Excellence Together Hastings School, , Spain Cognita was founded in 2004 with a single school in the United Kingdom and a clear INDIVIDUAL vision for what defines teaching excellence. Since then, our Group has grown to over INTERNATIONAL 60 schools in seven countries and thanks to the efforts of our talented educators and COLLABORATIVE support staff, we have helped thousands of students achieve more than they believed possible. Providing excellent teaching and IMPROVEMENT supporting every student to achieve his or her full potential are the cornerstones of ACHIEVEMENT a Cognita education. We are proud of the diversity of our schools and we continue EXCELLENCE to celebrate and preserve the qualities that make each one special. Likewise, we are proud of our students, who work BILINGUAL hard to achieve the results that enable them to enter some of the world’s leading MODERN universities. As William Yeats once said, education is not the filling of a pail, but HERITAGE the lighting of a fire, so we will continue to inspire our educators to light the fire of TOGETHER learning in our students. Rees Withers WE ARE Chief Executive COGNITA Stamford American International School, Singapore School, International American Stamford

INDIVIDUAL 01 INDIVIDUAL More than 60 schools in seven countries, yet no two are the same. More than 30,000 children in our care, yet every one of them is unique.

Supporting the uniqueness of our schools, and the individuality of There is a common focus in our schools: to our students, is central to Cognita’s purpose. It is just as important provide a high-quality education firmly rooted today as it was when we began our journey with our very first school in the principles of building excellence and in 2004. We have more than 4,500 teaching and support staff seeking continuous improvement. working in our schools and offices, each bringing a different and We support and challenge children to valuable perspective. achieve more than they believe they can. That means our teachers are highly attuned Each school that chooses to join our Group has something unique to to the needs and capabilities of each offer, something parents value and cherish. That is why every Cognita individual child and able to personalise school, whether in Brazil, Chile, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam or learning accordingly so that every student the UK, retains its own unique ethos, with curricula and programmes achieves his or her full potential. tailored to the needs of the parents and children it serves. St. Andrews International School, Sukhumvit 107, , Thailand Bangkok, 107, Sukhumvit School, International Andrews St.

INTERNATIONAL 02 INTERNATIONAL Today, Cognita is a truly international operator, with a growing family of schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

From our early foundations in the UK, we have extended not only our students in our schools in Singapore, Thailand geographical reach, but also the range of curricula and education and Vietnam to develop their teamwork and programmes that our schools offer. leadership skills through regular sporting competitions both within the Asia region and International reach means an international outlook, and there is a strong further afield. Such opportunities broaden the focus within our schools on languages and on teaching that encourages experience and outlook of our students and students to embrace a global mindset. Cognita’s educators deliver a range teachers whilst offering an exciting way to build of internationally renowned curricula such as the International Baccalaureate linguistic, social and cultural skills. (IB) as well as the national curricula of leading education markets such as England and Wales, and the United States of America. Indeed, a number of our schools offer multiple curricula as well as bilingual and trilingual programmes.

We harness the diversity of our Group to enhance the learning opportunities for our students and teachers alike. ExPro, Cognita’s Exchange Programme, creates tailored international academic and cultural exchanges between our schools. The Cognita Asia Sports Association (CASA) encourages King’s School, Plymouth, United Kingdom United Plymouth, School, King’s

COLLABORATIVE 03 COLLABORATIVE Together, we are stronger — more aligned and more effective.

We capitalise on the diversity of practice and expertise within our global family. By encouraging constant dialogue between peers and between schools, we share best practice, which in turn raises standards and leads to the strongest possible outcomes for students.

For Cognita, the relationship between each of our schools and its parent community is of paramount importance, as we believe in parents as co-partners in the education of their children and that strong collaborations of this kind are a major factor in high student attainment. For this reason, we ensure that each of our schools makes a firm commitment to listen to and act upon parent feedback in order to support continuous improvement, and we back this commitment through our Group-wide parent feedback programme ‘Help Us Grow’.

Our approach to collaboration extends beyond the boundaries of our Group, and this is reflected in the strong tradition of philanthropy and volunteering within our schools. Together, Cognita schools raised over £175,000 for charitable projects between 2012 and 2014, a common theme being support for education and children in less fortunate circumstances. To provide more impact from these endeavours, Cognita became a corporate partner of the worldwide non-profit organisation The Global Fund for Children, which supports grassroots projects that help children to thrive, even in the most challenging circumstances. Such engagement with the wider world is a key way in which we develop our students’ understanding of themselves as global citizens. , Surrey, United Kingdom United Surrey, School, Downsend

IMPROVEMENT 04 IMPROVEMENT We don’t believe in standing still. We develop and improve the schools that join our Group.

