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The Schools Index is an annual publication that lists internationally notable private schools and international schools. [1] [2] [3] Published by Carfax Education, [4] [5] it is often considered a global list of the most prestigious schools of the world. [6] [7] [better source needed]
The World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships (WIDPSC) is an annual English language debating and public speaking tournament for individual high school-level students representing different countries. It is the public speaking equivalent of the World Schools Debating Championships.
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACS(I)) is an independent Methodist secondary school in Dover, Singapore. Founded in 1886 by Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham , it was recognised as an International Baccalaureate World School in 2005, and has since consistently ranked among the top three schools worldwide that offer the IB Diploma Programme .
A private school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a public school. [note 1] Private schools (also known as 'independent schools') are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. [1]
The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools.Founded in 1962, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boarding, and day/boarding schools; elementary and secondary schools; boys', girls', and coeducational schools.
Some of these schools (1,300) are members of the Independent Schools Council. [6] In 2021, the average annual cost for private schooling was £15,191 for day schools and £36,000 for boarding schools. [7] The Independent Schools Yearbook has been published annually since 1986. [8]
Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES), or the International English School, is a Swedish corporation which operates independent schools (or “free schools”). IES was founded in 1993 [ 1 ] by the American teacher Barbara Bergström who moved to Sweden in 1968.
In November 2016, the Foundation was named the Best Independent School in East Anglia by The Sunday Times [17] on its 'Parent Power' list. The list is acknowledged as the 'most authoritative survey' of the county's best schools, according to the newspaper. The Foundation was ranked at number 18 in a list of 2,000 schools around the United Kingdom.