Brighton College Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam · est. 2023 · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeFOBISIA · part of the associationCambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeBrighton College International · 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: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →One hundred and nine schools in twenty countries across Asia. It runs no quality inspection of its own, but it requires a school to hold a live external inspection and to renew it at least once every five years. Before admission two representatives of the federation visit the school for two days.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to the federation, and the federation requires its members to hold a real external inspection. What to look at is that accreditation rather than this badge, but the badge is not empty: a member school almost certainly holds one. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Brighton College International - a family of schools grown out of the British Brighton College in East Sussex. It includes schools in the United Kingdom (Brighton College itself, the London campus in Kensington, preparatory schools in Handcross and Hove), in Europe (Rome, Lisbon, Madrid), in Asia (Singapore, Bangkok Krungthep Kreetha, Bangkok Vibhavadi, Hanoi) and in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai). The head of the British Brighton College, Richard Cairns, leads the Brighton College Group. The common framework of the group is the British curriculum leading to A-Level and IGCSE, and the Bangkok campuses also have the IB.
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.