Red House International School - Higienópolis
São Paulo, Brazil · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP · authorised programmeRed House International School · 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), MYP (ages 11-16). 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. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible.
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.
A Brazilian school network grown out of an English language school: the page with the founder Raquel Lam's address puts the beginning at 1969 and the move into school education at 2010. Campuses in São Paulo (Pacaembu, Higienópolis, Perdizes, Villa-Lobos, Santana, Tatuapé and others), in Santo André, Jundiaí, Santos, Sorocaba, Indaiatuba, Curitiba, Recife, Teresina, Cuiabá, Campo Grande, Goiânia, Belo Horizonte and Uberlândia. The site names no total number of campuses or pupils, and the owner of the network is not stated.
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.