History

The “Azerbaijan British College” Educational Complex (ABC) was officially established as an international school in 2012 on a site west of central Baku. Its foundation was facilitated by the establishment of the “Azerbaijan International Education Center” Public Union (AIEC) and received financial support from SOCAR.
After three months of intensive staff training in the SOCAR Training Centre, the school opened the EYFS department and Year 1 on the 1st November 2012. At that time, there were 14 teachers and a total of 20 children, a number that had grown to 25 by June 2013.
During the summer of 2015, ABC applied for accreditation as both an Edexcel Centre and a Cambridge International School. In September and October, these accreditations were granted, ensuring that students could undertake their Primary and Secondary Checkpoints, as well as their IGCSE and A-Level examinations. A month later, ABC also applied for membership in the European Council of International Schools (ECIS), which was granted shortly thereafter.
The school has undergone significant growth through self-evaluations and external reviews. In 2018, evaluations were conducted by the Council of International British Schools (COBIS) and the Council of International Schools (CIS). In 2021, ABC achieved a milestone by becoming Azerbaijan’s and Central Asia’s/Caucasus region’s sole school with fully accredited member status with both COBIS and CIS. This achievement solidified its position as the premier educational institution in the region.