Beaconhouse School System

The Beaconhouse School System is one of the largest private school networks in
Beaconhouse School
the world.[1][2] Established in November 1975 as the Les Anges Montessori
System
Academy for toddlers, Beaconhouse has since grown into a global network of
private schools, institutes, and universities, giving education to over 274,000
students from pre-school to post-graduation.[1] Many of these students study at the
group's flagship network, the Beaconhouse School System, while others are enrolled
at The Educators,[3] a parallel school network operated by the group.

Beaconhouse School System has now grown into an international company with
independent divisions in Belgium, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines,
Thailand, the UAE and the United Kingdom. Its activities extend beyond education
in some countries. Most of its branches are located in Pakistan with 30 branches
throughout the country.

Location
Pakistan, United Kingdom,
Contents Philippines, Belgium, UAE, Oman,
Thailand, Malaysia
History
Information
School network
Pakistan Type Private
United Kingdom
Motto Seek The Light
Malaysia
Philippines Established 1975
Thailand Enrollment Over 274,000
Indonesia students[1]
Bangladesh
Oman
Color(s) Blue and yellow
UAE Website BEACONHOUSE
Notable Beaconhouse alumni website
TBT Online
Other operations
References
External links

History
The first Beaconhouse school opened in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1975. From its initial association in the 1980s with the Moray House
School of Education in Scotland, to its teacher training programme initiated in 1993 in collaboration with the University of Bradford,
Beaconhouse has organised in-service teacher training. Today, more than half its teachers have internationally recognised teaching
certificates while the rest are enrolled in the permanent in-service programme. In addition, Beaconhouse sends senior academics to
the UK annually to pursue master's degrees in education and professional development.

In 1996, the World Bank Group, through its private sector wing, the International Finance Corporation, entered into a financing
arrangement with Beaconhouse aimed at the construction of new school campuses.
In September 2012, the founder and chairperson of the Beaconhouse Group, Mrs. Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri, received a "Pakistan
Women Power 100 award".[4]

School network
Beaconhouse owns school companies and educational institutes around the world. Some of these are profiled below
.

Pakistan
The first Beaconhouse school, Les Anges Montessori Academy, opened in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1975. Today, Beaconhouse has
established over 146 private schools in more than 30 cities aross Pakistan.[5] These institutions collectively provide preschool
education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for the international General Certificate of Education (GCE) and
local Secondary School Certificate(SSC) examinations.

Beaconhouse operates campuses for students of varying ages in the following Pakistani cities: [Bahria enclave] Abbotabad,
Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Islamabad, Jhang, Jhelum, Karachi, Kharian, Lahore, Mandi Bahauddin,
Mardan, Mirpur, Multan, Nowshera, Okara, Peshawar, Hyderabad, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan, Rawalpindi, Sadiqabad, Sahiwal,
Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Sukkur, and Wah Cantonment.[5]

Beaconhouse has also helped fund or manageseveral other educational programsin Pakistan:

[3]
The Educators, a separate private school network
TNS Beaconhouse, the first school in Pakistan to embrace theReggio Emilia approach[6]
Gymboree Play and Music, an international franchise of play centres for which Beaconhouse is Pakistan's
franchisee[7]
The Early Years, a child development centrein Lahore, Pakistan[8]
Bubbles, a playgroup programme developed by Beaconhouse, of fered at selected schools
The Discovery Centre SmartSchool in Karachi, Pakistan
Beaconhouse National University, a private liberal arts university in Lahore, whose establishment was assisted by a
US$6 million contribution from Beaconhouse.[9]
[10][11]
Concordia Colleges, a group of college campuses established in 2014 in several cities in Pakistan

United Kingdom
Headquartered in London, Beaconhouse Educational Services Limited, or BESL, was set up by Beaconhouse as a school
management company. It also serves as a holding company for Beaconhouse schools in Asia and the Middle East. BESL manages the
conceptualisation and construction of start-up schools, the acquisition of existing schools, and day-to-day school operations.