Cognita takes a systematic approach to raising standards because we understand Because we are a group, we are able how important academic rigour and student achievement are to the parents who to create professional development choose our schools. To ensure that our students achieve the strongest possible opportunities for teachers and their outcomes, we use external testing systems and a common framework to assess leaders that simply are not available in student potential and progress and to predict future grades. This allows our teachers standalone schools, such as internal to tailor the teaching for each student and create an individualised learning plan that conferences and specialist training to provides the correct challenge and support for each child. We monitor the impact fund postgraduate qualifications and our teachers have in helping students to achieve beyond expectation by setting them school management programmes for targets for their own teaching performance and professional development. our future school leaders.

We also seek to enhance the quality of provision in our schools through targeting capital investments to meet specific school improvement and development objectives, be that investing in classroom infrastructure, sports facilities or technology such as one-to-one iPad programmes. We also invest in our teachers and school leaders through training and professional development programmes to enhance their pedagogical capabilities. ACHIEVEMENT We are proud of the achievements of Cognita schools and the students in our care.

ACHIEVEMENT The high level of attainment in public examinations, from A Level to International Baccalaureate, Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank to Chile’s Prueba de Selección Universitaria (university selection test), reflects the commitment of our 05students and their teachers. Key curricula examinations such as these are, for many parents, the ultimate measure of academic quality, and our schools’ results are well above the relevant national or regional benchmarks. It’s no surprise then, that the students graduating from Cognita schools have high university acceptance rates.

Destinations of recent Cognita graduates include the following top 100-ranked institutions*:

Brown University University College London (UCL) Columbia University University of Bristol Cornell University University of British Columbia Duke University University of California, Berkeley Durham University University of California, Irvine Erasmus University Rotterdam University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) University of Cambridge Hong Kong University of Science and Technology University of Edinburgh Imperial College London University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign King’s College London University of Manchester Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) University of Melbourne London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) University of Michigan Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) University of Oxford McGill University University of Pittsburgh Michigan State University University of , Australia Monash University University of Southern California New York University (NYU) Pennsylvania State University University of Toronto Stanford University University of York Tufts University Yale University

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GCSEs % of students achieving A Levels % of students achieving 5+ A*-C (including Maths and English) A*-C 100% 100%

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EXCELLENCE 06 EXCELLENCE Achieving more than you believed possible — that’s what excellence means to Cognita. For us, students achieving above and beyond expectation is the hallmark of a quality education.

Every Cognita school offers a holistic education experience: strong academics plus differentiation in areas such as technology, sports, music and the arts so that our students are challenged and stretched in a wide range of disciplines.

To ensure that every one of our schools continues to provide the highest possible standards, we invest in a rigorous programme of academic oversight led by experienced educators within each region who work in close partnership with our school leaders to provide both challenge and support. Many of our schools undergo independent external inspections by nationally accredited bodies, which we supplement with our own internal monitoring and assessment. It is a robust system of accountability that most independent schools cannot offer – another advantage of being part of the Cognita family.

We also recognise and reward the success of our people, through our annual Cognita Awards for Excellence. The high calibre of nominees for these awards is testament to the teaching expertise and inspiration in evidence throughout our global Group.

It provides a sense of confidence when you know you share your vision for education with other colleagues within the region and around the world. “ Andre Casson | Acting Principal, Australian International School, Singapore Escola Cidade Jardim/PlayPen, São Paulo, Brazil Paulo, São Jardim/PlayPen, Cidade Escola

BILINGUAL 07 BILINGUAL To speak a foreign language is to see the world. It also gives a competitive edge in today’s global economy.

