International School in Hamburg, Germany

Phorms Education Campus Hamburg:
Phorms Education in Hamburg, Northern Germany is an international school offering whole-day bilingual education in German and English. We currently offer nursery school and primary school programs for children from pre-school age up to Year 4. Our school was founded in 2008, making it the most recent Phorms School to be established. It offers a family atmosphere characterised by the high degree of mutual respect which exists between our staff, students and parents.

Our aim is to enrich the educational system by providing bilingual and high-quality schools. We work in conjunction with local authorities, educational providers and companies to structure them in the form of networked living environments.

Our private schools are run within local school providers, organised as non-profit organisations. Phorms Education provides assistance in establishing locations as well as helping with the recruitment of teaching staff and with infrastructure development.

Our investors are social entrepreneurs who combine the non-profit status of our institutions with the delivery of cost-effectiveness. Their goal is to implement an innovative school concept and to make a contribution towards the achievement of diversity within the educational system. Our success is measured by the satisfaction of our students and parents.

Our methodology and concept have been inspired by progressive educational approaches and international teaching methods. We are not allied to any particular religious denomination. The Phorms idea opposes any form of fanaticism, discrimination or intolerance.

- Nursery School: ages 3-5
- Primary School: grades 1-4
- Secondary School planned for school year 2011/2012

We believe that it is important to support and motivate every single student in line with his or her own abilities. The aim of our whole-day bilingual teaching is to achieve the very best intellectual development for the children. The ways in which we support their natural inquisitiveness and enjoyment of learning include project-related learning, scientific experiments, regular singing and music and a wide-ranging and interesting afternoon programme with activities such as ballet, Spanish and a circus club. We also offer regular projects which deal with the world of employment and show the students just how exciting life and work in Hamburg can be.

We teach children and young people to understand the world in all its cultural and linguistic diversity, local characteristics and global contexts. We allow each child to be different. We foster individual talents and interests to enable our students to remain self-confident and inquisitive. We are a community. We learn together and show one another respect and do so within a whole-day school environment.

The private school is located in the heart of the Eimsbüttel district of Hamburg, a lively and cosmopolitan area featuring buildings from the late nineteenth century. We use our location in one of Germany’s most interesting metropolises to organise a wide range of excursions and project-related teaching. Generously proportioned rooms provide good conditions for concentrated and detailed learning.