BESL currently owns and operates the following schools in the UK:

Cherub Nurseries and Preschools: Based in Yorkshire, England, Cherub is a group of three nurseries and
preschools within half an hour of each other . The Cherub group was established in 1976.
Pocklington Montessori Nursery: Pocklington Montessori Nursery is also based in Pocklington orkshire.
Y
Newlands School: Acquired by BESL in July 2009, Newlands School is an independent, coeducational day and
boarding school set on a 21-acre property inSeaford, East Sussex. The school caters to students fromprep school
through sixth form. In 2011, following its acquisition of Newlands UK, Beaconhouse introduced the Newlands UK
Activity Programme for Classes VI to X, giving Beaconhouse students the opportunity to attend two and six-week
residential trips to Newlands School.

Malaysia
Malaysia.[2] Beaconhouse Malaysia Sdn
The Beaconhouse School System was the first Pakistani education system to cross borders to
Bhd was established in 2004 to operate schools in Malaysia. Beaconhouse owns eleven schools in Malaysia, all of them in or around
Kuala Lumpur. Of these, seven are preschools and four – Sekolah Sri Inai, Sri Lethia, Sri Murni and Beaconhouse-Newlands Kuala
Lumpur – are primary and secondary schools.

Philippines
In late 2005, Beaconhouse acquired Dame Theresiana de Montealegre School, a private school based in Manila, Philippines, that
offers English-medium education to over 200 students in an upper-middle income suburb of the city.

Beaconhouse acquired a second school, St Paul Learning Centre, inCebu City, the second largest city in the Philippines.

In early 2012, Beaconhouse entered into a partnership with the Angels in Heaven school in Cabuyao, Laguna, south of Manila.
Divided over two campuses located close to each other, the school caters to students at kindergarten, elementary and high school
level.

Thailand
St George's International School is a purpose-built school catering to the expatriate community in Bangkok. Built on a 3-acre (1.2 ha)
site close to the new Bangkok airport, St George's caters to children aged 2 to 11, with plans to go up to senior school.

Indonesia
In 2010 Beaconhouse completed a strategic partnership with the SIS Group of Schools, comprising the popular Singapore
International Schools (SIS) and its other national plus (private) schools. The Group has close to 3,000 students.

Bangladesh
The first branch of Beaconhouse in Bangladesh commenced its first academic year in August 2006 and relocated from Gulshan to
Banani, a neighbourhood inDhaka.

Oman
Beaconhouse established its first school in Muscat, Oman, in September 2006. This school has been established through Al-Kanz
Education, a joint venture between Beaconhouse UK (which owns majority shares) and a local Omani group.

UAE
In 2009 Beaconhouse acquired the Gulf Nursery in Sharjah. The same year the Group also entered into a public–private partnership
with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) to improve the general performance of a cluster of government schools, with
particular emphasis on ensuring significant improvement in students' achievement in English, mathematics and science. From
September 2017, Beaconhouse Newlands school is commencing its operations in Al-Warqa, Midriff area in Dubai. Newlands School
Dubai will initially cater for children aged 3 to 11 years, but will expand over the following years to include around 1,200 children up
to the age of 18 years. Led by an experienced UK Head with a strongly multicultural, English-speaking faculty, Newlands School is
designed to cater to a diverse student body including South Asian, Arab and Western expats along with Emiratis. The school offers
the National Curriculum for England culminating in internationally recognised UK qualifications (IGCSE and A Levels) that will
provide students with a dependable route to universities worldwide.

