Beijing BISS International School was founded in 1994 by its sister school, ISS International School in Singapore, as an independent proprietary, co-educational, English-language day school offering an international curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 12 students from the expatriate community of Beijing. The 11,000 square meter campus is conveniently located near major expatriate residential areas in central Beijing, located just of the North of Third Ring Road, close to the Olympic Games Village.
BISS was the first international school to be licensed by the Beijing Educational Commission, and is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS), Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and the National Centre for Curriculum and Textbook Development (NCCT), Ministry of Education, China. The International Baccalaureate (IB) has granted BISS authorisation to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and the Diploma Programme (DP).
Today, approximately 300 students from 30 different countries attend the school. BISS faculty members hail from the USA, Canada, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, China, Japan, Spain, India, Latvia, Greece, Mexico, Israel and the UK. All are licensed in their home countries and qualified in their respective fields, and most hold advanced degrees. Their experiences in international education and diverse backgrounds contribute to the school"s international character.