Imperial World School, located in Hattigauda, Budhanilakantha, Kathmandu, offers a globally focused education from grades 1 to 10. It implements the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) from the International Curriculum Association. It helps children build essential skills through creative and investigative learning approaches.
Outdoor Play Spaces Imperial World School has lush, green, and open spaces where children can play outside. These areas provide a safe and natural environment for physical activity. Playing outdoors helps children stay healthy and enjoy fresh air.
Arts, Culture and Extracurricular Activities Non-academic activities are widely considered a factor in a child's ability to excel. At Imperial World School, offering students a variety of fun activities helps bring out their love of learning and makes them genuinely happy to go to school. These activities include cultural programs, creative arts, and other engaging experiences that support overall development.
24-Hour Security Guard An around-the-clock security guard is present to ensure the safety of all students and staff. The school premises are monitored continuously for protection. Parents can feel confident that their children are in a secure environment.
School Nurse and Counselor A school nurse is available to provide basic medical care and attend to students' health needs. A school counselor is also present to support students' emotional and mental well-being. This team ensures that students are healthy and happy.
Science Laboratory The school has a well-equipped science laboratory where students can conduct experiments. Hands-on learning helps them understand scientific concepts more clearly. Practical work in the lab makes science lessons more interesting and effective.
Cafeteria with Nutritious Meals The school cafeteria serves nutritious and delicious lunch and snacks for students. The menu is designed by a dietitian to ensure healthy and balanced meals. Students enjoy good food in a clean and friendly environment.
Physical Library with Over 10,000 Books The school has a physical library with more than 10,000 books for students to read and explore. A full-time librarian is available to help students find the right books and develop reading habits. The library supports both study and leisure reading.
School Transport with Van Escorts Transportation to and from school is provided with van escorts to ensure safe and smooth operations. Students are supervised during their journey to and from school. This service makes commuting convenient and secure for families.
Brightly Painted Classrooms Classrooms are brightly painted with large windows that let in plenty of natural light. This creates a cheerful and welcoming atmosphere for learning. Good lighting helps students stay alert and focused on their lessons.
Child-Friendly Furniture and Reading Cornors Classrooms are equipped with child-sized furniture that is comfortable and safe for young learners. Reading corners are set up with age-appropriate books selected by a literacy expert. These cozy spaces encourage children to develop a love for reading.
Indoor and Outdoor Play Options The school offers both indoor and outdoor play options for students. From educational toys to sports equipment, children have many choices for fun and learning. These activities support both physical development and creative thinking.
Admission Guidelines
Application Process
Application Download and fill out this application form
Review Staff review the application and get back to you.
Admission Test Older children write a test to assess their learning level.
Interview The final stage is an interview with school leadership.
Imperial World School has been established by a team of dedicated and experienced educational professions to provide a well-rounded, globally focused education program. The goal is to develop each child's individual potential and cultivate a love of learning.
Imperial World School is a franchise of Fastrackids, and the Fastrackids curriculum will be incorporated with the Nepalese curriculum to provide opportunities for entertainment. FTK programs include: a playground for children ranging in age from eighteen months to two years; a nursery - level foundation course for three and four year old; a LKG - level Explorer course for four and five year old; a UKG - level Discover course for five and six year old, as well as enrichment programs specifically designed for grades one and two.
FasTracKids helps children build key skills to prepare them for school and for life. Children learn to communicate effectively, apply what they've learned, think creatively, and solve problems. In a positive environment, children develop the confidence to express their ideas.
Imperial World School plans to gradually expand its program to include higher grades in the future. The school implements the most effective, research-based learning strategies through a globally recognized teaching method. The school gives kids the opportunity to investigate, experience, and understand the world around them.
Vision
A holistic learning center to produce well-informed and responsible citizens who can represent and establish themselves globally.
Mission
The mission of the school is to provide a world-class academic and social foundation for children at the appropriate stages of their development, encouraging a lifelong love of learning and academic service. By combining two of the world's best research-based curricula - the International Primary Curriculum and the International Middle Years Curriculum - with Nepal's National Curriculum, IWS offers students an international learning experience without disconnecting them from their homeland. In addition to offering an excellent learning environment, IWS's infrastructure, facilities, and well-qualified academic staff help students make the most of their school years.
