Frequently asked questions

You can enter via our application platform. Please view our application process for more details.

Entry is free.

The International School Awards are hosted by ISC Research, which uses specific criteria to identify international schools. Applicants must therefore check the eligibility of their school before submitting an application. We will not be able to consider schools that do not meet the eligibility criteria for the International School Awards.

ISC Research identifies an international school using these criteria:

• a privately operated school that has chosen to deliver a curriculum wholly or partly in English to some or all of its students between 3 and 18, in a country where English is not an official language; or
  **OR**
• a privately operated school that delivers a curriculum other than the host country’s national curriculum wholly or partly in English to some or all of students between 3 and 18, in a country where English is an official language.

To qualify for the International School Awards, an online school must either:

• offer a whole English-medium curriculum for children of any age between 3 and 18 **and** be publicly accessible for students from a variety of countries to enrol;
  **OR**
• only enrol students from within one single country **and** offer a whole English-medium curriculum that is not the national curriculum of that country.

Online schools eligibility note:
Some online learning providers offer subject courses as a supplement to a classroom-based curriculum, but to be eligible for the International School Awards, an online school must offer a permanent whole programme of subject learning in an online environment that meets the criteria described above.

Friday 8 July 2022 at 23:59 (GMT+1)

Judges will be looking for an outstanding example of best practice and innovation that has been implemented during the 2021-2022 academic year. If the initiative was introduced prior to this year, the initiative can be submitted provided it has been developed further and this development has been evaluated during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Schools are eligible to participate in the International School Awards if they are a privately operated school that has chosen to deliver a curriculum wholly or partly in English to some or all of its students between 3 and 18, in a country where English is not an official language; or a privately operated school that delivers a curriculum other than the host country’s national curriculum wholly or partly in English to some or all of students between 3 and 18, in a country where English is an official language.

Online international schools are eligible to participate in the International School Awards if they offer a whole English-Medium curriculum for children of any age between 3 and 18, and it is publicly accessible for students from a variety of countries to enrol. Or, if the online school only enrols students from within one single country, it must offer a whole English-Medium curriculum that is not the national curriculum of that country.

You may enter up to three categories, but you can only enter one application submission per category.

No. Each submission (up to a total of 3) must be from a different category.

You can use the ‘copy’ feature to create a copy of your entry and change the category as required.

Initiatives submitted in previous years cannot be resubmitted unless significant development of an existing initiative has occurred during the past year and your application provides evidence of this.

Yes, our application platform saves your progress at whatever point of the application you are on. Start your application and come back to it ahead of the 8th July deadline whenever it is convenient for you.

If you have any problems or questions throughout the entry process, please contact us by email on [email protected].

Announcement of the winners will be made at a virtual awards ceremony hosted by ISC Research on 24^th January 2023.

Every single international school was directly impacted by COVID-19 and this is recognised in the criteria of all categories. Due to the impact of COVID-19, many initiatives were developed to respond to the crisis. As a result, judges will continue to consider initiatives that show innovation and the potential for change as a result of adversity. All applications must demonstrate how their initiative has addressed a challenge or opportunity, and also demonstrate the potential for longer-term development as a sustainable initiative for the school.