BIS Umeå
BIS-Umeå has started the process to secure the permit from the Swedish School Inspectorate to open for grades K-12.
Our Leadership
We are a dedicated, qualified team of professional educators who are committed to creating an engaging and challenging learning environment for children.
Our Educators
All our teachers are highly qualified and have a high level of professional experience that is imperative to maintain the high standards of our education.
It our priority to ensure your admission experience is friendly and tailored to your specific requirements. Please do contact us.
Our Admissions Policy
BIS-Umeå is a non-selective School and does not require children to take an entrance test. BIS-Umeå is an inclusive School.
Enrolling for 2022-2023
We are now accepting interest inquiries for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Our Philosophy of Education
To succeed in this new information-based and highly technological society, students need to develop their capabilities in STEAM.
Our Curriculum
BIS-Umeå is a STEAM Education’s flagship British School. Offering an enriched British Curriculum.
Personalised learning
We offer a highly structured approach to help your children progress based on their individual needs.
Student Life
As a STEAM School, we are dedicated to offering our students a wide-range of opportunities to allow each student to develop their skills and pursue their individual interests.
STEAM Activities
Technology, like science, inspires STEAM students to think and form questions based on what they see and learn.
Outdoor Education
Our students participate in a planned progression of outdoor experiences that will take place in Sweden.
Family Engagement
Faculty and staff, in partnerships with parents, strive to provide an inclusive and responsive Education that guides students towards success
Our partnership approach
Close communication is at the core of our partnership approach. Keeping parents in the loop about their children’s progress is an essential part of what we do.
Parent Association
We look forward to your involvement in our many wonderful projects planned for you and your child throughout the year
Our Education
Success stems from exceptional teaching practices, attentive administration, wonderful families and responsible students.
Parental Engagement
STEAM Schools provide opportunities for parents to engage with their child’s learning and develop a better understanding of engagement strategies and their child’s learning needs.
International Curriculum
STEAM Schools provide your children with a global education passport, equipping them to study anywhere in the world.
At the BISG we make every effort to understand each individual child’s strengths and aptitude, to see how we can best address them.
A range of specialist clubs provide enhanced guidance and training to students, helping them enhance their skills in their particular field of interest.
Such focused learning helps students work well in groups, take responsible and independent decisions, and understand better their areas of potential and proficiency.
Art and craft specialist club is introduced at an early stage to help the students in the pursuit of artistic and creative excellence.
As part of the Club, students participate in various clean up drives, they learn more about the environment and the conservation and management of resources.
The students are driven by the enthusiasm to make sure the environment they live in is clean and conducive to learning. This has been extended to recycling waste and cleaning neighbouring public areas.
For students who wish to empower themselves with advanced ICT skills, specialist training in provided through the Multimedia club.
BISG boasts of a studio which is being updated with all requirements for the smooth functioning of the BISG Radio and the BISG Newsroom. The Multimedia club leaders also lead whole school events related to same.
The cultural club at BISG, gives students multiple opportunities to perform, connect and empower themselves. Students are mapped against their talent and provided a platform through the various events at school, like the Carnival, and Shakespeare.
Word smart students are presented many opportunities to further enhance their literary skills. The Wordpeckers (from year 6 upwards) ensures that our exceptional writers are provided a platform for free expression.
Students are also provided opportunities to connect with writers / authors through the Book Fairs and Author visits to the school. They also connect with students around the world and comment on their work.