Registration & Enrollment Procedure

To apply for a place for your child at the British School of Washington, please send the following. 

• Completed Registration Form
• $150 Registration Fee [Click here to pay online]
• Applicant Statement
• Evaluation Form(s)
• Most recent school report (where appropriate)
  

Registration

There are two ways to register: 

• Apply On-Line
  
• Paper Registration Form
  

Your application will be processed when the admissions office receives your completed registration form, accompanying paperwork and registration fee.

Evaluation Visit

After registration, prospective pupils are invited to visit the school for a short visit. They will join their age appropriate class for a half or full day, depending on their age. They will have the opportunity to see whether or not they like the school, and the school has the opportunity to see whether or not the pupil is able to access the curriculum at a level in keeping with the children in the proposed class. On occasion a second visit may be required. Children who are not yet three, and are applying for our Nursery class may be offered a place prior to a visit to the school. All new Nursery children are invited to visit the school with their parents for a special Open House held in the May or June prior to starting.

Following this visit the admissions staff will contact you. If the visit is successful, and there is space available, the child will be offered a place. If a place is not currently available the child will be placed on a waiting list until such time as a place becomes available. If we do not offer your child a place at the British School of Washington we will seek to provide a full and frank explanation of our reasons .On occasion it is not possible for a child re-locating from abroad to visit the school. In these circumstances the child may be offered a place on the basis of the school reports alone. As with all final admissions decisions, this is entirely at the discretion of the Head.

Enrollment

When your child is offered a place at the British School of Washington you will be required to pay a $1000 deposit and to sign the school agreement to hold the place. In signing the school agreement you acknowledge your commitment to paying the full tuition for the first academic year and the development levy when due, even in the unlikely event that your circumstances change and your child does not attend the school.

Once a child has been in school for one academic year, the deposit is refundable on leaving, as long as we receive a full term's notice of leaving in writing. For example, if a child will not be returning to school for the autumn term, notice must be received before the beginning of the summer term.

Arrival

The admissions office will send out a package of information prior to your child's arrival in school. This includes our school handbook, a pupil directory and a variety of forms to be completed. An Induction Day is held during the week before the start of the academic year. We invite all children, and their parents, to come and meet their new teacher and familiarise themselves with the school in general and their classroom in particular. The staff and existing pupils are keen to welcome our new families and help make your transition as smooth as possible. It is our experience that children generally settle into the school very quickly and easily. However, we encourage you to let us know if you have any questions or if there is anything more that we can do to help.