Southbank International School Kensington
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

To help parents clearly understand everything Southbank can offer your child, we regularly host information mornings throughout the academic year.

These give you and your child a valuable opportunity to view our excellent facilities, chat to current students and teachers, and ask any questions you have about the school and our admissions process.

If you cannot attend any of our information mornings, we can also arrange an individual tour at a campus. Please see below.

Upcoming Open Mornings

The Information mornings listed will be held virtually via Google Meet, in line with the UK Governments and World Health Organisation’s recommendations.

*Please note that registration for each event will open 3 months prior to the date of the Information Morning.

Kensington Campus (ages 3-11)

12 March 2021 - Primary Years Programme (3 - 11 years)
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Hampstead Campus (ages 3-11)

2 March 2021 - Primary Years Programme (3 - 11 years)
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Westminster Campus (ages 11-18)

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Individual Campus Tours

In view of the recent developments with the Covid-19, Southbank International School has made the decision to close to external visitors. For this reason, we will not be able to conduct the usual physical tour of the school we offer until further notice.   We are able to offer a google hangout video call or a telephone call instead with one of our Admission Managers. Our aim is to ensure that we provide you with as much information as possible given the circumstances and until we are able to resume tours of our campuses.

Please contact the Admissions Office on [email protected] to discuss availability. To avoid disappointment, please contact us at least 2 weeks ahead of your preferred date.

Virtual Tours 

We are very proud of our school and understand that not everyone will be able to visit before they join us.  We have produced virtual tours of all our campuses and we encourage you to explore these to gain an initial insight into what to expect when you arrive.  View virtual tour .

Students are encouraged to become: inquirers, thinkers, communicators, risk-takers, and to be knowledgeable, principled, caring, open-minded, balanced and reflective. They develop these attributes within the classroom, during Town Meetings (assemblies), in the playground, and while participating in Southbank’s many extracurricular activities.

The PYP is all about inquiry: the process through which a learner moves from his or her current level of understanding to a new and deeper level. Our students will be:

• Exploring, wondering and questioning
• Collecting data and reporting findings
• Taking and defending a position
• Using critical thinking skills to understand a concept
• Making and testing theories
• Experimenting and playing with possibilities
• Solving problems in a variety of ways

By using inquiry-based learning, the PYP engages and challenges students who have many diverse perspectives, values, cultural backgrounds, and languages. Southbank is committed to a developmental approach. This means that students may progress through the programme at different rates.

Children at Southbank International School's Kensington and Hampstead campuses go on to study at our Westminster campus. 

Southbank Westminster offers the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the IB Diploma Programme (DP) with students ranging in age from 11 to 19 years old. It represents 61 nationalities. The IB Middle Years and Diploma Programme age groups are equivalent to middle, senior, upper or high school in other education systems.