April Additions To ISR

Full List of Reviewed Schools
March 2021

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New School Reviews

• British School Alexandria Egypt 4/12 review 18
Resources are old, poor, dirty & minimal… [663 words]

• King’s College Doha Qatar 4/12 review 2
Told we’d have a max number of pupils, more were added each year… [256 words]

• K International School Tokyo 4/12 review 25
I suspect those that accepted a job at KIST were those who didn’t read ISR… [184 words]

• VinSchool Vietnam 4/9 review 5
Every horror story you’ve heard about Vinschools are true!… [2,200 words]

• Canadian International School Bangalore India 4/9 review 19
Poor pay in a difficult country, poor support during a global pandemic… [212 words]

• Chaoyang Kaiwen Academy China 4/9 review 19
How can the board not be aware and why haven’t they done something?… [1,270 words]

• NPS International School Singapore 4/8
First time reviewed on ISR [770 words]

• British International School Ukraine 4/8 review 62
I wish I’d known about ISR before accepting a job at BISU… [344 words]

• Albanian College Tirana Albania 4/8 review 27
Staff turnover is a problem. Handling of COVID has been poor… [199 words]

• American College Sofia Bulgaria 4/7 review 10
ACS can be a fun, creative place & has great potential to be amazing… [1,528 words]

• Help International School Malaysia 4/7 review 2
Terribly disappointed with the management of this school… [155 words]

• Panaga School Brunei Darussalam 4/7 review 19
Refused to pay my salary while I waited for my Visa to be approved… [853 words]

• British School Kuwait 4/6 review 16
I stayed as long as I did out of greed… [246 words]

• Confucius International School China 4/6 review 14
The staff & wider community were very friendly… [304 words]

• VinSchool Vietnam 4/5 review 4
A career enhancing choice in a vibrant country… [309 words]

• Myanmar International School Yangon Myanmar 4/5 review 4
I enjoyed my time & felt very supported in the primary school… [666 words]

• Aldar Academies UAE 4/2 review 10
From start to finish, I felt the school was lacking… [54 words]

• Yew Wah International Education School Shanghai Lingang China 4/2 review 4
Expected to find a long-term position, that’s no longer feasible… [638 words]

• Huamao International School China 4/2 review 13
The IB framework is well in place & the scope & sequences are building… [234 words]

• Global Indian International School Japan 4/1
First time reviewed on ISR [108 words]

• Colegio Canadiense Colombia 4/1
First time reviewed on ISR [259 words]

• Suzhou Industrial Park Foreign Language School China 4/1
First time reviewed on ISR [2,595 words]

Director & Principal Reports

• Tim Larocco 4/12 (Principal Report)
First time reviewed on ISR
East West International School Cambodia

• Cindy Bin Tahal 4/12 (Principal Report 14)
Panaga School Brunei Darussalam

• Christine Xu 4/9 (Director Report 2)
Chaoyang Kaiwen Academy China

• Lillian Zhao 4/9 (Principal Report)
First time reviewed on ISR
Chaoyang Kaiwen Academy China

• James Craig 4/9 (Principal Report 2)
Chaoyang Kaiwen Academy China

• Matthew Sullivan 4/8 (Director Report 4)
NPS International School Singapore

• David Cole 4/8 (Director Report 13)
British International School Ukraine 

• Andrew Leale 4/7 (Director Report 2)
Chaoyang Kaiwen Academy China

• Rebecca Carter 4/7 (Principal Report 2)
Qatar Academy Sidra Qatar

• Kristine Greenlaw 4/7 (Principal Report 2)
International School Belgrade Serbia

• Kyle Morgan Thomas 4/6 (Principal Report)
First time reviewed on ISR
Canadian International School Vietnam

• Eric Semler 4/6 (Principal Report 2)
Concordia International School Shanghai China

• Doruk Gurkan 4/5 (Principal Report 9)
Shanghai Singapore International School China

• David Cole 4/5 (Director Report 12)
British International School Ukraine 

• Malcolm Harrison 4/2 (Principal Report)
First time reviewed on ISR
JKFZ Cambridge International School China

• Jeff Leppard 4/2 (Principal Report 2)
American International School Budapest Hungary

• Robert Burns 4/1 (Principal Report 2)
Think International School Hong Kong

• Doruk Gurkan 4/1 (Principal Report 8)
Shanghai Singapore International School China

Full List of Reviewed Schools
March 2021