Southbank International School Kensington

The International Baccalaureate and the promotion of internationalism are important to Southbank's quality and identity as a school. With more than 70 different nationalities represented on our student body, we truly embody the spirit of internationalism, which is reflected in both our three academic programmes and the numerous extracurricular activities that both benefit and enrich the education of each student as well as the school as a whole. We are an IB school that prides itself on the cultivation and nurturing of an ethos and spirit rooted in the school's foundation and history, as well as the philosophy of the IB. We believe education should be seen as an end in itself as well as a means of enhancing career and life prospects; we believe in the pursuit of academic rigour; we believe that doubt is an intellectual strength not a weakness; we believe in the promotion of compassion, tolerance and diversity; we believe in developing independent, confident, curious, lifelong learners who commit themselves to helping others as well as themselves. We aim to do all we can to ensure our students fulfil their academic potential, not least so that those who leave us at eighteen have the opportunity to go on to a university of their choice.