The Cognita Group includes some of the leading bilingual In Brazil, Escola Cidade Jardim/PlayPen is a pioneer in bilingual schools within their respective communities, where the teaching. Founded in 1981, it was the first bilingual school in the expertise of our English language teachers enables students country and caters for students aged 1-14 years. In 1996, the to become as fluent in English as they are in their mother School established the Bilingual Institute for Advancement, which tongue. In many cases, full immersion programmes provide holds a regular three-day congress and workshop for experts and teaching of all subjects in English in order to ensure firm educators from all over Latin America to share bilingual practice. embedding of language. The school’s mission is to educate young people to become The British School of Barcelona has over 50 years’ ethically and socially engaged within an international context experience in providing an education of excellence to and it provides an education focused on teaching students thousands of pupils aged 3 to 18 years. Following the how to think independently and develop creativity. ECJ/ National Curriculum for England and Wales, BSB students PlayPen teaches the Brazilian curriculum, integrating both are prepared for (I)GCSE examinations and A Levels as English and Portuguese languages. From 2015, the Preschool well as qualifying for the Spanish Certificate of Secondary is incorporating the globally recognised International Primary Education and the Spanish Baccalaureate. Investment from Curriculum to enhance its multicultural approach to learning. Cognita has funded a major expansion of BSB, with new facilities opening in 2014, including a theatre and suite of www.britishschoolbarcelona.com music rooms. www.escolacidadejardim.com.br

I speak four languages now: English, French, Catalan and Spanish. The fact that I studied in an international environment such as the one at British School of Barcelona is a huge advantage. I see myself anywhere in the world – I’m a global citizen now. “ Sergio Vega Pascual | Graduate, The British School of Barcelona, Spain, 2011 MODERN The Cognita Group includes international schools that offer

MODERN world-class teaching of the 08 International Baccalaureate (IB), recognised by leading universities around the globe for the rigour and breadth it fosters in students.

Among these is Stamford American International School in

Singapore, an IB World School for children aged 2 years

through to High School that offers rigorous American Cognita funded the investment of a new state-of-the- (AERO) standards integrated with the IB Programme. art campus for Stamford that opened in 2012, making With more than 50 nationalities represented on campus, its facilities the most advanced in the region, including Stamford is truly an international school. Daily foreign swimming pools and an innovation centre partnering language in Mandarin and Spanish is part of the core with industries such as Microsoft and Bloomberg to curriculum from nursery and the integration of technology help students develop their own business ideas and includes interactive Promethean boards in every learning intellectual property.

space and a one-to-one iPad/MacBook programme. www.sais.edu.sg

This is the largest investment in an educational facility in the kindergarten to pre-university category anywhere in the Asia-Pacific region. “ Straits Times | Singapore Stamford American International School, Singapore Stamford

The Australian International School is the only school programme includes daily Mandarin lessons from in Singapore offering Australian curriculum enhanced age 3 to 11, extending to Indonesian or French for with the IB Primary Years Programme, IGCSE, IB secondary students. A one-to-one iPad/MacBook Diploma and the Australian Higher School Certificate. programme and a dedicated professional learning “Globally focused, distinctly Australian,” AIS offers a centre for teachers ensure AIS students are in the best holistic, rounded education that values the arts and environment to exceed expectations. sports as well as academics, and its global language www.ais.com.sg

09HERITAGE Quinton House School, Northampton, United Kingdom

I have two very different children, one who struggles and one it comes to naturally. I feel that both my children are catered for well at Quinton House School. They are happy and well-rounded children. “ Samantha Dalziel, Parent | Quinton House School, United Kingdom HERITAGE The British education system, with its worldwide reputation for quality and rigour, has provided the firm foundation for our growth internationally.

Amongst our schools in the United Kingdom, Quinton House, for students Akeley Wood is based on three campuses aged 2 to 18 years, holds a special place. It was our first school andsince featuring magnificent and beautiful buildings joining Cognita has gone from strength to strength. in tranquil, peaceful countryside near Buckingham. Teaching, particularly for Located in the magnificent Upton Hall, surrounded by 30 acres of examination groups, is in a small-class beautiful parkland on the edge of Northampton, Quinton House provides environment. At the heart of Akeley Wood’s an individualised learning experience at its very best. Small class sizes, individualised learning approach is the ability especially at GCSE and A Level, contribute not only to students’ academic to understand precisely where each student is success but to a family atmosphere cherished by students and their parents. at every step of their learning journey. Quinton House’s close neighbour Akeley Wood is a happy and caring www.quintonhouseschool.co.uk school for students aged 1 to 18. Students achieve exceptional www.akeleywoodschool.co.uk academic results at GCSE and A Level but, in equal measure, have great opportunities to develop their creative talents, sporting abilities, positive personal qualities and self-esteem. 10TOGETHER El Colegio Manquecura Valle Lo Campino, Chile El Colegio Manquecura Valle

The partnership with Cognita has made a great contribution to the Chilean education system in that our Pumahue and Manquecura schools have benefitted from this leading education company’s mission, vision and values. “ Andrea Correa Albornoz | Chancellor of El Colegio Pumahue Chicureo TOGETHER For Cognita, the diversity of our schools is a source of strength. Country, culture, curricula – we are skilled at integrating difference into our global community, under the common theme of teaching excellence.

