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At the very center of our school ethos is our commitment to personalized, rigorous education alongside the development of the whole child. We want every child to feel empowered and confident, so they can make a positive impact on their community and beyond.
Jimmy Frawley
NAISNY Principal
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OUR TARGETED APPROACH

Building on the British International Curriculum, we take a tailored approach to learning, encouraging differentiated instruction across NAISNY, so our students can flourish in their strengths and feel fulfilled. Our exceptional teachers and subject specialists know exactly how to support and challenge your child, as they follow a personalized learning plan that helps your child exceed their targets.

We work closely with parents and students to carve out the route that best suits their needs and goals. Whether your family’s ambition is to attend a top arts academy, public or private high school, boarding school, or international school in another part of the world, our Upper School teachers strategically guide your child through the academic rigor that each option requires — laying the groundwork for your child’s ideal match and path into the future.
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A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION WITH NORD ANGLIA

As part of the Nord Anglia international school family, from our location in New York City, we’re proud to deliver the finest education at NAISNY. We follow the best educational practices in the world and offer exclusive resources from world leaders in the arts, STEAM, and social impact.
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Academic Excellence
Following a personalized learning plan, your child will have tailored support and challenge from their teachers at NAISNY. We’ll identify strengths and developmental areas, carving out the targeted plan of action they’ll need to arrive at their ambitious next destination.
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Academic Excellence
We offer a unique approach to education at NAISNY: following the well-respected English National Curriculum, our teaching is highly structured into concept areas, themes, and topics that allow each child to advance in ways that best cater to their strengths. As a result, NAISNY students consolidate their knowledge and skills across a variety of subjects, connecting their learning to the surrounding world, giving them greater motivation and fulfillment, and ultimately, encouraging them to accelerate through customized benchmarks that will place them into their best-fit high school.

Thanks to our close-knit student-teacher ratio of 6:1 and average class size of only ten students, our talented teachers know everything about your child at NAISNY. Your child will get the most out of differentiated instruction, both on an independent level and small-group basis with peers. By working closely also with parents, we build goals around the child’s future and ambitions, offering exclusive NAISNY Student and Parent Forums, for example, where your child can talk to admissions counsellors from the best high schools in NYC and beyond. During a NAISNY Forum, your child can comfortably ask questions about a potential high school, among a small group of their classmates — unlike a standard information session, among a sea of applicants. NAISNY prepares your child to excel, now and in the future.
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The World's Best Teachers
Our phenomenal teachers are tireless in their passion to instruct at the highest standards of global education, ensuring your child is not only motivated, but also happy to learn every day at NAISNY in pursuit of their goals.
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The World's Best Teachers
As a Nord Anglia international school, we’re proud to recruit and retain the best teachers in the world whose fantastic quality shows every day through the academic success and general happiness of our students. 

In fact, 100% of NAISNY parents strongly confirm that their children are taught by high-quality teachers, with 99% affirming the strong relationship their children have with their teachers. Because of this strong relationship, 96% will confirm their child's individualized attention and support, in addition to their overall happiness at school.

NAISNY teachers are particularly equipped for success because of the world-class resources and professional development they receive from Nord Anglia University (NAU), an exclusive online training platform from Nord Anglia that gives our teachers the best tools, strategies, and techniques from global education experts. NAU also has subject-specific resources in STEAM, the arts, and social impact from our collaborations with the world-leading institutions of MIT, Juilliard, and UNICEF — giving our students unparalleled opportunities to learn from these outstanding leaders.
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Outstanding Learning Experiences
Whether it’s visiting an extraordinary museum collection just a subway ride away or listening to an inspiring guest speaker from a world-leading institution, NAISNY experiences go beyond the classroom and challenge our students to dive deeper into their understanding of the world.
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Outstanding Learning Experiences
To give our students the tools and skills they need to thrive, we cultivate their creativity and resilience through transformational experiences. This includes many incredible activities through our world-class collaborations with Juilliard, MIT, and UNICEF, as we frequently work with their leading experts to enhance our curriculum. For example, while MIT’s inventors teach our students the techniques of “design thinking” for solving all kinds of problems, Juilliard alumni artists show our students original ways to express their creativity. Meanwhile, guest speakers from UNICEF inspire our students with real-world, tangible ways they can improve the lives of others and contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

