Welcome to the Benghazi European School

                                                      A message from the Director

Elizabeth McQuiggan

This year, 2009, the Benghazi European School (BES) is celebrating its 10th anniversary, having started in 1999 with three students, in a container on the old premises of the British School of Benghazi (BSB), when they lived in a large villa not too far away from the present site. In 2003 the BES moved into a beautiful new building, owned by the Greek Community, since the number of students had begun to grow considerably. In 2006 the new building for the BSB was also completed on the same site and now the two schools operate both independently and co-operatively; BSB is a primary section offering British National Curriculum Key Stages 1 and 2 to children in Nursery, Reception and Years 1 through 6, and BES is a secondary section offering BNC from Year 7 through 13. At age 16 BES has grown into the Edexcel International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and in 2009 the school is already well into Advanced Level examinations and students are proceeding to good universities both in Libya and around the world. The school is proud to welcome its present students from about 40 different nations.

We hope this site will tell you more about us.                                                                       (N.B. The site is being updated - October2009)