The Codrington School began in 1917 as a

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. However, in the late-90s it closed and the buildings lay empty for some years. The present Codrington School began its life, in the renovated buildings, in September 2002, with just eight children. By the beginning of the 2008–2009 school year this number had risen to 132 children. In June 2012, the Codrington School celebrated its first IB Diploma Programme graduation class. Since then the programme has gradually expanded and the school has graduating classes accepting University places all around the world. The school buildings are set in three acres of wooded grounds, which include gardens and

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trees that are more than a century old, as well as a large

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and specialist facilities for art, science, ICT, music and drama. It has a small, but rapidly growing,

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. In the spring of 2007, the Parents and Friends Association donated an air-conditioned ICT lab, fully equipped with

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s, to the school. The school has an outdoor canteen as well as several newly refurbished modern language suites. The professional staff is headed by a career international school administrator, who joined the school in 2012. The

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represents 30 different nationalities, including Barbadian (25%), British (17%) and US citizens (15%). Other nationalities represented include: German, Japanese, French, Venezuelan, Guatemalan and Canadian. It teaches gifted students from grades 4 to 8. The school, whose

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runs from September to July, offers students the opportunity of studying to the highest levels of national and international excellence. It is an IB

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, authorized to offer three IB programmes - The Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). All children in the

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study Spanish from the age of seven and students in the upper years may opt to do both French or Spanish. The school has a broad enrichment programme, which includes art club,

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and

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. All children through the age of thirteen have

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lessons as part of the regular curriculum.

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Schools in Barbados Saint John, Barbados 2002 establishments in Barbados Educational institutions established in 2002 {{Barbados-stub International Baccalaureate schools in Barbados

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