Welcome
It is my great privilege to introduce myself as the new Head of School at ISVA and to welcome you to our website. It is intended to offer you an insight into the excellent education which we strive to provide.
ISVA is a unique educational institution, teaching pupils from kindergarten through to school-leaving age. The school is co-educational and operates on a not-for-profit basis. We offer a broadly based international curriculum, which we believe prepares children well to meet the challenges of life in the global village. We provide a secure base for international students who are far from home as well as a stable and cosmopolitan environment for local children.
We are the only school in Berlin to offer Advanced Level (A Level) qualifications, which are recognised throughout the world, including the United States. After attending ISVA, many of our students continue their education in universities and colleges in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Fundamental to our success is the quality of our staff, all of whom are dedicated and committed professionals. Our teachers’ wide variety of experience and qualifications, gained throughout the world, provides a unique learning opportunity for our students, while our excellent administrative staff ensure the smooth running of the school. Our teachers and support staff work together to offer a challenging and flexible curriculum which allows our students to participate fully in school life.
We encourage our students to fulfil their potential not only academically but also to become confident and successful adults, fully prepared to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Please take the opportunity to browse our website. I hope it supplies all the information you need to learn about the school’s activities, our curriculum and students. If you would like to know more, I would be glad to meet with you and personally introduce you to the school, staff and students.
This is wonderful time for our school. We are growing and changing, and continually looking to the future. I warmly invite you to join us on our journey.
Kind regards,
Edith Suter
International School Villa Amalienhof
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Foreword by the British Ambassador to Germany, Simon McDonald
I was impressed to learn that ISVA’s students come from some 26 different countries. This corresponds well with the diversity of modern Britain. Growing up in such a culturally diverse environment is an enriching experience. And to study in the English language gives the students of the ISVA a genuine advantage in today’s networked world.
I wish the ISVA and its students every success.
Simon McDonald
British Ambassador
The Mayor Of The Borough Of Berlin-Spandau
The town of Spandau and the Amalienhof estate have from the very beginning had a close relationship. Time and time again we were involved in the eventful history of the estate, often directly as its owners. The past and current use of the manor house and the surrounding land was and is today of special interest to the borough.
On old plans one finds the name “Klitzing’s Farm”, since Cavalry Captain Ludwig von Klitzing leased the manor in 1836. The estate was given the distinctive name of “Amalienhof” in 1860, after Amalie, the wife of the owner at that time, Moritz Reimer. The rebuilding of the manor house, which still stands today, began five years later.
From 1926 to 1958 this pleasant complex served as an old people’s home. From 1958 on, the Amalienhof was the destination of countless little girls and boys from Spandau on their first “big journey” without Mum and Dad: their first trip to a youth hostel.
Since 1998 the manor house is home to a private international school, which follows the national curriculum of England and Wales. In April 2007 the school was given the manor’s original name in its new title: “International School Villa Amalienhof”.
Last year the town of Spandau was pleased to witness the transformation of the school to a non-profit limited company. As a result, a special place was created in the westernmost borough of the German capital, which provides children from Berlin and all over the world with an ideal learning environment.
The spacious grounds, the new art and music centre and the equipment of the classrooms with interactive boards make the International School Villa Amalienhof a prime example of a modern school. The people of Spandau and I are particularly proud to have the International School Villa Amalienhof as a representative of the cosmopolitan borough of Spandau and we wish the school and its graduates a prosperous futures.
Konrad Birkholz
Mayor of Spandau
