ABA Maple Bear Recife
Recife, Brazil · est. 2006 · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeMaple Bear · school is part of the networkGrupo SEB · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Maple Bear Global Schools Ltd., a Canadian company founded in 2004, with its roots in North Vancouver. It works by franchise, and its partner site says this outright: an initial fee for the right to work under the brand, royalties on revenue, a fixed territory, an agreement of about 10 years. Those who run the schools the site calls the owners of the schools; Maple Bear gives the programme, teacher training and quality control, and does not own the schools. The numbers diverge: "more than 500 schools in 37 countries and more than 70,000 pupils" on some pages and "450+ schools in 35+ countries" on the partner site. The first school opened in Indirapuram near Delhi in 2005.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
A Brazilian education group that counts its history from 1963 and the founding of Curso Oswaldo Cruz in São Paulo. The numbers diverge between its Portuguese and English versions: 505 schools and 78,000 pupils worldwide, 37 countries, and 235 schools in Brazil on sebeducation.com - against more than 400,000 pupils in about 40 countries and more than 450 bilingual institutions on seb.com.br/en. The "Nossas escolas" section lists six school brands, among them Maple Bear Global Schools, Escola Concept and Escola Bilíngue Pueri Domus. There is no single statement on the form of control over the schools on the site of the group.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.