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IVY LEAGUE: MUCH MORE THAN A SPORTS CONFERENCE, THESE ARE AMONGST THE WORLD’S BEST COLLEGES
The Ivy League is a sports conference for a select group of Universities and Colleges from the Northeastern United States that share a reputation for excellence and prestige. Despite the group’s founding as a sports conference, the constituent members work closely together on other aspects of university life and the conference’s name now transcends it’s…
THE ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOL: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT CALLED THAT?
In the United Kingdom and those countries where the English influence was perhaps the greatest, the term “Public School” is well understood and commonly used, albeit extremely poorly defined. Outside of those countries, the term’s use as a moniker for what are, in fact, elite private schools is a cause of great confusion – especially…
GUILD OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY (GISNY): A PROGRESSIVE NETWORK OF NEW YORK’S GILDED SCHOOLS
The Guild of Independent Schools of New York City (GISNY / GISNYC) is an association of the leading and most prestigious private schools in and around New York City with member schools representing each of the five boroughs. The guild is an exclusive consortium whose members are extremely well-known in New York City and across…
OXFORD GROUP: THE ELITE TIER OF BRITISH PREPARATORY BOARDING SCHOOLS
The Oxford Group (also The Oxford Group of Boarding Schools) is a select group of elite boarding preparatory schools from across the United Kingdom, considered to be the leading such schools preparing boys and girls for entry into the top tier of English public schools.
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DIRECTORY OF INDEPENDENT AND SPECIALIST SCHOOLS’ INTERNATIONAL & SATELLITE BRANCHES
Boasting incredible campuses that would rival most universities, professional-grade sports facilities, cutting-edge laboratories and innovative curriculums, a new wave of schools is rapidly being established across the world. With their establishment comes a new standard in international schooling. Yet, despite their modern buildings and state-of-the-art amenities, many of these schools claim a proud and illustrious…
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INNOVATION CONSORTIUM (ISIC): HOW AMERICA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND INNOVATIVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER TO REVOLUTIONIZE SCHOOL STANDARDS
The Independent School Innovation Consortium (ISIC) was founded in 1996 to bring together some twenty-three of the nation’s leading and most-celebrated private schools. The consortium was established to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing between these schools to advance educational research, innovative educational methodologies and to define assessment criteria for new technological approaches and delivery methodologies such…
IVY PLUS CONSORTIUM (IVY+): AMERICA’S FINEST PRIVATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
The Ivy Plus (Ivy+) consortium is a formal grouping comprised of a core group of thirteen leading private research universities from across the United States. The consortium’s nexus is formed around the eight Ivy League universities, widely considered to be America’s elite universities collection. The five other universities that make up the Ivy Plus consortium…
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FEATURED SCHOOLS
CLONGOWES WOOD COLLEGE
Clongowes Wood College SJ has developed a reputation for excellence and is, arguably, Ireland’s best-known boarding school internationally. It is one of the last all boarding schools in the country and attracts a student body from across Ireland and globally. Established in 1814 on the site of Castlebrown by the Society of Jesuits, Clongowes prepares…
CASTLEKNOCK COLLEGE
A proud institution located in protected green belt land in North Dublin, Castleknock College has been one of the country’s premier private schools since its foundation in 1835. The school was traditionally a boarding school but began accepting day students in 1987 before closing the boarding section in 2004. The school has a national reputation…
THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL
The Bishop’s School is a very highly-rated Episcopal day school in La Jolla in Southern California, serving pupils from across the north San Diego area. The school offers a rigorous and successful college-preparatory program for students in middle and high school grades 6 through 12. It’s oceanside location affords the school one of the most…
WOODLANDS ACADEMY
Woodlands Academy is a small, girls-only boarding school nestled in a grand Georgian country home in the Wicklow mountains, just south of Dublin city. The school is a part of the Oak International Academies network of boarding schools founded in the Regnum Christi Catholic tradition. It has a brother school located nearby that caters to…
DERBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
A modern school expanding upon a long heritage, Derby Grammar School is an excellent, small, selective day school that offers boys and girls education from pre-school through to sixth-form in a traditional, faith-based setting. Derby Grammar School (sometimes abbreviated as DGS) was established to continued the legacy of the ancient Derby School which had become…
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WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE
Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) is a private, selective liberal arts college located in Washington, Pennsylvania. It owes its history to two separate institutions, Washington College and Jefferson College which merged in 1865 but both have a history dating back to the late 1700s having been founded shortly after the American Declaration of Independence. The…
