Queen Elizabeth’s School is entering a partnership with educational business Global Education (GEDU), who will be establishing three new schools overseas under the Queen Elizabeth’s School banner.
The new schools will bear the QE branding and name. Whilst delivering a curriculum appropriate to their location, the QE international schools will draw upon the QE Barnet approach and aspire to its excellent record of achievement.
Opening affiliated schools overseas is an established model for leading UK independent schools but it is believed that this is the first time that a UK state school has followed this path.
The revenue received from this enterprise over time will be invested into significant capital expenditure projects, including new and improved facilities at the QE Barnet campus.
There are initial plans for three schools, two in India and one in the United Arab Emirates. In India one school is planned in GIFT City (a new financial and technology hub in Gujarat province) and the other in Gurugram (a satellite city near Delhi). Dubai is the likely location of the UAE school. The schools will be run as separate entities and each will have their own headteacher, senior leadership team and dedicated teaching staff.
Unlike QE Barnet, the QE international schools will be co-educational, and some will be through-schools accepting children from kindergarten to Sixth Form. Also, unlike QE Barnet, the international QE schools will be fee-paying and not state funded.
The international schools will be managed by GEDU, who will work with each school’s dedicated leadership and staff teams on the ground. The timeline for the launch of the new schools will be finalised in the coming months.
Global Education (GEDU) is a UK registered and UK based education business with a strong track record of establishing, operating, and growing successful education brands in both the UK and overseas. There are currently 60,000 students in GEDU educational establishments across the world.
GEDU are providing all of the investment for this project and will run the international schools.