About Us

SINCE 2005 AND GROWING

SINCE 18 YEARS AND GROWING

ISE Vision

The School’s vision is for pupils at ISE to not only achieve outstanding academic results but also develop the motivation, skills and determination to make a positive difference to the world in which they live.

We aspire to be an outstanding British and French school that is innovative, cutting-edge, and aspirational.

This is achieved through the provision of a challenging curriculum which develops critical, principled thinking within a positive learning environment, and which addresses the student’s academic, social, emotional, physical, technological, aesthetic, and moral needs.

ISE Mission

Our mission is to educate all students to become inclusive, successful and empowered citizens of the world.

ISE Core Values

ISE is guided in all its actions and decisions by its commitment to our ASPIRE values:

All staff and governors at ISE recognise that pupils who are confident about their learning and who have a growth mind-set, persist when faced with challenges. Pupils who can set goals, manage stress and have awareness of their mental health are more likely to thrive in a school setting.

Our aim is to explicitly teach and model to our children what is ethically important in different situations, leading them to become more autonomous with decision making and reflective about the choices they will need to make as they grow up. ASPIRE is not just apparent in one subject or lesson, but permeates the school ethos and is built into our everyday practice.

ASPIRE stands for:

Achievement

We want our pupils to develop high aspirations and set themselves challenging goals. We feel it is important to instil the confidence and determination to achieve these goals. We teach the importance of resilience and determination.

Self-awareness

We encourage our pupils to know themselves better; both their strengths and weaknesses in order to identify where they should celebrate success and where they need to strive to develop further.

Pride

We encourage our children to develop a sense of pride in themselves. This means being punctual, attending school every day, taking pride in their uniform and appearance, presenting their work to high standards and have pride in their behaviour.

Inclusion

We aim to help children understand that everyone has the right and the capacity to achieve no matter the challenges they may face. This is the belief that every child can succeed. We want our pupils to support and encourage each other.

Respect

We want our pupils to understand that respect is not just shown to other people but also to themselves, the wider community and our environment. It is about being polite and courteous but also about developing moral principles and sticking to them.

Enquiry

This is about being ambitious learners who are not afraid to ask questions and dig deeper. We want our pupils to discuss debate and steer their own learning. These dispositions are taught through 6 characters; Achieving Ashley, Self-Aware Simon, Proud Philippe, Inclusive Ismail, Respectful Rima and Enquiring Estelle.