Writing from school
What our teachers and counsellors write for families: programmes, settling in, languages and the path to university.

IB, IGCSE or the Turkish curriculum alone? Six questions to ask when choosing a high school path
All three programmes can lead to a good university. The right question is not "which is best?" but "where will my child learn best, and where will they apply?"

Moving to Istanbul with children: the first 90 days of school
Which documents to prepare before you move, what to watch in the first week and how long it takes a child to settle into a new school: our admissions office's most commo…

Applying to university abroad: a timeline from Grade 9 to Grade 12
How to track UCAS, the Common App, European universities and the YKS on one calendar. We walk through the four years and what to do in each.