Core Values of Imperial World School
Responsibility At Imperial World School, students are taught to take responsibility for their actions, choices, and commitments. They learn to be accountable and self-reliant in everything they do. This helps them grow into dependable individuals.
Excellence The school encourages students to aim for excellence in all areas of education. They are motivated to follow their passions, set high standards, and keep working toward personal and academic growth. Excellence is a continuous journey at Imperial World School.
Integrity Integrity is the foundation of the school community. Students are guided to practice honesty, transparency, and ethical behavior in all their actions. This builds trust and strong character in every interaction.
Compassion Compassion is nurtured through empathy, kindness, and understanding toward others. The school creates a supportive and inclusive environment where every person feels valued and respected. Students learn to care for those around them.
Adaptability In a fast-changing world, students are encouraged to embrace change and learn from challenges. They develop resilience and the ability to thrive in different and dynamic environments. Adaptability prepares them for life beyond school.
Respect Respect is a key value at Imperial World School. Students are taught to be tolerant, accepting, and appreciative of diversity. A culture of mutual respect is built among students, staff, and the wider community.
Learner Profile at Imperial World School
Innovative Students at Imperial World School embrace creativity and find new ways to solve problems. They face challenges with fresh ideas and inventive solutions. Innovation is encouraged in every aspect of learning.
Global Citizen Students develop a broad, global perspective and engage with different cultures and issues. They learn to promote understanding and cooperation on a worldwide scale. This prepares them to be active and aware global citizens.
Balanced Students are taught to maintain a balance between their studies, extracurricular activities, and personal well-being. Holistic growth is encouraged at every stage. A balanced life helps them stay healthy and focused.
Resilient Resilience is a key quality students develop. They learn to bounce back from setbacks with patience and strength. Challenges are seen as opportunities to grow and improve.
Principled Students uphold strong moral values and act with integrity and fairness. They are guided by a sense of justice in all their actions. Being principled helps them make good decisions throughout life.
Communicator Students learn to communicate clearly and confidently. They express themselves well, listen carefully, and work together effectively with others. Good communication helps them build strong relationships and reach common goals.
How is Imperial World School promoting Global Citizenship Education?
The school has developed a 4-pronged approach closely aligned with UNESCO recommendations.
Global Awareness and Exploration of World's Complexity at Imperial World School Imperial World School encourages students to explore global challenges and complexities through authentic, real-world problem-solving activities, critical thinking exercises, and expert insights. Students develop a deep understanding of interconnectedness by analyzing the issues and global crises facing the world today. This approach cultivates a sense of global awareness and responsibility, empowering students to become informed and engaged citizens capable of addressing complex global issues.
Enhancing Globally Acceptable Social Skills The school focuses on developing essential and transferable competencies and global social skills such as effective communication, collaboration, conflict resolution, empathy, and cultural acceptance. These skills empower students to thrive in an interconnected world. They not only prepare students for success in academic and professional settings but also enable them to navigate and contribute positively to an increasingly diverse and interconnected global society.
DIEJ (Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Justice) at Imperial World School At Imperial World School, differences are valued and respected, and inclusion, equity, and justice are practiced to make the community and world a better place. Embracing diversity, respecting others' cultures, and standing for justice are key practices of social inclusion at the school. As part of this commitment to DIEJ, the school has partnered with the deaf community, dedicating weekly sessions for students to learn sign language from a young, accomplished deaf instructor. This initiative fosters empathy, equips students with vital communication skills, and nurtures an inclusive school community, enriching both students and society and making Imperial World School stand out as a leading international school in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Change-Making Education: Integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Imperial World School integrates the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into lessons and learning to foster change-making education and promote a sustainable future. The SDGs are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations to address pressing challenges. The school intentionally promotes awareness and practice to achieve these SDGs through curriculum integration and authentic project work. If being a leading school means creating a critical difference and guiding human thinking and actions toward meaningful goals, then Imperial World School is leading by example.
