The Cambridge International School follows on from the success of its sister schools, Sancton Wood and Holme Court Schools. Sancton Wood was founded in 1976 and rapidly grew building a reputation for excellent teaching in a homely, caring atmosphere.

In January 2005 the directors of Sancton Wood School opened Holme Court School in Bedfordshire, to provide much needed specialist provision for dyslexic pupils. With extremely small class sizes Holme Court provides a learning environment in which confidence can be rebuilt and strategies and support put in place.

Over the years that Drs Daniel and Harriet Sturdy have been involved with these schools it had become apparent that something was missing in Cambridge. The idea of providing a welcoming vibrant international school where children were encouraged to learn foreign languages at an early age and be offered a very flexible curriculum took shape. The Cambridge International School offers a very exciting newly developed curriculum (IPC) which is steadily being adopted in schools across the world.

The key concept for this School is based around readiness to learn; children who show an interest in learning to read will be encouraged to do so, others, who are not ready, will learn in different ways. Opened in 2006, the Cambridge International School now has classes for each year group from Nursery to IGCSE. In 2007 we moved to the historic Cherry Hinton Hall.

Cherry Hinton Hall is set in stunning park lands and has attractive, airy and light classrooms. This is a highly prestigious building known internationally through the Cambridge Folk Festival. It moves us out of the impossibly crowded and stressful bottleneck of Trumpington Road to a peaceful country setting just off the Cambridge Ring Road.

We provide a minibus collection and drop off service from central Cambridge. This facility is free of charge for all Cambridge International School pupils.

The land for Cherry Hinton Hall was acquired by John Oakes, a surgeon at nearby Addenbrooke’s Hospital, between 1831 and 1833. It was built in a late Tudor style, with a billiard room added in the late 19th century. Over the years it has been the household of a London financier, a youth hostel, a Nursery School, the Fire Service headquarters and an arts centre. The period features, high ceilings and tall windows lend The Hall a feeling of elegance and space which is now filled with the happy sound of children enjoying their education at The Cambridge International School.

In September 2008, we opened a new site for our Year 10 and 11 pupils on Glisson Road in the centre of Cambridge. The Jill Sturdy Centre, named after the Founder of Sancton Wood School provides classrooms, a common room and a congenial atmosphere for students from CIS and Sancton Wood to study and socialise together. New friendships have been formed and students have responded really well to this new initiative. Our motivation is to ensure students in these two vital GCSE years are allowed more independence, to take responsibility for their study programme and to provide a stepping stone between school and sixth form college.