The British School of Costa Rica

Assessment.

Early Years: undertake an evaluation of readiness for school. Primary: spend a trial day at school in a class of the intended year level. Achieve satisfactory results in the British School’s maths and reading comprehension assessments (both conducted in English). Have a good level of spoken English (students new to English are not accepted in the Primary school). Have a minimum of a ‘B’ or 80% in conduct from the previous school. Secondary: achieve satisfactory results in the British School’s maths and English assessments. Have a good level of spoken English (students new to English are not accepted in the Secondary school). Undertake an informal interview with a member of our Student Development Services.

No deadline.

Early Years & Primary 1: 14:00 (12.00 Wednesdays) Primary 2 to 5: 14:00 Senior: 15:00

School Policy determines a maximum of 22 students per teaching class (20 in Early Years).

The majority (85%) of the students are Costa Rican.

Badminton, basketball, football, conservation club, dance, drama/music, games, guitar, gymnastics, handicrafts, Latin, religion classes, Tae-Kwon-Do, volleyball.

Physical education.

Gymnasium, dance studio.

The teaching staff is composed mainly of experienced and qualified British and Costa Rican teachers; overall, 8 different nationalities are represented.

A “Student Development Services" Department exists to help students overcome learning problems particularly in Primary School, but the school does not offer a complete remedial programme for students with serious learning difficulties.