Box Hill School: Nigerian Booklet

HEADMASTER’S WELCOME

I am both the Headmaster of Box Hill School, and a parent to pupils who attend Box Hill School. I can wholeheartedly say, our success is built on holistic and personalised character education to meet the needs of each individual. We are creating successful global citizens who will always positively impact the world around us.

Your child will become the very best version of themselves.

Boxhillians learn, grow, lead and become, achieving excellent academic outcomes alongside developing compassion and wisdom.

Bringing together girls and boys, junior and senior, local students alongside nationals from many different countries, we look forward to every moment of every day together.

Explore more at www.boxhillschool.com

Mickleham, Surrey, England

BOX HILL SCHOOL’S HISTORY

We are a founder school in the Round Square network. We follow the educational philosophy of Dr Kurt Hahn, the founder of Gordonstoun School in Scotland. Inside our classrooms, and beyond, students are immersed in opportunities that focus on our IDEALS:

Box Hill School was founded in 1959 by Mr Roy McComish, our first Headmaster and a contemporary of Kurt Hahn.

Since then, we have continued his holistic approach to education, to encourage individual strength and character. This allows our pupils to grow into confident, well-balanced young people, ready to take on the next steps in life.

Being a Round Square School is always varied and exciting, and we were a proud host to Round Square’s Conference 2022 which had a theme of ‘Take Less: Be More’. This was an incredible experience for all of our school.

Our vision is to create truly global citizens. As an international school, all our students have the chance to discover and embrace different cultures and nationalities on a daily basis. In addition, pupils can enjoy cultural immersion opportunities through day and residential trips and overseas expeditions.

ON CAMPUS

Today, our impressive 40 acre campus is exceptionally well equipped with a purpose built Music School, new Sports Centre with extensive outdoor pitches, specialist studios for Dance and Drama as well as a high ropes course, indoor climbing wall and an exciting Sixth Form building.

OUR LOCATION

Our stunning campus is located in Mickleham village. Whilst close to local towns, it is a friendly and relaxed setting.

Gatwick Airport

OUR CURRICULUM

We have a long heritage of delivering first-class education in a warm, supportive, holistic and nurturing atmosphere.

We offer two routes that lead to these outcomes: The A Levels or the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). Both are academically rigorous and well-respected by prestigious universities within the UK and beyond.

3 subjects

ACADEMIC SUCCESS

A Level

Mattia A*, A*, A, A (2022)

University of Edinburgh - Civil Engineering

Abina A*, A*, A* (2021)

University of Cardiff - Dentistry

Junsung A*, A*, A (2021)

University of Bath - Automotive Engineering

Niah A*, A, A (2022)

University of Manchester - Psychology

Burns A*, A, A (2021)

Taking a gap year

6 subjects

A few examples of recent results

Camilla 42 (2018)

The Hotel Scool (The Hague) - Hospitality & Management

Martyna 41 (2018)

University of Edinburgh - Neuroscience

William 40 (2021)

University of Exeter - Combined Honours

Natalia 39 (2020)

Queen Mary University of London - Biomedical Science

Veronika 39 (2021)

Queen Mary University of London - Business Management

CO CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Our diverse and varied timetable ensures a diverse and complementary balance of academia, sport and activities all designed to maximise and develop essential skills such as discipline, leadership and teamwork, along with providing physical and mental health benefits.

We have an expansive lineup of co-curricular offerings (over 40). As members of the Box Hill School community, students are free to join clubs focused on reading, coding, playing chess, or producing podcasts. Creatives can advance their talents through lessons in art, fashion and textiles, jazz, production, or even zen colouring. Of course, athletic interests are catered to, with many team and individual sports on offer.

All co-curricular activities are timetabled within the school week.

UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS

Our Sixth Form leavers are successful in securing places at universities in the UK and internationally, including many moving on to courses at prestigious Russell Group institutions.

Here is a selection of courses at universities that our students attended:

Cardiff University

Human Geography

University of Leeds

Mathematics

Bournemouth University

Sports Management

University of Bath

Automotive Engineering

Medical School of Hamburg

Psychology

Skidmore College (New York)

Acting and Performance Arts

Bond University (Australia)

Business Management

York University

History of Art

University of Warwick

Chemistry

University College London

Economics

Central St Martins

Art Foundation

University of Edinburgh

Neuroscience

University of Brighton

Sport Management

University of Bristol

Virology and Immunology

University of Exeter

Law

University of Leeds

Mathematics

University of Nottingham

Architecture

University of Surrey

Business Management

Goldsmiths, University of London

Drama: Musical Theatre

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

We are hugely proud of our diverse boarding community, which truly reflects the Round Square IDEALS at the heart of Box Hill School. We have students from 40 different nationalities throughout all our year groups and boarding houses.

Our full boarding students stay at the school full time during term time in a home-from home environment. They are under the supervision and care of our dedicated House Parents with around the clock access to our amazing facilities and boarders trips.

Box Hill School boarding is a nurturing community that echoes the atmosphere of a large, happy family.

We will enable the young people who come to Box Hill School, to make excellent progress in their educational, personal, social and cultural development.

OUR HOUSE PARENT TEAM

Typical boarding week (Monday – Friday)

Typical

boarding weekend

PASTORAL CARE & SUPPORT

Excellent pastoral care is at the heart of everything we do and our commitment to the wellbeing of students is of paramount importance.

Each student is assigned a Tutor in addition to their House Parent who will nurture pupils and offer support, guidance and encouragement. In addition, in Sixth Form pupils have a Sixth Form team to provide a clear focus on their academic supervision and monitoring. We are incredibly proud of our high standards of pastoral care.

TESTIMONIAL

In our experience, African students that we’ve had before, bring skills which are well suited to Box Hill School. The school is able to empower these students and immerse them in the English education system to prepare them for their university life.

“This school is supportive. Being the Head Girl, I see how much the management is invested in supporting all genders, races; everyone. It’s so nice to know there are people rooting for you.”

Chi, Student from Rivers State, Nigeria

WHY CHOOSE BOX HILL SCHOOL?

We work closely with students and parents and provide guidance and support to help with important decisions about further education.

• Focus on developing each student’s character and building confidence and resilience

• Diverse international community

• Outstanding pastoral support

• Skills for the future

• 1-to-1 career and university support from our dedicated Careers Co-ordinator as well as teachers

• Varied and stimulating extra curricular excursions, expeditions and trips

• 1:8 teacher to student ratio

To register, or to ask any questions, please contact our International Registrar, Kirstie Hammond on kirstie.hammond@boxhillschool.com