The British International School, Cairo (BISC) is a private British school in Beverly Hills, a compound within the

6th of October City 6th of October ( ; ) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. It is a satellite city, located adjacent to Giza, and is part of the Greater Cairo region.

Greater Cairo The Greater Cairo () is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt. It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate, the cities of Imbaba and Giza in the Giza Governorate, and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate. Its def ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. BISC was previously in

Zamalek Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit ...

. It moved from its Zamalek location in September 2008 to its new purpose-built campus in the residential compound of Beverly Hills. BISC has an extensive campus with facilities including a theatre, Olympic swimming pool and age-appropriate learning spaces for all students. BISC is an independent, fee-financed, not for profit school authorized by the Ministry of Education. The ''

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'' states that the school "offers a world-class education – the best in Egypt – and prestige. To be a BISC IB graduate certainly says something." The school is regularly inspected by BSO and is one of only a handful of schools certified by

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within Egypt.

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External links

School website
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