The international private schools in the metropolitan region around the Frankfurt am Main financial center are preparing themselves for the circumstance that companies and institutions are requesting ever larger quotas of school places. Brexit is making “Mainhattan” even more popular as a business location. accadis International School Bad Homburg has systematized the internal processes for allocating school place quotas in order to meet the companies' requests.
Companies looking for school places
“If companies change location due to Brexit – e. g. from London to Frankfurt – this also affects every employee in his or her private life,” says Prof. Dr. Christoph Kexel, Managing Partner of accadis International School Bad Homburg. Especially for families, a career-based move involves numerous challenges. “It is not only necessary to find a suitable home, but also kindergarten and school places for children. Many companies are supporting their employees to overcome these hurdles.” According to Prof. Dr. Christoph Kexel, it is a matter of course for many companies to organize school places for their employees’ children.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
As a bilingual school, accadis International School Bad Homburg anticipates that the demand for school places, which has been on the increase in recent months, will continue to grow steadily. “Since we offer the internationally recognized International Baccalaureate Diploma in our Secondary School, we are particularly well positioned for internationally oriented education,” says Prof. Dr. Christoph Kexel. “Based on the bilingual curriculum in Preschool and Elementary School, we are also particularly successful in integrating our younger international students in the Rhine-Main region. By teaching 50 percent in German and 50 percent in English language, our Preschool as well as our Elementary School students learn German more quickly than at other international schools.” Furthermore, Bad Homburg is also located in the Frankfurt suburbs and is ideally connected to the German financial metropolis via the A5 and A661 motorways as well as by the subway line. “In terms of location, we are also particularly suitable for companies from abroad which are planning to move to Frankfurt.”
New action team advises companies
“In recent months, companies and institutions have increasingly asked us whether we allocate school places to companies,” says Prof. Dr. Christoph Kexel. “This will intensify in the coming years. In order to meet the demand from abroad and to guarantee the teaching quality of our school, we have trained our staff intensively. A new action team is now specialized in advising companies. In that manner we are well prepared for the incipient Brexit onrush.”
For an initial consultation, companies and institutions can contact the Admissions Team directly.