General Information

The British School of Chicago follows the British system of education and has an individualised approach and programme. Although we have a general expectation of what a child will achieve in a year, each child works to achieve his or her maximum potential. This means that children who are able can work at a higher level than their chronological age.

Instead of the term pre-school, kindergarten, grades 1-8 and high school the British School of Chicago uses Foundation and Key Stages 1-5 to cover the different age groups.

Foundation - covers the area of Nursery and Reception (Pre-school and Junior)
Key Stage 1 - covers Years 1 & 2 (Kindergarten and Grade 1)
Key Stage 2 - covers Years 3 - 6 (Grades 2 - 5)
Key Stage 3 - covers Years 7 - 9 (Grades 6 - 8)
Key Stage 4 - covers Years 10 - 11 (Grades 9 and 10)
Key Stage 5 - covers Years 12 - 13 (Grades 11 and 12)

Foundation (Nursery and Reception)

• Mornings or full day for 3-4 year olds; (Nursery)
• Full day for 4-5 year olds (Reception)
• Start 8:45 a.m. - finish 11:45a.m. for mornings only Nursery, 3:30 p.m. for all others. Afternoons start 12.30 pm and finish 3:30 pm.
• Entry after third birthday into Nursery
  
  

Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and Year 2)

• Full day
• Start 8:30 a.m. - finish 3:15 p.m.
• Year round enrollment at age appropriate entry point
• Age cut-off for determining Year Group placement is 31st August

Key Stage 2 (Year 3 - Year 6)

• Full day
• Start 8:15 a.m. - finish 3:45 p.m.
• Year round enrolment at age appropriate entry point
• Age cut-off for determining Year Group placement is 31st August

Key Stage 3 (Year 7 to Year 9)

• Full day
• Start 8:15a.m. - finish 3:45 p.m.
• Year round enrolment at age appropriate entry point
• Age cut off determining Year Group placement is 31st August
  
  
  

Key Stage 4 and 5 (Year 10 to 11 and Year 12 to 13)

• (Same as Key Stage 3 above)
  
  

Extra-Curricular Activities
Teachers and Learning Assistants organize a variety of clubs for children in Year 1 and above (Kindergarten and above) for after school, 3:30p.m. - 4:45p.m. (No extra charge)

Before- School Care
Before-school care in available 7:00a.m. - 8:00a.m. (There is an extra charge for this service)

After-School Care
After-school care is available 3:30p.m. - 6:00p.m. (There is an extra charge for this service)

Contact Information

British School of Chicago 
814 W. Eastman Street 
Chicago, IL 60622
Tel: 773.506.2097
Fax: 773.506.4805

BSC Finance: Miss Maricarol Williams
BSA Accounts Manager: Mrs Kathyrn Horton

Admissions: Miss Brenda Kerr