Notable Beaconhouse alumni

Ali Zafar, Pakistani actor, model and singer.
Salman Butt, a Pakistani cricketer, graduated from Beaconhouse Garden Town, Lahore
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, Pakistani fashion
Ayesha Omer, Pakistani actress, model and singer .
 Sana Askari, a TV personality and model graduated from Beaconhouse Gulshan Campus, Karachi
Nadia Hussain, one of Pakistan's supermodels, was a student at Beaconhouse Defence Campus, Karachi.
Mir Zafar Ali, a graduate of Beaconhouse Cambridge Branch, Karachi is a visual ef fects specialist. Ali was the
Technical Director of the team that won an Oscar for best visual effects in 2007 for the movie The Golden Compass.
Kamran Akmal, a Pakistani cricketer, graduated from Beaconhouse Garden Town, Lahore
Umar Akmal, a Pakistani cricketer, graduated from Beaconhouse Garden Town, Lahore
Amanat Ali, a Pakistani singer and an actor, graduated from Beaconhouse, Faisalabad

TBT Online
Launched towards the end of 2011, The Beaconhouse Times Online is an interactive news portal developed by Mudassir Ali that
connects the Beaconhouse community, including parents, across 9 countries. A network of student and teacher correspondents
provides campus news on a regular basis, facilitating the sharing of achievements of Beaconhouse students, teachers and staff
members across the world.

Other operations
The Beaconhouse Group is involved in a number of activities that extend beyond education.

Beacon Energy Limited

Beacon Energy Limited is the group's power generation company that has leveraged on the
Government of Pakistan's recently introduced alternative energy policy. It was the first
publicly listed company from the Beaconhouse Group.

Premier Trading Services (Pvt) Ltd

Premier Trading Services, the Beaconhouse Group's commercial wing, comprises Premier
Trading and Premier Bus Service. Premier Trading's business includes the production and
distribution of school supplies and other products. Premier Bus Service, now a major division
of Premier Trading, was started in 2003. It provides transportation services to the general
public of Lahore, Pakistan.

Premier DLC
Premier Diverse Learning Concepts is an institute offering various professional training and
certification programmes in Lahore. The institute is a joint venture between Premier Trading
and the UK-based company DLC Worldwide.

Beaconhouse Estate
Beaconhouse Estate is the official housing society for the Beaconhouse School System and
Beaconhouse National University.

References
1. Beaconhouse School System: About Us(http://www.beaconhouse.net/cms_main.php?id=1) Archived (https://web.ar
chive.org/web/20130509213745/http://www
.beaconhouse.net/cms_main.php?id=1)9 May 2013 at the Wayback
Machine.
2. Shahzad, Navid. "Schools of tomorrow".(http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C17%5Cst
ory_17-12-2005_pg3_4)Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20121020185053/http://www .dailytimes.com.pk/defau
lt.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C17%5Cstory_17-12-2005_pg3_4)20 October 2012 at theWayback Machine. Daily
Times, Pakistan. 17 December 2005.
3. The Educators (http://www.educators.edu.pk/) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20121226141851/http://www
.ed
ucators.edu.pk/) 26 December 2012 at theWayback Machine. (official website)
4. "Women Power 100" (http://www.pakistanpower100.com/index/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/THE-WOMEN-100-LIS
T.pdf) (PDF). Pakistan Power 100 Awards. 2012. p. 69. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
 5. Beaconhouse South Asia.(http://www.beaconhouse.net/southasia/)Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20131029
204737/http://www.beaconhouse.net/southasia/) 29 October 2013 at theWayback Machine. Official Beaconhouse
School Systems website. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
6. TNS Beaconhouse (http://tns.edu.pk/) (official website)
7. Gymboree Pakistan (http://www.gymboree.pk/) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20130318002509/http://www
.g
ymboree.pk/) 18 March 2013 at theWayback Machine. (official website)
8. The Early Years (http://www.theearlyyears.edu.pk/)Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20130512020744/http://w
ww.theearlyyears.edu.pk/)12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. (official website)
9. Beaconhouse National University(http://www.bnu.edu.pk/) (official website)
10. "Learning experience: Beaconhouse 'blending learning' college opens"(http://tribune.com.pk/story/720665/learning-e
xperience-beaconhouse-blending-learning-college-opens/). The Express Tribune. 2014-06-12. Retrieved
2015-09-21.
11. Concordia Collees (http://www.concordia.pk/) (official website)

External links
Beaconhouse Group
Beaconhouse official website – Pakistan

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