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A bilingual school in Pilar, on a four-hectare site at kilometre 46 of the Panamericana. The school takes a child from the nursery groups through to the final year and keeps groups small: on its home page it gives 650 pupils and a ratio of "1:6 DOCENTES POR ALUMNO", and of itself it writes "una formación integral bilingüe, desde el Nivel Maternal hasta el Nivel Secundario". English starts in the nursery and is carried through to Proficiency level with Cambridge certificates; from the fifth grade Portuguese is added and continues to the third year of secondary school; the senior school offers a choice between natural sciences and a humanities and social sciences stream plus a cross-cutting course in economics and management. The school's strength is visible in its own lists of achievements: national debating champions (Copa Ombú, Copa Acorn, Copa Oak), national mathematics champion two years running, trips to the NASA Space Camp in Alabama and an exchange with Cary Academy in North Carolina. More than a hundred agreements with universities give leavers direct admission and discounts, but the school does not say which universities its leavers actually entered or how many of them there were. The school does not publish tuition fees, the enrolment fee or the composition of the fees at all: it has no fees secti, and the amounts are obtained from the admissions secretary.
Key facts
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
About the fees The school does not state its fees on its site. There is no fees section either in the menu or on the admissions page: the page describes only the five steps of selection and ends with the contact details of the admissions secretary - Florencia Zoia, admision@colegionorthhills.com.ar, (0230) 4666008. The "Beneficios" section on the same site is a discount programme at shops and universities in Pilar for school families, not a price list.
Admissions Admission runs in five steps, as the school itself names them: complete the form ("Completar el formulario para iniciar el proceso"), a first virtual meeting to get acquainted ("Primer encuentro para conocernos, comprender expectativas"), a visit to the school with a tour of the premises, a personal interview with the child appropriate to their age ("Entrevista personal y académica acorde a la edad") and notification of the outcome. A place is not guaranteed: "Participar del proceso de admisión no implica la asignación automática de una vacante", and the decision is taken "en función de criterios pedagógicos, humanos y de disponibilidad". Admissions are handled by the secretary Florencia Zoia.
Stages and year groups Grades Sala de 1 año - 6.º año de Secundaria. The school describes three stages: Kinder, "Salas de 1 a 5 años", Primaria, "De 6 a 12 años", and Secundaria with a choice of orientation between "Ciencias Naturales" and "Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales" plus the cross-cutting stream "Economía y Gestión de las Organizaciones". On the "Institucional" page the school writes of itself "desde el Nivel Maternal hasta el Nivel Secundario". The year numbers of the secondary school are not given on the site, but Portuguese runs "hasta 3.º de secundaria" and English is listed as "Inglés (Kinder-6° Secundaria)", so the secondary school goes up to the sixth year.
Address Ruta Panamericana Ramal Pilar, Km 46, Vivaldi 4256 esquina Caamaño, Pilar (1629), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeschool is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
CambridgeCambridge International Education
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. Which stages - from the early years programme for three-year-olds up to A-Level - this school is approved for is not stated here.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A four-hectare site at kilometre 46 of the Panamericana, Ramal Pilar: the school puts the figure of 4 hectares on its home page. The school gives no itemised list of buildings, laboratories, a library, a sports hall, a swimming pool or a dining hall on its site. The premises are covered by a general phrase: the school constantly updates its premises and its equipment. Indirectly it can be seen that there is no dining hall of its own: the Open 24 shop in the discount programme offers families free delivery of lunches to the school. Rugby and hockey sessions for the younger pupils take place at the San Patricio club, which in the same programme is listed at an address across the road from the school rather than on its grounds.
Clubs and activities (25): Model United Nations · ADA debating · University model conferences · Young advisers · Writing project · Art · Drama (musical theatre in English) · NH Band · Music · Computer science and robotics · OMA mathematics olympiads · Ñandú · MateClubes · Mathematics triathlon · Science fair · Athletics · Basketball · Football · Rugby · Ice hockey · Interhouses · North Hills cup · Volunteering · Personal leadership · Mindful eating
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school does not publish a named list of its teaching staff. The only figure it gives is the ratio: the block of numbers on the home page carries "1:6 DOCENTES POR ALUMNO". On its work with teachers the school writes on the "Institucional" page: "sostenemos espacios de formación y reflexión para el equipo directivo y docente". Pupil support is handled by the "Equipo de Orientación Escolar", which "acompaña este recorrido trabajando junto a docentes, familias y profesionales externos".
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
One service is named: "El Equipo de Orientación Escolar acompaña este recorrido trabajando junto a docentes, familias y profesionales externos para brindar el seguimiento que cada estudiante necesita en las distintas etapas de su desarrollo". The school's programmes carry a separate block of "Orientación Escolar", "Tutorías", "Talleres & Convivencias" and "Charlas para familias". The composition of this service and the roles within it are not disclosed.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median72 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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