Beaconhouse owns school companies and educational institutes in several countries. Some of these are profiled below.
Pakistan The first Beaconhouse school, Les Anges Montessori Academy, opened in
Lahore, Pakistan, in 1975. Since then, Beaconhouse has established over 146 private schools in more than 30 cities across Pakistan. Beaconhouse has also helped fund or manage
several other educational programs in Pakistan: • The Educators, a separate private school network • TNS Beaconhouse, the first school in Pakistan to embrace the
Reggio Emilia approach • Gymboree Play and Music, an international franchise of play centers for which Beaconhouse is Pakistan's franchisee • The Early Years, a child development center in Lahore, Pakistan • Bubbles, a playgroup programme developed by Beaconhouse, offered at selected schools • The Discovery Center Smart School in Karachi, Pakistan •
Beaconhouse National University, a private liberal arts university in Lahore, whose establishment was assisted by a US$6 million contribution from Beaconhouse. • Concordia Colleges, a group of college campuses established in 2014 in several cities in Pakistan
United Kingdom Headquartered in London, Beaconhouse Educational Services Limited, or BESL, was set up by Beaconhouse as a school management company. It also serves as a
holding company for Beaconhouse schools in Asia and the Middle East. BESL manages the conceptualisation and construction of start-up schools, the acquisition of existing schools, and day-to-day school operations. BESL currently owns and operates the following schools in the UK: •
Cherub Nurseries and Preschools: Based in Yorkshire, England, Cherub is a group of three nurseries and preschools within half an hour of each other. The Cherub group was established in 1976. •
Pocklington Montessori Nursery: Pocklington Montessori Nursery is also based in Pocklington Yorkshire. •
Newlands School: Acquired by BESL in July 2009, Newlands School is an independent, coeducational day and boarding school set on a 21-acre property in
Seaford, East Sussex. The school caters to students from
prep school through
sixth form. In 2011, following its acquisition of Newlands UK, Beaconhouse introduced the Newlands UK Activity Programme for Classes VI to X, giving Beaconhouse students the opportunity to attend two and six-week residential trips to Newlands School.
Malaysia The Beaconhouse School System was the first Pakistani education system to cross borders to Malaysia.
Philippines In late 2005, Beaconhouse acquired Dame Theresiana de Montealegre School, a private school based in
Manila, Philippines, that offers English-medium education to over 200 students in an upper-middle income suburb of the city. In early 2010, Beaconhouse International Schools entered into a partnership with Angels in Heaven School, a prestigious international school in Cabuyao,
Laguna, south of Manila. Divided over two campuses located close to each other, the school caters to students at kindergarten, elementary and high school level and actively participates in activities organised with other nearby schools, such as Brent.
Thailand In 2014, Beaconhouse entered a partnership with the Yamssard School Group, which subsequently became known as the Beaconhouse Yamsaard Schools Group. The enterprise includes three bilingual schools, and one international school. The bilingual schools, BYS Ladprao in Bangkok, BYS Rangsit in Pathum Thani, and BYS Hua Hin, offer a mix of local and premium English programmes to a predominantly Thai market, with the premium programmes being offered at an international standard. Beaconhouse International School (BYIS) is a purpose-built international school catering to the expatriate community in
Bangkok. Built on a site close to the centre of Bangkok, BYIS currently caters to children aged 2 to 11, with plans to go up to senior school.
Indonesia In 2010 Beaconhouse completed a strategic partnership with the SIS Group of Schools, comprising the popular Singapore International Schools (SIS) and its other national plus (private) schools. The Group has close to 3,000 students.
Bangladesh The first branch of Beaconhouse in
Bangladesh commenced its first academic year in August 2006 and relocated from
Gulshan to Banani, a neighbourhood in
Dhaka.
Oman Beaconhouse established its first school in
Muscat, Oman, in September 2006. This school has been established through Al-Kanz Education, a joint venture between Beaconhouse UK (which owns majority shares) and a local Omani group.
UAE In 2009 Beaconhouse acquired the Gulf Nursery in
Sharjah. The same year the Group also entered into a
public–private partnership with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) to improve the general performance of a cluster of government schools, with particular emphasis on ensuring significant improvement in students' achievement in English, mathematics and science. From September 2017, Beaconhouse Newlands school was commencing its operations in Al-Warqa, Midriff area in Dubai. The school offers the National Curriculum for England culminating in the UK qualifications
IGCSE and
A Levels. ==TBT Online ==