At NCBIS we offer a caring and high quality education in a secure environment on our unique campus for the international community of Cairo. We have high personal and academic expectations for our students and are proud of the varied and challenging learning opportunities that are provided to our pupils.
Our educational approaches arise out of the best of government and independent education systems, as well as the best practice in international education. We prepare our international students for UK GCSE and AS/A level examinations at age 16 and 18 respectively, and also the UK Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs) at ages 7, 11 and 14. Students in our Dutch Stream, launched in September 1999, are offered a primary education closely aligned to the Dutch National Curriculum, which prepares them for the "Cito-Toest" at 12. As a result, all of our students are provided with an education that prepares them to enter a schooling system anywhere, as well as  universities in Egypt and elsewhere throughout the world.
As a school, from the Board of Directors down to our administration staff, we are committed to our vision for NCBIS - a vision focused specifically on improving the quality of learning and the levels of student achievement. This vision in turn informs and guides our decision making, both at the strategic and day-to-day level.

General Information

Originally founded in 1978 as Heliopolis British International School, New Cairo British International School is a non-selective, non-denominational international school serving Cairo’s international community.  Children from 3 years to 18 years (Nursery to Year 13) are admitted to the international Primary and Secondary Schools.  Our Dutch Stream admits children aged 2.5 - 12 years, after which they enter the international Secondary School. 

In September 1998, we relocated from two small villas in Heliopolis to a superb new campus and re-opened under our current name. Our purpose built school is in a fast developing residential area called New Cairo, very close to an older district named Kattemaya. It is easily accessible from Heliopolis, Nasr City and Maadi, although we do have a significant number of students who travel from as far away as Dokki, Zamalek and 6th October City.

The NCBIS campus has state of the art facilities including a heated swimming pool, sports field and all-weather sports courts, multi-purpose auditorium, a range of science laboratories, art and photography rooms, music suites, four information technology suites (including one dedicated to the Primary School), a well resourced library and specially designed teaching areas catering for the differing needs of Foundation Years, Primary, Dutch, Secondary and Sixth Form students.  Class sizes are set at a maximum of 20 pupils in the Primary School and 20 students in the Secondary School.  The average pupil/teacher ratio is 8:1, which includes additional teaching support staff. 

Both British and Dutch NCBIS academic staff are fully qualified and experienced in their fields.  All members of the teaching staff have either British or Dutch qualifications (as appropriate) and bring with them a wealth of current experience from the UK/Holland or other international schools. The Heads of Schools have held senior positions in the UK and/or at international schools. Many other teachers have management or curriculum leadership experience in the UK and elsewhere.  Teaching Assistants support students and teachers across the school.