History
Founders Niels Toettcher and Ann Alexander established the International Community School in 1979. The School was set up to teach children English within a full curriculum International School. Since then the School has continued to focus on English language and internationalism and now provides for children and faculty from 50 countries. The status of IB World School International Baccalaureate Organization was first bestowed on ICS in June 2008 and again in August 2008 with the school receiving full authorisation from the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) for its PYP 'Primary Years' and MYP programmes 'Middle Years'. In April 2010, ICS gained full authorisation to teach the IB Diploma 'Diploma Programme' starting in September 2010, so becoming one of only a handful of schools in the United Kingdom authorised to offer all three IB programmes.
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