REIGATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL VIETNAM (RGS VIETNAM)

Qualifications at Reigate Grammar School Vietnam (RGS Vietnam)

The International School of Vietnam (ISV), the former name of Reigate Grammar School Vietnam (RGS Vietnam), was o cially licensed by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training to organise educational activities under Decision No. 5550/QD-SGD&DT, with the goal of building an international integration education environment in the city. The school o cially opened the first academic year in 2013-2014, welcoming 65 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 (Grade 5).

On 3rd June, 2014, Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) authorised ISV to be a Cambridge School to teach the Cambridge Secondary 1 programme (for Years 7 - 9/Grades 6 - 8), Cambridge IGCSE (Years 10 - 11/Grades 9 - 10) and Cambridge Advanced Level - A Level (Years 12 - 13/Grades 11 - 12).

In 2016, ISV was o cially recognised by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as an IB standard school and authorised to teach the International Baccalaureate Primary Years programme (IB PYP).

In 2018, ISV was authorised to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme (IB DP) for students in Grades 11 & 12. The school has successfully admitted students to study IBDP from the 20182019 academic year.

2019 marked the school's first graduation cohort in A Level with 8 students who received o ers from 23 universities around the world. 2020 marked the first graduation cohort in IBDP with 13 students who received scholarships from 37 universities worldwide, totaling more than $976,000 in scholarship value..

On 15th September 2021, the International School of Vietnam entered a long-term and comprehensive cooperation agreement with Reigate Grammar School UK, where Reigate Grammar School (RGS) authorised the ownership of the RGS trademark to ISV; marked the beginning of the first UK-branded school located in Vietnam. On 3rd December 2022, the school was o cially approved by the Hanoi People's Committee to change its name to Reigate Grammar Vietnam according to Decision No. 5090/QD-UBND.

The Dual Qualifications programme by Hanoi Department of Education and Training

The Vietnamese National High School baccalaureate programme and the British baccalaureate programme (A Level) is a dual qualifications programme piloted at Chu Van An High School, Hanoi in 2016. A Level is recognised and appreciated by many prestigious universities around the world. Studying the dual qualifications programme, students will be able to simultaneously obtain the Vietnamese national high school baccalaureate and the UK A Level by studying 5 subjects entirely in English including: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Business and academic English.

In 2016, Reigate Grammar School Vietnam (the International School of Vietnam - ISV at the time) supported the Hanoi Department of Education and Training to conduct the entrance exam for the 20162017 academic year for a dual qualifications project at Chu Van An High School and successfully admitted two classes for the first enrollment of this programme.

In 2019, the school successfully organised two exams under the dual qualifications programme for Chu Van An High School: the AS Level exam in May - June and the A2 Level exam at the end of 2019. (October - November). Also in this pilot phase, the school also tutored those students throughout their study course. By obtaining at the same time 2 qualifications: the Vietnamese National High School Baccalaureate and the A Level, students were given a broader pathway to high-quality higher education in Vietnam and all over the world.

The success of this pilot project also enabled the Dual Qualifications programme to further expand to many other Middle & High schools in di erent areas of Hanoi.