Once upon a time, teaching and teachers weren’t cool. “Those who can’t, teach” went the phrase, a humorous slight labelled at those in a profession where they read the pages of books instead of writing them, chalked up numbers on boards instead of inputting them through a computer code in a high-tech lab. Teachers were stuffy, middle aged, dreary and dull. They taught directly from a dog eared textbook, read out their assemblies from tomes entitled “Book of Assemblies” each containing a moral tale for you to absorb, rather than interact with, as you sat on the linoleum floor of the hall. But those days are in the past…

Nursery. What does it mean to you? Cute little children just playing lots of games? Having fun every day without a care in the world? If you had asked me a couple of years ago when I started my journey into teaching, I would definitely have answered the same, but when you ask me now, here is my answer.

A question we are often asked at BSSP is - Are your teachers native speakers?

You’ll have noticed that here at the British School of St Petersburg we are very proud of our COBIS compliance and Cambridge International Assessment Accreditations, both of which are impressive achievements, considering we were founded only two and a half years ago.