School Index lists The Grange as being among Latin America’s very best

Date

28.10.24

We are very proud that The Grange has received recognition from Carfax Education, which has listed The Grange School as one of Latin America’s top five private schools. This follows the Spear’s Magazine Schools Index 2024 earlier this year, which ranked the Grange among the 100 leading private schools in the world.

As soon as we heard this excellent news, our Headmaster, Nicholas A. T. Eatough, decided to share it with our entire community.

What is The School Index by Carfax Education?

The Carfax Schools Index is a comprehensive guide to the world’s top private schools, featuring 150 institutions worldwide. This annual publication is curated by education consultants at Carfax Education, who assess schools based on academic standards, facilities, university preparation, unique ethos, and student preparedness for life beyond academia.

The index is categorised by region, making it easier for parents to find the best schools for their children. Some of the categories include:

Top 25 Schools: UK Senior Schools
Top 10 Schools: UK Prep Schools, UK London Schools, Swiss Schools
Top 15 Schools: European Schools, Middle East Schools, China and Hong Kong Schools, South East Asia Schools, North America Schools
Top 5 Schools: Africa Schools, Australasia Schools, Latin America Schools, South Asia Schools.

The Schools` Index also provides a brief profile for each listed school, covering essential information. Carfax Education offers more than just the Schools Index. Their services include educational advice, tuition, homeschooling, university preparation, and comprehensive support for families navigating the education system.

What do they say about us?

This recognition makes us very happy and proud of what we have been building as a community. It is in addition to the one we received from Spears Ranking in 2024.

The Spear’s School Index 2024

On Thursday 22nd February this year, just a couple of days before the start of the current academic year, we received the email attached in the image below. What better and motivating way to kick off the new academic year?

What did they say about us?

You can find the complete information by clicking here.

What is The Spear’s School Index?

The Spear’s Schools Index is now entering its fifth year. Since its launch in 2020 it has garnered growing recognition in a range of national and international media, and an established reputation as a definitive index of the world’s 100 leading private schools.

The index was conceived as a key resource for international families and advisors to (U)HNW individuals and family offices, for those supporting relocation to major international cities, and for researchers and journalists seeking insight into the world’s leading schools.

In light of this, Spear’s has worked closely with the expert team at Thuso to refine the methodology underpinning the index, and to convene an expert panel of leading international educationalists to contribute their knowledge and insight to the research and selection process.

Thuso’s team works closely with schools, universities, investors, family offices, and foundations internationally, with an expert team ideally placed to provide rich insight – it was for this reason that Spear’s has chosen to draw on their support to finalise the 2024 index.

This approach, developed in collaboration with expert educationalists within the international team at Thuso, has been underpinned by the following key principles:

While examination results and academic attainment is a key consideration, it is not the only thing that matters. Leading schools are not necessarily the most ‘academic’: A wide range of social, cultural, and pastoral factors have been weighed in finalising the index. In some cases, some schools with strong academics have been omitted where they fall short in relation to these wider considerations.

Families are increasingly ‘mobile’, with new ‘global cities’ emerging as key hubs: This is particularly the case for cities such as Dubai, as well as established regional hubs in Europe, Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia, and the Pacific.

Reputation and standing are not insignificant: The reputation and standing of a school shape and influence its character, the parents and pupils it attracts, and its position both regionally, and internationally.

Building on these principles, Spear’s, in collaboration with Thuso, brought together an Expert Advisory Panel, jointly chaired by Matthew Goldie-Scot, managing director at Thuso Group, and Ian Douglas, Spear’s head of research.

In addition to the overarching principles, this panel sought to ensure: that a range of ‘international’ and ‘local’ families were catered to; that a range of geographies, demographics, and preferences were catered to (boys’ schools, girls’ schools, a range of curricular offerings, and schools catering to learners across all age ranges); that emerging markets maintained due prominence within the listing; and (most significantly) that ‘common sense’ prevailed in finalising the list, avoiding any ‘perverse’ outcomes (i.e. no schools which should clearly be included were to be omitted, and no schools included which were not among the leading institutions internationally).

What it means Top Flight?

We share with you the words that our Headmaster sent to the Community when we knew about this recognition.

We are very proud that our school has been recognised by The Spear’s Schools Index 2024 as being one of the the top 100 private schools in the world. Within the “Rest of the World” category, 10 Schools are outside the six main geographic regions of the Index (North America, UK, Europe, Switzerland, Middle East and Asia-Pacific), and The Grange School is listed among them. This is excellent news for the Grange School and a reflection of the hard work and dedication of our pupils and staff.

Few weeks later, during April, our Headmaster, Mr Nicholas Eatough, was invited by Spear’s Editor-in-Chief Edwin Smith and Thuso Managing Director Matthew Goldie-Scot, to attend a reception at the Savoy hotel in London on the evening of Wednesday 24 April, which provided an opportunity to toast the success of the leading schools in the world.