In 2013, Cognita joined forces with Desarrollos Educacionales S.A., an organisation with As part of Cognita, the Pumahue two groups of schools in Chile: Pumahue (six schools) and Manquecura (three schools). This and Manquecura schools have been partnership saw all nine of the Chilean curriculum schools, located in Santiago, Curauma, able to reinforce their high-quality Temuco and Puerto Montt, become part of the Cognita family. reputational hallmark, especially with regard to the teaching of English. As Cognita was an ideal fit for the Pumahue and Manquecura schools, which share our a group within Cognita, the Pumahue commitment to academic excellence and place a high value on the teaching of English as and Manquecura schools are achieving a foreign language. “One of the key factors in improving the teaching and learning process more for their pupils. has been to generate high standards in the teaching of English as second language,” says Andrea Correa Albornoz, Chancellor of Colegio Pumahue Chicureo. www.pumahue.cl www.manquecura.cl Jane Anderson Senior Education Executive Cognita United Kingdom Jane Anderson joined Cognita in 2004 as Head of MathsJane Anderson joined Cognita in 2004 as in the UK, advancing her career at Preparatory Headteacherto become Deputy Headteacher and then being appointed as an Education before at Hendon Prep JaneExecutive in 2012. Fully funded by Cognita, in Educational Leadership completed a Master’s invested money“Cognita have been very loyal to me, have the MEd and development through in my professional in leading education.have entrusted me with a key role supported by an effective team with expertiseSchools are a welcoming and varied of governance. in all areas It’s pacey with high and clear expectations. Who is company, all are.” Cognita? We WE ARE WE ARE COGNITA that teaching recognise We – just a job or profession isn’t we a vocation. Therefore it’s and develop seek to recruit outstanding professionals who want to make a positive to children’s difference us lives and who can help and support children stretch than they to achieve more believe they can.

WE ARE / COGNITA 11 Maria Isabel Marchant is a teacher at El Colegio Simon Leslie is Headmaster of the International School Ho Manquecura Valle Lo Campino in Chile. “I feel very proud Chi Minh City, the oldest and most established international to belong to this important company which recognises school in Ho Chi Minh City and a fully accredited IB World excellence. Cognita is making an important contribution School. “My job involves connecting with human beings to Chilean Education through innovation in the teaching young and old. I enjoy being part of a team that’s making of English language. It is a meaningful hallmark for our something special even better. Cognita has a depth of Pumahue and Manquecura schools. She adds: I love my personnel and support resources and offers consistency in profession – I don’t think I could do another job. The way quality across all schools.” I see it is, I take my students’ hands and take them to an amazing, sometimes unknown world, which is learning English, and it’s a process that never stops.”

Maria Isabel Marchant Simon Leslie Teacher Headmaster El Colegio Manquecura Valle Lo Campino International School Ho Chi Minh City Chile Vietnam Roxana Sánchez was one of 24 students from Cognita’s Cognita’s Roxana Sánchez was one of 24 students from ExPronine schools in Chile who took part in a six-week and Spain inacademic and cultural exchange to the UK She particularly liked having a British Cognita 2014. March ended up being very good “We student as a buddy. so muchfriends,” says Roxana. “My buddy helped me I never felt lost or alone.” She adds: “Theand made sure for and accepted. It wasteachers made me feel cared in English, if you failed with some words not a problem spoke. Whatthe important thing for them was that you was that you integrated and I loved it.” mattered Roxana Sánchez Student El Colegio Pumahue Huechuraba Chile WE ARE WE ARE COGNITA enable each student We his or her full to achieve curricula potential, through that offer academic rigour range of exciting and a broad learning as well opportunities that as teaching and support to the individual, tailored are has so that every student their the chance to exceed expectation.

