St George's School is an international school

International school

An International school is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, in an international environment, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge International Examinations, or by following a national...

 located at several sites in Switzerland

Switzerland

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History

St. George's School was founded in 1927 by two graduates of St Hugh's College, Oxford

St Hugh's College, Oxford

St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a fourteen and a half acre site on St Margaret's Road, to the North of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986...

, Lorna Southwell and Osyth Potts.

Campus

• The Clarens campus
  Campus
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   is situated between Vevey
  Vevey
  Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...
  
   and Montreux
  Montreux
  Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration.- History :...
  
  . The current student body of over 450 pupils aged between 3 and 18 represents over 40 different nationalities with a boarding section of 60 students starting at the age of 11.

• The Neuchatel campus is situated in La Coudre, Vaud on the Neuchatel lakeside. The current student body of 21 day students only aged between 10 and 18.

• The Verbier campus has recently opened for Junior Department children at Verbier
  Verbier
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Curriculum

In the Junior Department and in the younger years of the Senior School a broad and balanced timetable is offered based upon the British National Curriculum.

The school enters students for the International Baccalaureate

IB Diploma Programme

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, the Cambridge International Examinations International General Certificate of Secondary Education, College Board

College Board

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 tests, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

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 exams and Diplôme d'études en langue française

Diplôme d'études en langue française

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, among others.

Extracurricular activities

A variety of sports are taught as part of the physical education

Physical education

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 programme including skiing

Skiing

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 in the Spring Term (January to Easter). Students take part in a variety of competitions with other schools such as hockey

Hockey

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, football, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, cross country

Cross country running

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, tennis

Tennis

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, badminton

Badminton

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 and skiing.

A sports hall equipped with gymnastics equipment and incorporating basketball

Basketball

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, badminton, tennis and volleyball

Volleyball

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 courts is available. Seven outdoor tennis courts are heavily used throughout most of the year. Nearby facilities are used for athletics, swimming and rock climbing

Rock climbing

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. During the Spring Term, students ski once a week at nearby Les Mosses and boarders have the opportunity to ski further afield at weekends.

A wide-ranging programme of sport is on offer. Team and individual games, gymnastics

Gymnastics

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, athletics, skiing, swimming, and dance are all taught across the age-ranges.