Student Stories

Meet our IWS students.

Each story says what one student did and how studying with IWS fitted round it. We’ve grouped them by what the students did, so you can start with the one closest to your own child’s.

  • Georgiy G. on a tennis court in a white cap and T-shirt, a racket in his hand
  • Peter G. and his chestnut horse clearing a black fence
  • Kei Y. holding a ballet arabesque in front of a white studio wall
  • Adrian E., with curly hair and a white earbud, smiling a little at the camera
  • Maksim B. in profile in his kendo uniform
  • Aydın T. in a brown jacket, standing in a park at sunset
  • Emre K., bearded, speaking to camera against a white wall
  • Alexandru R., an IWS alumnus, speaking to camera
  • Milos L., with dark curly hair, in a black T-shirt in front of a grey studio backdrop

Competing and performing

Sport and ballet.

Georgiy plays tennis, Peter rides, Kei dances and Adrian plays football, and each of them studied with IWS at the same time.

  • Georgiy G. on a tennis court in a white cap and T-shirt, a racket in his hand

    Tennis

    Georgiy G.

    A junior on the Tennis Europe circuit, competing across Europe while studying with IWS.

    Read Georgiy’s story
  • Peter G. and his chestnut horse clearing a black fence

    Show jumping

    Peter G.

    An international show jumper, riding for Brazil, training and competing worldwide while studying with IWS.

    Read Peter’s story
  • Kei Y. holding a ballet arabesque in front of a white studio wall

    Ballet

    Kei Y.

    A ballet dancer and IGCSE student.

    Read Kei’s story
  • Adrian E., with curly hair and a white earbud, smiling a little at the camera

    Football

    Adrian E.

    Took his A Levels with IWS while training at a football academy in São Paulo, and went on to Florida Atlantic University.

    Read Adrian’s story

Building and leading

A Head Boy and a founder

Maksim is the school’s Head Boy and a kendo competitor, and Milos built an e-commerce brand and is now founding a company.

  • Maksim B. in profile in his kendo uniform

    Kendo · Head Boy

    Maksim B.

    IWS Head Boy, first in the individual category at a national kendo championship, and now at the University of Bath.

    Read Maksim’s story
  • Milos L., with dark curly hair, in a black T-shirt in front of a grey studio backdrop

    Entrepreneur

    Milos L.

    Built an e-commerce brand while studying with IWS, and is now founding his own health company.

    Read Milos’s story

Moving on to university

Where it led next.

These three have finished at IWS, and each of them has gone on to university.

  • Alexandru R., an IWS alumnus, speaking to camera

    Alumnus · Law

    Alexandru R.

    Offers from Durham, King’s College London, UCL, LSE and ETH Zurich. He went to UCL.

    Read Alexandru’s story

    University

  • Aydın T. in a brown jacket, standing in a park at sunset

    Alumnus · Computer Science

    Aydın T.

    A Levels in physics, maths and computer science with IWS. Now at City St George’s, University of London.

    Read Aydın’s story

    University

  • Emre K., bearded, speaking to camera against a white wall

    Alumnus · Data Science

    Emre K.

    Studying maths and data science at City St George’s, University of London, with an internship offer from Monzo Bank.

    Read Emre’s story

    University

On camera

Hear them in their own words

Kei, Adrian, Alexandru, Aydın and Emre each recorded a short video. Press one and it plays here.

Before you read

Individual stories.

These are individual stories, and every student’s path is different. A story here isn’t a promise of a particular result for another student.

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