New Cairo British International School - NCBIS

What New Cairo British International School - NCBIS does

New Cairo British International School (NCBIS) is a non-profit British international school located in New Cairo, Egypt, founded in 1978 and operating for 47 years. The school serves approximately 750 students aged 2-18 across Early Years through Sixth Form, drawn from more than 65 nationalities, and delivers a British curriculum culminating in IGCSE, A-Level, and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) qualifications. NCBIS employs roughly 293 staff across teaching, leadership, operations, and administration, and runs on a tuition-based revenue model comprising annual fees and one-time registration charges paid by individual families.

The school's educational platform combines the English National Curriculum with the High Performance Learning (HPL) framework, an HPL World Class School designation, and a Google for Education technology stack that includes Chromebook deployment and a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme for students. NCBIS holds multiple international accreditations and memberships, including ISI British Schools Overseas (BSO), Council of International Schools (CIS), Council of British International Schools (COBIS), and Edexcel examination centre status, and is a member of British Schools Middle East (BSME). The school has positioned itself on AI in pedagogy, hosting the first AI in Education Conference in Egypt in 2024 in partnership with Microsoft Egypt, and has formalised technology leadership under a Director of IT with a Digital Citizenship programme.

As a single-campus, non-profit institution, NCBIS monetises entirely through tuition and ancillary fees from individual family customers, with no named corporate, government, or institutional anchor clients in the input. The customer base is diversified across 65+ nationalities and ~750 family contracts, though the school is geographically concentrated in New Cairo's expatriate and diplomatic district. Recent strategic activity has focused on regulatory maintenance (CIS re-accreditation in 2024, BSO inspection in May 2025), reputational positioning through regional convening roles (U15 BSME Games host for 2025-26), and modernisation of the technology and AI proposition rather than expansion of physical footprint.

Name

New Cairo British International School - NCBIS

Legal name

New Cairo British International School

Website

https://ncbis.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

NCBIS is a non-profit British international school in New Cairo, Egypt, serving ~750 students aged 2-18 from 65+ nationalities across Early Years through Sixth Form on a tuition-based model with multiple international accreditations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Cairo

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Registration Fees: NCBIS generates revenue primarily through tuition fees paid by enrolled families. Registration fees are required to secure a place after offer acceptance, payable within two weeks of the invoice date.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NCBIS is a British international school that delivers full-time education to students aged 2-18, structured across Primary, Dutch and Secondary sections (including Sixth Form). Its curriculum spans Early Years through to GCSE, A Level, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), IB Sports Science, and Edexcel Music qualifications, supported by Google for Education tools, smart boards, a BYOD programme and the High Performance Learning framework, with a co-curricular ECA programme in sports, music and drama.

Product overview

NCBIS is a British international school offering a comprehensive educational programme spanning Early Years through to Sixth Form (ages 2 to 18). The school's product portfolio comprises its core academic curriculum (delivered via British national curriculum pathways including GCSE, A Level, and IBDP), supplemented by a technology-enhanced learning environment powered by Google for Education tools, smart boards, and a Bring Your Own Device initiative. The offering is further differentiated by a wide co-curricular programme encompassing sports (CISSA/BSME tournaments), music (choirs, orchestra, bands, Rockfest), drama (GCSE and IB Theatre), and the annual Challenges Week off-campus experiential programme, alongside a parent/student engagement portal (Engage). The portfolio functions as an integrated whole-school educational service rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 47 years of British international education experience
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Edexcel (Pearson)coreOthersNCBIS is an Edexcel Approved Centre, serving as an official external examination centre for Edexcel GCSE, A Level, and other Pearson Edexcel qualifications. The school offers Edexcel Music GCSE and A Level programmes.
• Council of International Schools (CIS)coreOthersNCBIS holds CIS Re-Accreditation (2024) following a Preparation Evaluation Report in 2021. CIS is a global organisation that provides accreditation services to international schools, colleges, and universities.
• British Schools Overseas (BSO) / ISIcoreOthersNCBIS holds British Schools Overseas accreditation following ISI inspections (October 2019 and May 2025). BSO accreditation is a UK government-recognised standard for British schools operating overseas.
• Council of British International Schools (COBIS)majorOthersNCBIS is a member of COBIS, the global membership organisation for British international schools, providing networking, professional development, and quality assurance.
• High Performance Learning (HPL)coreOthersNCBIS was awarded the HPL World Class School designation, adopting HPL's framework for teaching students how to learn, which includes 20 Advanced Cognitive Performers and 10 Values, Attitudes and Attributes.
• Google for EducationcoreTechnology or IntegrationNCBIS is a Google for Education school, integrating Google's suite of tools (Google Classroom, Google Docs, and other educational applications) into teaching and learning across the school.
• BSME (British Schools in the Middle East)majorOthersNCBIS participates in BSME sports tournaments (football, volleyball, athletics, basketball, netball) and hosted the U15 BSME Games 2025-26. BSME connects British international schools across the Middle East for sporting and academic competitions.
• CISSA (Cairo International Schools' Sports Association)majorOthersNCBIS participates in CISSA tournaments, competing against other international schools in Cairo in football, volleyball, athletics, basketball, and netball.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• British International School of Cairo (BISC): Cairo-based British international school offering a full K-12 British curriculum with international accreditations, competing directly with NCBIS for the same expatriate and affluent Egyptian families seeking UK-track education.
• King's School Cairo: Premium British-curriculum international school in Cairo operated under a UK King's School brand, competing with NCBIS for the same premium expatriate and affluent Egyptian family segment in the British international school market.
• El Alsson British and American International School: Long-established Cairo international school offering both British and American curriculum tracks across primary and secondary, serving a comparable expatriate and upper-middle-class Egyptian demographic to NCBIS.
• Repton School Cairo: Premium British international school in Cairo's New Cairo / Shorouk area operating under a UK Repton brand, offering the same Early Years through Sixth Form British curriculum with IGCSE and IB tracks, directly competing with NCBIS for premium expatriate enrollment.
• Maadi British International School: Long-established British international school in Cairo serving a similar expatriate and Egyptian family base across primary and secondary, offering a directly comparable British curriculum pathway in the same metropolitan market as NCBIS.
• Cairo English School: Established British-curriculum international school in Cairo offering primary and secondary education with IGCSE and A Level tracks, directly comparable to NCBIS in curriculum offering and target expatriate demographic.

Broad incumbents

• GEMS American Academy (and GEMS Egypt schools): GEMS Education is a global for-profit K-12 operator with multiple schools across Egypt (American and British tracks), offering premium international education at scale and competing with NCBIS for the same Cairo expatriate families while having significantly greater capital backing.

Regional players

• American School in Cairo (ASC): One of the largest and oldest American-curriculum international schools in Cairo, competing with NCBIS for the same high-end expatriate and Egyptian family demographic but operating under an American rather than British curriculum pathway.
• Deutsche Schule der Borromäerinnen Kairo (German School Cairo): Cairo's leading German-curriculum international school, competing with NCBIS for German-speaking expatriate families and operating as a peer international school in the same premium Cairo market segment.
• Lycée Français du Caire: Major French-curriculum international school in Cairo serving the French expatriate and francophone community, competing for the same premium expatriate family pool as NCBIS but with a French national curriculum track.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ncbisegypt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ncbis---new-cairo-british-international-school

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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