A stimulating and challenging learning environment
This globally renowned programme is for everyone aged 5-11. It offers an alternative to traditional primary school education, focusing on developing children to be inquisitive and to apply subjects learnt to topics in the real world. It shows children how the world works while drawing from core subjects such as Maths, Science, Arts and Social Studies.
We offer the IB's Primary Years Programme at our Hampstead and Kensington (Notting Hill/Hyde Park) campuses. At the heart of the Primary Years Programme are six transdisciplinary themes of global significance. These are explored using skills and knowledge acquired from six subject areas and a range of disciplines, as well as during town meetings, (assemblies), in the playground and from participating in extra-curricular activities. There is a strong emphasis on inquiry.
In their final year, all our Grade 5 Primary Years Programme students participate in the PYP Exhibition. Find out more:
Combining a local and global outlook
These themes incorporate local and global issues into the curriculum, helping students to see their relevance in the world and how they connect to it. Each engaging and challenging theme is studied for approximately six weeks within each school year.
Who we are
An inquiry into identity as individuals and as part of a collective through:
- Physical, emotional and spiritual health and well-being
- Relationships and belonging
- Learning and growing
How we express ourselves
An inquiry into the diversity of voice, perspectives, and expression through:
- Inspiration, imagination, creativity
- Personal, social, and cultural notes and practices of communication
- Intentions, perceptions, interpretations, and responses
How we organise ourselves
An inquiry into systems, structures, and networks through:
- Interactions with and between social and ecological systems
- Approaches to livelihoods and trade practice - intended and unintended consequences
- Representation, collaboration, and decision-making
Where we are in place and time
An inquiry into histories and orientation in place, space and time through:
- Periods, events and artefacts
- Communities, heritage, culture and environment
- Natural and human drivers of movement, adaptation and transformation
How the world works
An inquiry into the understandings of the world and phenomena through:
- Patterns, cycles, systems
- Diverse practices, methods, and tools
- Discovery, design, innovation, possibilities, and impacts
Sharing the planet
An inquiry into the interdependence of human and natural worlds through:
- Rights, responsibilities, and dignity of all
- Pathways to just, peaceful, and reimagined futures
- Nature, complexity, coexistence, and wisdom
A balanced curriculum
Our PYP Programme helps to develop skills in six key subject areas. Our students may study these subjects in separate classes or as part of their inquiries into the six themes of the Programme.
Language
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Personal, Social Physical, Economic Education
Arts
Learn more about the Primary Years Programme
EXTRA-CURRICULAR AND CLUBS
Expanding learning beyond the classroom
At our Kensington and Hampstead campuses, students can get involved in a wide selection of extra-curricular activities.
Full details of our PYP activities programme are provided at the beginning of each term.
