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I have been to this school for nearly four years and I agree that some of he teachers are good but for the most part they never manage to actually teach us anything unless they're one of the good teachers. The fact that we don't have a playground isn't a problem at all. In fact, many of us think it's a good thing because it gives you more of an opportunityto be creative with games and you'd be surprised at how easy it is to play games with something you brought from home like a skipping rope or hula hoop. What my classdoes is have someone bring in a ball each day and we all play soccer. Thanks to that I have actually made more friends because we play as a team. The only thing I don't like is that they give us too much homework, more than they tell you.
The British School of Washington is turning out to be the best solution we have found in the Washington area for our daughter. She is in the first grade and is very gifted. We tried other schools, such as Nysmith School for the Gifted, that just did not meet her needs. This school focuses on verbalization, but has a rather advanced all around curriculum. The drawback is the lack of space. The playground, for example, suffers, but the school building itself is in good shape and in a great location. The teachers are very well trained and diversity is very high. We are very happy so far with our choice.
There is a new head so people are hopeful that things will improve at the BSW. I concur with most of the comments below. The school has incredibly inconsistent results for different grade years and teachers involved. The school has rolling admissions and appears to for the most part accept just about anyone at any point in the year; that alone should tell you something about the school when you compare it to excellent private schools in the DC area where very long waiting lists are the norm. In theory the school concept has great promise; but in practise it has not achieved its potential by a long shot. Maybe some day it will
Our child used to attend BSW but sadly, it just didn't work for us especially as we progressed into the Middle School. We thought we were signing up for a British private school education but instead, the school models itself on British public/state schools. Academically, it's OK, I always felt the students could have been pushed more and the teachers very much taught to the tests and no further. I'm not suggesting the teaching was poor, in fact, there are a few good teachers but when the school has very few facilities to offer for $20,000 a year the classroom teaching throughout the whole school needs to be excellent. If you have a 3 year old it's worth a look as they teach reading and writing at a very young age but visit other schools to compare. It shouldn't be your first choice.
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