Buckswood International School – Tbilisi
Buckswood International School (BIST) is an independent school in Tskneti, Tbilisi, Georgia. The school is accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and is a partner school of Buckswood School, Hastings, UK. It was founded in 2009 on the basis of the UNAG International School that has been operating in Georgia since 2000.
| Buckswood International School - Tbilisi | |
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156 Rustaveli Street, Tskneti , 0189 | |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Ad Vitam Paramus (To Life Prepared) |
| Established | In 2000 as UNAG International School and since 2009 Buckswood International School - Tbilisi |
| Headmaster | Sandro Vashakidze |
| Staff | 100+ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 5 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 650 |
| Website | www |
As of 2011 the school enrolls 350 students in a day school. Buckswood Tbilisi provides secondary education to students from grades to 1 to 12 (ages:5–18) and also provides an Early Years Foundation Stage (pre-school) Course for children 4 or 5 years old. Instruction is offered in Georgian and English.[1] Academically Buckswood offers GCSE and A Level programs plus full EFL tuition
Sports facilities on campus include a cricket pitch, a specialist football academy, a dance academy, a basketball court, volleyball court, rugby court, table tennis court, tennis court and a performing arts centre. Facilities outside campus include a swimming pool and riding stables.
At Buckswood School students are proportionally assigned by a house system to School Houses - Austin, Bronte, Doyle, Kipling, Milne, Rowling, Schoolhouse and Wells. School Houses compete with each other in academic, cultural and sport activities to earn house points and win prizes. The school house system. Twice a year, up to 30 students are permitted to attend a two-week academic courses at Buckswood School in the UK.
References
- "Top International Schools in Tbilisi". GeorgianJournal (in Georgian). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
