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Harrow's Global Connections

Harrow has always been a school with strong international links. The first Prime Minister of India was educated here - as were members of the royal families of Thailand, Jordan and Malaysia. Today many of our pupils go on to work for international firms and we place an emphasis on the learning of modern languages (French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Modern Greek).


Overseas schools with links to Harrow

Harrow International School Bangkok

Harrow International School is an international school in Bangkok, operating with the use of a licence from Harrow School in the UK to use the name "Harrow". Many members of the Thai royal family were educated at Harrow London, and this historical link is one reason for the establishment of a sister school in Bangkok.

As well as the name, the two schools have strong links through knowledge-sharing and educational style. Under the terms of the licence, Harrow School UK exercises a degree of quality control over Harrow International which includes sending inspectors to ensure that the high standards of education implied by the use of the Harrow name are maintained. In addition, two of our Governors sit on the board of the International School and Harrovians have the opportunity to work there in their Gap year.

Harrow Bangkok has over a thousand pupils, including girls. They follow a British curriculum in English, and the children wear Harrow hats.

Harrow International School Beijing

Harrow has a sister school in Beijing which is independently owned and run on a similar basis to Harrow Bangkok. The school opened in September 2005 and is already gaining in popularity and building a reputation for excellence. Pupils follow a British curriculum taught in English. The school is close to the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing. Our pupils make regular trips to our sister school, and our fifth formers join Beijing pupils for work experience within companies in Beijing every year.

No. 4 High School in Beijing, China

Harrow has links with No. 4 High School in Beijing. Current joint activities include the establishment of pen pal relationships between pupils from both schools and online communication via a web community.

Harrow also has links with another school in China: The Shanghai Foreign Language School (SFLS).

Mvumi School, Tanzania

Harrow supports a boarding school called Mvumi School in Tanzania. We raise money for the school on a regular basis and have recently funded the construction of a boarding house for girls. Harrow pupils also go to Mvumi as gap year students. The school is in a very remote and poor area - it takes the Headmaster a week to receive an email!

Vidyaloka College, Sri Lanka

In 2004 a mixed squad of cricketers was on tour in Sri Lanka and witnessed the tsunami disaster on Boxing Day of that year. As a result of their experiences, Harrow set up the Harrow Tsunami Relief Fund. Vidyaloka College, a large boys’ school, was destroyed by the tsunami but has been re-built with £420,000 raised by Harrow pupils, parents and other supporters of the Fund. One large classroom and a new gymnasium at Vidyaloka were built within nine months of the disaster.




Expeditions, sports tours and other international links

Japan

Every year many boys and girls come from Japan to our Summer School. In recent years we have taken our own pupils on soccer, rugby and cultural tours of Japan. Japanese is taught to both GCSE and A-level. Very recently a Harrow pupil spent a Gap year in Japan learning judo.

Our agent in Japan is Dr Sohei Takatsuki.

China

A soccer team from Harrow made history when it was the first English school team to play a Chinese school team on Chinese soil.

In the summer holidays many Chinese students join our language and culture courses. Mandarin Chinese is taught at Harrow and is a popular option. Every year boys go on trips to China, including work experience in Beijing.

North America

Every year about 15 Harrow students opt to go to university in America, including Stanford, Brown, Harvard, Yale. The number applying to the USA is growing, partly because of the introduction of fees at British universities. American universities have the advantage that students do not need to choose a specific course in their first year. American universities have better facilities than British universities and teach some subjects better than we do. At Harrow students are prepared for the entrance exams (SATs) required by American universities.

For the past 30 years American students have come as pupils to Harrow for one term or a year, usually joining the Sixth Form.

South America

In 2006 thirty-two boys went on a rugby tour of Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, playing against school and university teams there. Many Harrow pupils go to South America for their Gap year. The School gives generous grants, especially through the Crawley Travel Scholarships. Pupils typically spend some time learning Spanish and then work on a project, such as teaching English or building a school, before travelling in the Andes or Amazonia.

Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro is a regular destination for pupils, with two Duke of Edinburgh Gold expeditions and an ascent for charity by groups of Harrovians taking place recently.

Italy

Every December a group of Harrovian Art Historians and some of our artists visit the Italian city of Florence. The trip gives pupils the opportunity to learn from the wealth of art and architecture contained in Florence's museums, galleries and buildings.

One of the School’s choirs, the Byron Consort, has toured to Rome, Venice and Florence, singing Mass in some of the world’s most famous cathedrals, and even performing in front of the late Pope John Paul II at a Papal Audience.

Germany

The Harrow School Chamber Choir toured to Dresden and Berlin at Christmas recently to perform in eight concerts in five days. Every year a group of Remove historians visits Germany to explore places of historical interest.

Canada

A contingent from the CCF recently went on a skiing trip to Canada to train with the Army there.

South Korea

Rugby and soccer squads from Harrow tour regularly to South Korea to play school teams. Korean children attend Summer School at Harrow.

South Africa

A squad of Harrow's Colts have played rugby against schools such as Hilton College, York High School and Hottentots Holland. The First XI cricketers toured, playing schools including Diocesan College, Rondebosch (usually known as Bishop's). Harrovian swimmers regularly compete against school teams in South Africa. Mondeor Primary School sent a team of young footballers to London on the trip of a lifetime and Harrovians raised funds to support their trip.

Along with Hilton College in South Africa, Bishop's has participated in a very successful programme of one-term pupil exchanges with Harrow.

Tunisia

The Classics trip visited sites of interest to classicists in Tunisia.

Malta

The island of Malta hosts an annual cricket tour for Harrow.

Egypt

The Classics department took an expedition to Egypt where they visited the pyramids at Gaza and the temples and tombs at Luxor.

Greece

The Classics department took a group to Greece to explore the ancient sites there.

Cyprus

The CCF sent a group of boys to Cyprus for a training camp with British soldiers there recently.

Namibia & Botswana

The Biology Department takes an expedition to Namibia and Botswana to study the wildlife of the area every few years.

Kenya

Harrow pupils have climbed Mount Kenya.

Spain

Every Easter a group of linguists visits Salamanca where they attend Spanish classes and stay with Spanish families as preparation for exams in the Summer term. The historians travel to Madrid to visit sites of historical interest.

Brunei

The Harrow Rifle Corps (CCF) travelled to Brunei for a week of military training and trekking through the jungles of Brunei.

Biarritz, France

The 1st XV rugby squad have a training camp in Biarritz most summer holidays.

Australia & New Zealand

Every year we employ a number of Gap students to work at Harrow and these usually come from New Zealand and Australia. They are usually school leavers on their Gap years who want to travel and work in Europe.

Himalayas

The Himalayas is a popular destination for climbing and Biology trips.



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