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Clarisa Desouches Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Welcome Message from Dr. Desouches

Greengates School is an institution that is recognized in Mexico and the world for its high academic standards, respectful treatment of all and for being a truly international community. A school that was a global entity long before communications and economies even considered globalization. It is a self-sustained, co-educational day school set in the northern part of Mexico City in an area of over 20,000 sq. meters. Greengates has for over sixty years prepared students for university study worldwide and produced caring global citizens.

As a British international school we offer the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) in the Primary School, whilst in the Secondary School we offer the IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme. Our broad curriculum is based on a vigorous and challenging education as we aspire to deliver the highest possible standards of teaching. Our international teaching and student body offers the opportunity of a practical, first-hand knowledge of world issues and culture.

At Greengates School every child and every family is the centre of our attention as we aim to be better every day and work as a tight knit community, committed to the global good, through the achievement of academic excellence.

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Mission, Vision and Values

Our Mission:

Greengates, a British International School, is a multi-cultural community committed to inspiring all individuals to reach their full potential in every aspect of life.

We encourage our students to develop character, self-discipline, respect, and reflection in a challenging learning environment which honours individual differences. At Greengates we act with integrity and seek to motivate our students to become socially responsible citizens while achieving academic excellence.

January 1951

Our Vision:

At Greengates School we have a clear vision:

We provide the tools for our students to acquire knowledge.
We equip our students not only to earn their living but also to live creatively and happily in the world they must inherit.
We nurture our students in a caring, friendly, and enjoyable atmosphere within a safe environment.
We rigorously recruit teachers who contribute to our academic excellence.
We promote the active participation of the more than 50 nationalities represented in order to create a respectful and well-balanced world view.
We seek to achieve sustainability and increasingly become an eco-friendly environment school.
We place great value on athletic performance and artistic creativity as a means for our students to be able to express themselves.

Our Values:

Greengates School expects community members to:

Display honesty in everything that they do.
Be morally responsible in every aspect of life.
Treat others in the same way we wish to be treated.
Value environmental sustainability.
Reinforce our community through cooperation, group effort, and collegiality.
Respect our students for who they are and guide their quest to who they wish to be.

Welcome Message from our Headmaster, Mr. Rupert Cox

Headmaster's Welcome

Greengates is a British International School with a strong and successful tradition in education: it is a multi-cultural community committed to inspiring all individuals to reach their full potential. We wish to build on our past success and excellent reputation while retaining the unique elements of the school that make it such a rich and stimulating environment for learning. However, whilst the Greengates experience will not change, our curriculum will continue to evolve to meet the needs of the 21st century. We must challenge ourselves to grow beyond what we may consider capable and aspire to reach new levels of excellence.

Our curriculum is based on the International Primary Curriculum, British National Curriculum at KS3, the IGCSE programme and the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme. Throughout the school, we aim to: ensure our students have a broad education; understand what it means to be international citizens; have a strong moral compass; contribute in the wider community; and have the tools, personal attributes and characteristics that will ultimately mean that they enjoy happy and successful futures. In particular, we focus on developing key transferable skills, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, time management, teamwork, communication and information literacy. In addition, we place importance on the IPC personal attributes and the IB student characteristics.

So that each child reaches their true potential, we endeavour to provide the very best possible all-round education, involving excellent teaching and pastoral care, a wide range of co-curricular opportunities and first-class facilities. This would not be possible without a team of highly qualified and diverse teachers from around the world. As a result, we achieve excellent IGCSE and IB Diploma results, which help our students secure places at top international universities, which we are very proud of.

I hope that this website will provide you with all the information you need about Greengates School at this stage.

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Welcome to the new Greengates School Website

The British International School in Mexico

Welcome to our renewed Greengates School website!

Greengates is an institution that is recognized in Mexico and the world for its high academic standards, respectful treatment of all and for being a truly international community. A school that was a global entity long before communications and economies even considered globalization.

It is a self-sustained, co-educational day school set in the northern part of Mexico City in an area of over 20,000 sq. meters. Greengates has for over seventy years prepared students for university study worldwide and produced caring global citizens.

Greengates School is fully accredited by the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) and as a International Primary Curriculum (IPC) School. it is also an official International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) World School and Exam Centre since 1986. Greengates is an official Exam Centre for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) course examinations, which are developed under the authority of Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Our Primary and Secondary School are also recognized and certified by the Mexican Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) and the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM).