The American Academy Nicosia  | in-cyprus.com

Established: 1922 

Language: English 

Type: Pre-School, Primary and Secondary 

Age range: 3 to 18 

Students:  570 (as of December 2023) 

Principal/Head: Mrs. Angela Anastasiou – Head of Pre-School and Primary / Mr. George Ioannides Head of Secondary 

Student/Teacher ratio: Primary 11:1   Secondary 8:1 

Governance: Not for profit company 

Board of Governors:  Cypriot educationalists and business people offering their services on a voluntary basis 

ADMISSIONS 

Head of Admissions: Mrs. Faye Avraamidou 

Admissions policy: Admission subject to the availability of a place, following a completed pre-registration form, interview, assessment and fulfilment of the admission criteria. For more information, please refer to the admissions page in our website: https://www.aan.ac.cy/admissions/ 

Mid-term entry: Yes 

Applying from abroad: Yes 

Tuition fees: Preschool: €3,990, Primary: €5,550, Secondary starting from: €6,000 – €7,850 

CURRICULUM 

National Curriculum for England with some additions to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Education of Cyprus. Students graduate with a Certificate of Completion of Secondary Education (Apolytirion) accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Cyprus 

Type of exams: IGCSE & A Level 

Languages: English, Greek, French, German and Spanish 

Sports: Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Badminton 

Music: Choir, Band 

EXTRA-CURRICULAR 

Preschool: Little Scientists, Music and Movement, Board Games, Get fit, Creative Hands 

Primary: Robotics, Smart Hands, Show Time, Football, Greek Fun Club, Gymnastics, Shukufuku, Tennis, Kidz Do Design, Cheeky monkeys, Creative movement and dance, Dance club, Homework and English as an additional language support group.  

Secondary: Model United Nations, European Youth Parliament, Debating, Choir, Theatre, Dance, Duke of Edinburgh, NFTE Entrepreneurship Awards, Basketball, Football, Volleyball. 

FACILITIES 

Laboratories: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computers 

Library 

Sports facilities: Basketball, Football (5X5), Volleyball, Long Jump, High Jump, Badminton and Table Tennis 

Bus service: Yes 

Boarding School: No 

POLICIES 

School hours: 07:25-13:40  

Clubs: 14:00-14:45 

Exams: Internal exams for Secondary department at the end of the academic year 

Uniform: Charcoal grey trousers/skirt, white polo-shirt, blue sweater, black shoes, P.E uniform 

Parents’ association: [email protected] 

Student support: A group of professional educators and educational psychologists form our Pastoral Care Team. They offer support to all students regarding their mental, emotional and academic development by monitoring their progress, offering counselling, running a number of interactive programmes, as well as meeting with students on one-to-one basis, whenever that is needed. 

HISTORY 

The school opened on October 16, 1922. The founders, who had earlier started the American Academy in Larnaca for boys, established the school in response to local demand for an English language school for girls and it was named the American Academy for Girls. In its early years it was both a boarding and a day school and 13 students enrolled in its first year, two of them boarders. 

The teacher who headed up the work was Lola Weir with Ada Wilson as her assistant. School and boarding house were originally on the west side of the old city of Nicosia. Growth was quite rapid and by 1927 the enrolment had reached 89 students. Relocation to its present premises outside the city walls in 1955 provided more extensive grounds and larger buildings. In 1976 the school became independent from its founding mission with a board of Cypriot educationalists and businessmen set up to manage it. In 1977 the school became co-educational and in the years that followed, there was an expansion in both its enrolment, its grounds, and buildings. 

Contact info 

3A Michael Parides,1095 Nicosia Tel:+357 22 664266 

Email: [email protected]   

Website: www.aan.ac.cy  

Preschool ( En) - https://aan.ac.cy/preschool-nicosia 

Primary (En) - https://aan.ac.cy/primary-school  Secondary (En) - https://aan.ac.cy/secondary-school