Britannica International School Budapest

The Principal of the school is the experienced Neil McGarry who has been a school leader in the UK in Northallerton and Germany King's School, Gutersloh. He joins the school following a successful leadership position in La Mare de Carteret High School, Guernsey{{cite web|title=Where Academia and Family meet|url=http://bbj.hu/news/where-academia-and-family-meet_127744|accessdate=17 March 2017}}

The school is part of the Orbital Education group which is headquartered near Manchester in the UK. Orbital Education has 12 schools across four continents: Europe, Asia, North and South America.{{cite web |last=Orbital |first=Education |title=Orbital Education |url=http://orbitaled.com/ |accessdate=27 June 2025 |work=Orbital Education}}

The school has an ICT suite, library, indoor swimming pool, gymnasium, auditorium, dining room, sixth-form study rooms, two Science laboratories, Music room, Art room and outdoor play and sports facilities.{{cite web|title=Britannica International School|url=http://budapesttimes.hu/2012/09/07/britannica-international-school-2/|website=Budapest Times|accessdate=17 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084603/http://budapesttimes.hu/2012/09/07/britannica-international-school-2/|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}

The school delivers an enhanced version of the English National Curriculum preparing pupils for International General Certificate of Education (IGCSE) at 16. In at ages 17 and 18 the A Level program is delivered - which gives the possibility for students to specialise.{{cite web|title=Britannica International School|url=http://budapesttimes.hu/2012/09/07/britannica-international-school-2/|website=The Budapest Times|access-date=2014-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084603/http://budapesttimes.hu/2012/09/07/britannica-international-school-2/|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead}}

The school has strong academic results with 53% of students getting A or A* results at iGCSE and 85% between A* to C.{{cite web|title=Britannica International School|url=http://budapesttimes.hu/2012/09/07/britannica-international-school-2/|website=The Budapest Times|access-date=2014-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084603/http://budapesttimes.hu/2012/09/07/britannica-international-school-2/|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead}} The school has previously had students receive the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award for receiving the highest mark in the world for their chosen subject.{{cite web|title=Top of the class|url=http://budapesttimes.hu/2013/12/14/top%C2%AD-of-the-class/|website=The Budapest Times|access-date=2014-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810075259/http://budapesttimes.hu/2013/12/14/top%c2%ad-of-the-class/|archive-date=2014-08-10|url-status=dead}}

Britannica International School, Budapest is a Cambridge International Examination center.{{cite web|title=Cambridge Exam Centers|url=http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/find-a-centre/find-an-exam-centre/|website=Cambridge English|accessdate=17 August 2014}}

Britannica International School has a wide range of activities available:

• Students can participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award which is a journey of personal discovery and adventure for young people.{{cite web|title=The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award|url=http://www.intaward.org/|website=The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award}}
• A team participates in the World Scholar's Cup is an international team academic tournament with students participating from over 40 countries.{{cite web|title=World Scholars Cup|url=http://new.scholarscup.org/|website=World Scholars Cup|access-date=2014-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724233100/http://new.scholarscup.org/|archive-date=2014-07-24|url-status=dead}} The school has hosts one of the qualification rounds.{{cite web|title=Host Schools|url=http://new.scholarscup.org/hosts/|website=World Scholars Cup}} In 2014 the Britannica Team reached the final in Yale.
• The school regularly holds school plays and other community events such as the spring fair or the Budapest Poetry competition {{cite web|title=Judged on their many merits|url=http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/03/28/judged-on-their-many-merits/|website=The Budapest Times|access-date=2014-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084607/http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/03/28/judged-on-their-many-merits/|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead}}
• Students have the option to participate in one of the scheduled Extra-curricular activities. Regularly offered are: Drama, film-making, football, hockey, volleyball, tennis, art, photography, hiking, craft, cookery and dance as well as a number of academic clubs.{{cite web|title=Extra Curricular Activities|url=http://www.britannicaschool.hu/activities.htm|website=Britannica International School|accessdate=17 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082613/http://www.britannicaschool.hu/activities.htm|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}

The Britannica International School is a member of:

• Council of British International Schools which promotes British International schools of global quality{{cite web|title=Britannica International School|url=http://www.cobis.org.uk/page.cfm?p=1113&start=1|website=Council of British International Schools}}
• Council of International Schools which helps support the continuous improvement of international education{{cite web|url=https://directory.cois.org/Profile/Britannica-International-School-1121|website=Council of International Schools|accessdate=4 August 2014|title=Britannica International School, Budapest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819130303/https://directory.cois.org/Profile/Britannica-International-School-1121|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}

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