Kingdom, India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus and Pakistan as part of the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme. Around 5,000 International School Awards have been presented to successful schools in the UK since the scheme began in 1999.
The International School Award encourages and supports schools to develop:
- An international ethos embedded throughout the school
- A majority of pupils within the school impacted by and involved in international work
- Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
- Curriculum-based work across a range of subjects
- Year-round international activity
- Involvement of the wider community
How to apply?
To apply, download and fill out the form in the downloads section and submit completed form to Lynda.ashaolu@ng.britishcouncil.org Please read the ISA Guidance manual before submitting an application.
Registration fee is £1,000 (Naira equivalent at British Council May bookkeeping rate of N485/£1). Amount payable- N485,000.000 (Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Naira Only)
***Cambridge Associate schools who are members of the British Council Partner Schools Global Network (PSGN) are entitled to a discount of £200. The amount payable- N388,000.000 (Three Hundred and Eighty-Eight Thousand Naira Only)
Participation opened to the first 20 schools.