Yes

Yes

English, Russian, Kazakh, Spanish, French

22

18

Yes

Interactive touch screens, and Chromebooks

Using Zoom and Google Classroom, the school provides an online provision.

No

IGCSE and IB

IB average 35

Yes

We don't assign homework. Instead, we ask students to read and do projects, but not traditional homework assignments.

100%

We have a full-time SENCo and two full-time qualified special educational needs teachers.

We support a variety of needs, such as cognition and learning, communication and interaction, social and mental health needs, sensory and physical, but the school is equipped to deal only with relatively mild conditions.

At Haileybury Astana we are committed to meeting the educational needs of all our pupils by providing an environment which encourages pupils to maximise their potential and develop their talents and abilities to the full. In providing for our more able students we aim to:

- Provide an environment for the most able learners to be challenged, to test their limits and be able to accommodate both success and failure in a climate of support;
- Encourage all students to become confident, independent learners;
- Enable pupils to access learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom which will further stimulate their creativity and passion for learning;
- Create an ethos where academic excellence is celebrated as the norm, so those who are able, gifted and talented feel at ease and confident.

Each year teachers identify and update an able, gifted and talented register of pupils who show a particular ability, gift or talent within their curriculum area or across a range of skills.

We have a school counsellor who is a mental health professional with a master's degree in psychology. There is a full-time counsellor available at the school for counselling sessions.

All students are assessed.

Please remember the following information:

Age-dependent. From nursery (2 years and 3 months old) to Year 2 (6 years old) - interview. From Year 3 (7 years old) to Year 6 (10 years old) - CAT4 test. From Year 7 (11 years old) to Year 12 (16 years old) - CAT4 and Pearson tests.

Reception, Year 9 and Year 12

We accept students year-round.

Yes subject to places.

Registration is at 08:00

Lessons end at 3:30. Children aged 2 to 4 until 4:45 pm, 5 years old and above have CCA until 4:30.

Pupils aged between 2 and 7 have the option to attend afterschool supervised care until 17:00. Older pupils have access to supervised co-curricular activities or should otherwise finish for the day.

Yes

Lunch is provided and the cost is included in the school fees.

A wide range of dietary requirements can be catered for.

Yes

A wide range of activities are available encompassing sports, karate and swimming, the arts, chess, clay modelling, languages, International Award, Eco-warriors, study skills, public speaking, to name but a few.

Football, gymnastics, volleyball, swimming, tennis, benchball, smithball, badminton, basketball, athletics.

Our school competes against other schools in Astana (COASH) in football, basketball, swimming and athletics. We also compete in the COBIS and FOBISIA junior and senior games.

Haileybury Astana is situated in a beautiful natural park along the bank of the Ishim River. The school offers a wide range of modern facilities, including a 25-meter indoor swimming pool, sports hall, dance and performing arts studio, music recording studio, theatre, and two libraries—one for the junior school and one for the senior school. In 2025, Haileybury Astana, in partnership with Verny Capital, will open a new state-of-the-art STEM Centre. This new facility is designed to support an integrated learning environment, allowing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to operate in a cohesive, interdisciplinary framework.

The facilities include one large sports complex, a sports hall, and a tennis court.

We are very fortunate to have outstanding buildings in the heart of Astana, but what we think makes us remarkable is the people: we challenge you to find a school where the students are more engaged and polite than they are here. A Haileybury education is based on the values of Haileybury UK near London (one of England’s leading boarding schools).

At Haileybury Astana we are committed to meeting the educational needs of all our pupils by providing an environment which encourages pupils to maximise their potential and develop their talents and abilities to the full. This is achieved by utilising a range of teaching and learning approaches with a strong focus on the promotion of independent learning.