Why choose us as an international student?

Curriculum

We celebrate the success of all our girls, underpinned by our dedication to helping each girl to develop the confidence and character to explore her unique talents. Our expert teachers are specialised in a wealth of subjects to encourage our pupils to feed their curiosity and challenge themselves in new ways.  We achieve stellar results. In recent years, we achieved the highest exam results in Bath.

The One-Year GCSE 

A One-Year GCSE course is the international equivalent of a General Certificate of Secondary Education but is offered in one academic year. An accelerated course provides a platform for students to strengthen their academic confidence and achieve the grades they strive for.  We offer separate sciences, 6 modern and ancient languages and a wealth of humanities, creative and physical subjects. 

Sixth Form options  

Our Future-Focused Sixth Form combines a strong A-Level programme with enriching electives and tailored support, helping students shape their next steps with confidence.

English as an Additional Language

For international families, the quality of EAL support can be the most significant factor in their child’s success at school. 

EAL is central to our international student provision, and it provides our multilingual learners with robust, professional, and carefully designed support enabling them to flourish in their academic studies, social relationships, and cultural engagement.

It is led by fully qualified specialists with extensive experience and advanced training. Our work is informed by research into disciplinary literacy, ensuring that language is supported across the curriculum and that every student benefits from a consistent approach. 

Our Head of International Students, Miss Natalie Cheers, is a founding member of the BAWESS research team at the University of Bath, leading research into the language of secondary school subjects. She is also a licensed Teaching English in Multilingual Classrooms trainer, equipping subject teachers with the strategies they need to ensure international students can access and excel in their academic subjects. 

The success of our Year 11 EAL students in this summer’s examinations is testament to this work, with each of them securing top marks of grade 9 across the board in their English as a Second Language GCSEs.

EAL is built into our curriculum so that students develop both subject knowledge and the language needed to access it. We take a disciplinary literacy approach to ensure that language demands in different subjects are explicitly addressed.

Our teaching staff receive training and guidance on how to embed these approaches in their own classrooms, so that multilingual learners benefit from consistent strategies across all subjects and there a specialist on hand throughout the academic year to support the wider school community achieve these goals.

For more information contact our Admissions Team and arrange a call with Miss Cheers to find out more - Contact us - Royal High School

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