Message from the Principal
Imperial World School is a progressive school. With the national curriculum as our initial learning platform, we moved forward and literally pioneered a partnership with the International Primary Curriculum and the International Middle Year Curriculum. All part of our mission to help our students learn and love learning, as Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘learn like we are going to live forever!
IWS is also mindful of UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education focused on empowering learners of all ages to understand and accept individual responsibility to see the globe through ethical lens. Promoting respect for diversity, supporting multilingualism and being equipped with social skills to navigate as peacemakers in the 21st century.
Our students learn Signed Communication from a Deaf tutor as part of learning to respect and accept diversity. Shaping minds and hearts, very early on, to value tolerance and reject violence, we have history talks on subjects like the Holocaust and the Rwanda conflict. Structured training to develop soft and related social skills is also part of education at IWS.
Sports, they say, is not only about physical and mental fitness. It’s about accountability, leadership, facing challenges and being a team player. And at IWS sports is given uncompromising and high importance. All facilitated, not only by our experienced and passionate instructors, but also by the unusually spacious grounds occupying some 2.76 acres. And for those inclined to stretch beyond sports, we have classes in music, folk and contemporary dance.
Physical safety of children is a prime concern for every parent and guardian. All the more when we remember our country lies on a seismic belt. But at IWS, our sturdy buildings, all on the ground floor and surrounded by extensive and open spaces of green and concrete courts assure immediate security in case of sudden crisis.
Looking back, there is a deep sense of satisfaction as we see progressive IWS milestones through the years. Testimonials of students synergized with modern teaching-learning technology, each one contributing in a generation of well informed and emotionally sound members of society! We are energized to continue giving more and better to our students now and into the future, nurturing a growth holistic and vibrant.
I welcome you to be a part of our community, committed to learning for life!
Junita Karki
Principal
Message from the Chairman
I look back to a journey of 12 years. It was 2010. The year Imperial World School rose with a dream, a vision. It was my personal dream. Having successfully facilitated higher studies abroad for students from Nepal, I was enabled to see some of the best academic institutions from around the world. I observed them scaling new heights to teach, empower and adorn young lives entrusted to their care. Sending out visionary leaders, contributors and innovators. I was inspired to be a part of this global mission. Which in the words of Martin Luther King was ‘to teach to think intensively and critically. To combine intelligence with character. Making it the goal of true education.’
Come 2010 and Imperial World School was born. But just 5 years down, the 2015 great earthquake burst into our lives causing tragic loss and uncertainty. We were made to seriously re-consider disaster preparedness and security for all in our care. I saw the need for a school building providing total safety for students and peace of mind for all guardians. IWS relocated. We began building an institution spread out on just one floor, completely seismic zone friendly and occupying center stage in some 80,000 square feet of space, with lush green and open courtyards, promising free reign to energetic minds and bodies.
But again, suddenly, a global pandemic tightened its grip worldwide and of course, Imperial World School was not immune. ‘Do not judge me by my success but judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.’ The spirit behind these words from Nelson Mandela kept us going. Finally, after the pandemic, when the world began rising up and coping with a new normal, IWS was ready. Students began pouring into a physical ambience designed for safety. But physical safety was just one of our commitments and concerns.
How do we prepare our students to be responsible and wise decision makers, visionary leaders propelled by a commitment to honesty, hard work and humanity, unafraid to embrace diversity and be different and finally, to be altruistic givers and contributors wherever they go? The IWS pedagogy is designed to meet this need and challenge. While academic achievement is supported and assigned a position of non-negotiable importance, our co-curriculum is woven with the richness of Global Citizenship Education. Something promoted strongly even by UNESCO. From learning the importance of spiritual quotient to participating in social inclusion, being informed of humanitarian catastrophes in history and becoming experts in the art of social conversation and etiquette, we believe students at IWS are well on the way to step out as empowered and responsible Global Citizens!
I invite you to join us as we march towards making our dream a reality. Our dream of seeing our children, our future, leading, with a rich legacy from the past, experiential learning from the present and a clear and bright hope for tomorrow!