WE ARE / COGNITA 12 Carissa Sim was a student at Australian International Louis Mustin is what we call an all-round achiever. A keen School for 14 years. She achieved an enviable 44 out cyclist and violinist – he recently achieved Grade 8 and of a possible 45 in the IB Diploma Programme and an plays in the Somerset Youth Orchestra – Louis will soon ATAR of 99.8, placing her in the top 1 percent of IB start the process of applying for university. He aims to do candidates worldwide for her year. An accomplished a Maths-based degree whilst pursuing another of his great pianist and violinist, she represented AIS in basketball passions – acting. “There was a point with philosophy and and soccer tournaments and was School Captain for ethics that I was struggling with essay writing,” says Louis. 2013. She received the Principal’s Award for Best All “My form tutor really helped me improve and practise to Round Student in both 2012 and 2013 and is now get the best I could. She’s very creative and challenging. studying Commerce at University of Melbourne. She plays devil’s advocate, and always has you thinking about something.”

“I’m not just a pupil, but a pupil with teachers who really want the best for me.”

Carissa Sim Louis Mustin Student Student Australian International School Chilton Cantelo School Singapore United Kingdom “Our family moved to Ho Chi Minh City in 2006, our“Our family moved to Ho Chi Minh City in 2006, InternationalChi Minh School Ho first move abroad. 5 at theCity was a good fit for our boys, aged 4 and up growing Our kids are so today. time, and remains of theas internationally minded individuals respectful cultures.” of many different similarities and differences sense of community and openness. a strong is “There very willing to meet with The teachers and staff are in can participate in the classroom and parents parents, events and junior and elementary school. Whole school and kids parents where sports programmes, Saturday help instil a sense of pride work alongside each other, in in our school and enhance the family experience here Ho Chi Minh City.” The Condra family Parents International School Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam WE ARE WE ARE COGNITA to parents encourage our We in the education be partners and we are of their children with open and transparent about the challenges, parents and achievements progress of each individual child. warm and Our schools are welcoming communities feel all parents where with comfortable to interact our staff and with each other.

WE ARE / COGNITA 13 Our daughters have been at Quinton House School “School is truly a ‘Home Away from Home’ – we can feel the for four years. Academic achievement is extremely warmth as soon as we enter the front door. Ohn, our son, important to the school, and for a non-selective school, is very happy and has grown emotionally, physically and it does extremely well. Achieving high marks in tests and intellectually over the years. Providing an environment that exams is well received amongst peers, and there is a fosters students’ acceptance, learning style and potential is wonderful feeling of support and friendly competitiveness the uniqueness here at St. Andrews. Whilst each student is within the classroom. There is also a real emphasis different, they are encouraged to recognise and respect one on a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. All staff another. The teachers and staff are so caring, friendly, and and senior management are extremely friendly and enthusiastic.” approachable, and their main concern is to get the school experience right for every pupil. My daughters are made to feel they are ‘big cogs in a small wheel’ and that they really matter and are important to the school. Their confidence has really grown since being here.

Lisa Carter The Onkchareon family Parent Parents Quinton House School St. Andrews International School, Sukhumvit 107 United Kingdom Thailand WE ARE COGNITA Cognita’s values underpin our vision of enriching the lives of children to achieve

WE ARE / more than they believe they can.

14 Our values help shape our culture, the behaviours of those individuals who choose to work with us and our behaviour as an organisation. COGNITA Excellence We aspire to achieve excellence in everything we do, no matter how big or small.

Collaboration Together, we are more aligned and more effective.

Respect We treat all with fairness, compassion and respect.

Integrity We do what we say we will do.

Accountability We have a clear sense of what is expected of us and we do our utmost to deliver, taking our responsibilities as educators seriously International School Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Cognita Group Head Office Cognita Europe Cognita Latin America 5 & 7 Diamond Court, Opal Drive, UK Regional Office Brazil Regional Office Eastlake Park, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, 5 & 7 Diamond Court, Opal Drive, Av. Lineu de Paula Machado, MK15 0DU, United Kingdom Eastlake Park, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, 1,490 Cidade Jardim, Phone: +44 (0)1908 396250 MK15 0DU, United Kingdom São Paulo – SP – Brazil, CEP 05601-000 Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)1908 396250 Phone: +55 11 2933 0707 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Cognita Asia Spain Regional office Cognita Chile / Desarrollos 60 Anson Road, #18-04 Mapletree C/Valencia 209, Principal 1a, Educacionales (DDEE) Anson, Singapore 079914 08007 Barcelona, Spain Marchant Pereira 10, Phone: +65 6593 3696 Phone: +34 93 647 70 00 Providencia, Santiago, Chile Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +56-2-24309800 Email: [email protected] www.cognitaschools.com