HOME OUR BUSINESSES OUR TEAM OUR VACANCIES CONTACT US The Baleares International College, Palma, Spain In September 2009, following a refurbishment of the site previously occupied by the Baleares Interna.. more info Britannica International School, Shanghai, China Britannica Internati.. more info British International School of Ljubljana, Slovenia The British International School of Ljubljana (BISL) is a school in Slovenia that caters to over 180.. more info The Baleares International College, Sa Porassa, Spain The Baleares International College is located on the edge of open countryside in the beautiful area .. more info Britannica International School, Budapest, Hungary Britannica International School Budapest, established in 1993, was the first British style curriculu.. more info English International School, Russia Orbital Education has three campuses in Moscow - East, West and South-West. All campuses offer th.. more info View All Schools Welcome from the Chairman and Founder Welcome to Orbital Education. This website will introduce you to the Group as a whole and provide summary information, but, more importantly, links to our schools. Although Orbital is a relatively new company, the expertise behind it is of long standing. I have personally founded international schools in more than a dozen countries. Since Orbital was founded in 2005, the group has grown fast and in keeping with the plan I formulated. I envisaged a group of international schools and colleges offering quality education, mainly in British style and tradition, to expatriate and host families in countries throughout the world. Some of our schools were acquired from former owners and educationalists; some we founded ourselves. To date, we operate in Russia, Spain, Hungary and China. The schools benefit from the central services and supervision that an experienced team of educationalists and managers provides. My team here at our head office near Manchester are united in the belief we share with our school heads: quality and accountability are paramount and lead to success for our students, security for their families and material progress for the company. Kevin McNeany, Chairman Latest News January 2015 - British School Ljubljana We are delighted to announce that Orbital Education Ltd now controls the future development of the British International School of Ljubljana. Orbital is a wholly British owned and managed education group. It has a growing portfolio of British Schools worldwide and a strong reputation for securing the stability and success of many schools like the British School of Ljubljana. It is also a strong company financially and is thus ideally placed to guide and support the future of the school. Orbital has an experienced team of international education specialists based at the head office near Manchester but seemingly always travelling to the schools in the group to monitor and advise. The British School is now a member of a vibrant and successful group of similar international schools. The community of students, parents and staff can look to the future, confident in the knowledge that the dream of Jeremy Hibbins now remains very much alive. Orbital’s Chairman, Mr Kevin McNeany, said, ‘I am delighted to be able to step into the shoes of Jeremy Hibbins the charismatic and talented founder of the British School. It is already a fine institution and it has a great future ahead of it. It is Orbital’s task to underpin and direct that future. My colleagues are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the students, parents and staff for many years ahead.' November 2014 - Education Investor Awards On Thursday the 13th November, Kevin McNeany was awarded the Outstanding Individual Contribution 'Oscar' at the Education Investor Awards in London. The award was given to highlight the innovation, dedication and contribution that Kevin has had to the education sector. This award was the feature accolade of the evening. Kevin is currently the founder & chairman of Orbital Education but his other significant achievements are the founding of Nord Anglia and Acorn Care & Education. September 2014 - Russia Orbital Education's English International School (EIS) is expanding. A new campus opened in September 2014 in the South-West of Moscow, near Prospekt Vernadskogo. Enrolments are now being taken for children 3 to 11 years. Moscow South-West will replicate the quality, care and energy which has guided the success of the English International School Moscow East and West schools. Another British owned, British managed and British staffed school for the expatriate and Russian families in the Moscow. "EIS's new campus is much closer to the greatest concentration of the international and diplomatic communities. It will act as a primary feeder to the secondary courses now well established at Orbital's first Moscow school in the East of the city. I am pleased that we have opened a new campus in the South-West of Moscow. The city is so big that two school locations are not able to cater for such a widely dispersed constituency of international families." Said Chairman, Kevin McNeany September 2013 - Successful launch of new British International School for Shanghai www.britannicashanghai.com Orbital Education the Cheshire based international schools company is pleased to announce the opening of its new school in the city of Shanghai, China‚ It is known as the Britannica International School Shanghai. The school which is housed in a completely refurbished and extended education building is situated in the centre of Gubei, the district of Shanghai most favoured by expatriate families. It is understood the construction is being funded from Orbital's own resources. There is no financial partner. The school follows a British tuition model based on the English National Curriculum but with extensions and enhancement, making it ideal for the children from the diverse range of nationalities expected to enrol there The Chairman of Orbital Kevin McNeany, the founder of Nord Anglia Education and Acorn Care and Education (both of which he sold to private equity buyers), is no stranger to international education in Shanghai. While Chairman and CEO of Nord Anglia he founded the British International Schools in Pudong and Puxi, two of the major growth districts of Shanghai. "I am particularly pleased to be active again in Shanghai", Kevin said, "and to have the honour of being awarded my third international school licence. It is the first such licence to be issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education in Shanghai for six years and I view the award as a confirmation of the good standing internationally of the Orbital group and a testament to the quality of our schools." The new school which has a capacity for 750 students has a full set of specialist classrooms, a theatre, swimming pool and full size gymnasium. The Founding Principal is Alun Thomas a highly qualified and experienced head of British schools. He was head of the British International School in Ho Chi Minh City and recently the founding head of another Vietnamese school, Renaissance School, Ho Chi Minh City. Orbital Education is dedicated to the development of British style international schools. It has schools in Russia, Spain, Hungary and China. 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