We also expand our students’ horizons through an ideal mix of online ventures and in-person trips, both local to famous NYC destinations and beyond in the US or internationally. Global Campus, Nord Anglia’s online learning platform, is important for allowing our students to connect and collaborate with peers around the world through unique global projects, challenges, and activities. Whether it’s virtually climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania or writing a poem that speaks to the UN’s SDGs, NAISNY students build their international awareness as they make Nord Anglia friends from different countries, who share their thoughts and experiences firsthand.
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The Nord Anglia Education Family
Through Nord Anglia, NAISNY students connect to the rest of the world from New York City! Students have a fantastic network of other international school students who share common interests. Our British-style house system and Student Leadership Team additionally give our students many ways to come together as a welcoming community.
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The Nord Anglia Education Family
All NAISNY students participate in our house system — a lively, traditional part of school life in the British educational system, where students across all year groups come together as one community to boost their sense of identity and belonging. The houses also nurture social skills and confidence. Younger students have older students as role models, encouraging a sense of care and well-being among all. Regular house competitions also increase our students’ healthy competitive spirit and collective NAISNY pride.

Beginning in Lower School, the Student Leadership Team is another important part of giving voice to our student community, as elected student representatives meet regularly to initiate ways to connect older and younger students, contribute to charities, or run social campaigns, on topics like inclusiveness or positive psychology.

Throughout NAISNY and the Nord Anglia family, our parents additionally contribute to our social life. They welcome new families and create opportunities to build relationships within informal settings. Parent activities include mixers, guest speakers, picnics, teatime concerts, coffee chats with the principal, and neighborhood walks or runs. 
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Our Social Purpose
We always challenge our students to create or do something amazing at NAISNY that can touch the life of another and improve their day. Whether it’s designing a product in response to a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) or lending a hand with a charity, our students are making their mark.
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Our Social Purpose
Beginning on Global Campus, Nord Anglia's online learning platform, NAISNY students learn about the United Nations’ Social Development Goals (SDGs) in our Social Impact Program that challenges them to devise their own solutions to some of the world's biggest problems. 

They analyze and respond to the SDGs by participating in UNICEF's Global Challenge, contributing their skills and talents in a variety of ways: they might participate in community projects for people with specific needs, assist charities that provide aid or relief to the vulnerable, or get involved in environmental projects, like recycling or turning plants into biofuel. Student Enterprise week at NAISNY is especially a thrilling time when each year group designs, creates, and markets their own original, sustainable product to fundraise for a charity of their choice.

We additionally invite renowned guest speakers into NAISNY from our world-class collaborations, and leaders from UNICEF especially inspire our students with different ways they can create social impact. Our students learn about topics like early childhood nutrition and vaccines, every child’s right to a quality education, and diversity and respect. NAISNY students get very engaged with our guest speakers and discover new ways to bring their classroom learning to life in the world.
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Our Advanced Learning Environment
Moving between our makerspaces, creative arts floor, rooftop playground, and uplifting classrooms, your child will have plenty of space to create, explore, and play in our Manhattan school building — while building their talents and pursuing their passions.
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Our Advanced Learning Environment
Space in Manhattan might be tight, but NAISNY’s learning environment is anything but! In addition to our light, roomy classrooms that are arranged with inspirational learning materials, our school building offers several carefully designed facilities that maximize space and encourage our students to move between spaces as active learners. 

Our rooftop playground, for example, offers a comfortable green space for playing games and hosting our family picnics in the fresh air, welcoming all to gather for physical or social activities. Meanwhile, our basement gym offers a full-sized basketball court and other athletics space for numerous physical activities and sports.

Our fifth floor — the Creative Arts floor — is the standout home of all our performing and fine arts studios, fully stocked with top-grade equipment and many creative materials. Our large music room is filled with instruments from across the world and includes a second keyboard suite. Our designated dance studio and drama studio also stimulate our students to develop their music, dance, and theoretical skills. Our fine art studio and makerspace are designed to inspire ingenious creations. Finally, our spacious community room on this floor hosts lively, close-knit student plays as well as talks or readings from guest speakers.

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We personalize our admissions process to your family, helping you every step of the way.
  • Contact us to discover more about NAISNY.
  • Meet us for a one-on-one tour of our school, so your child can also meet their peers and teachers.
  • Complete an online application.
  • Join our extraordinary learning community.
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