Surval Montreux

Surval Montreux is an international all girls boarding school in Montreux, Switzerland.^[1]

Surval Montreux
Location
Montreux, Switzerland
Information
Type	International school, Boarding school, All girls school
Motto	Imagination. Initiative. Independence
Established	1961
Headmistress	Ms Nicola Dudley
Gender	Girls
Age range	12 - 19
Enrollment	60 - 80
Average class size	6 - 8
Education system	IGCSE, A-Levels, American High School Program
School fees	From CHF 72,750 pa
Website	www.surval.ch

In addition to its own program, the school provides accommodation and academic classes to students of Institut Villa Pierrefeu, Switzerland's last traditional finishing school. Surval Montreux is a former rival of Pierrefeu, as it was originally established as the Surval Mont-Fleuri finishing school in 1961.^[2]

The school was renamed to Surval Montreux in 2012 after it was bought by Bellevue Education.^[3][4][5] The parent company is Bellevue Education International Limited.^[6][7] Bellevue bought the school as part of acquisitions driven by funding derived largely from Tarek Obaid, the founder of the oil company PetroSaudi, which has been implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal.^[8][9] Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.^[10] In 2019, CVC acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education.^[11]

Academics

SM begins with Foundation Year. The majority of Foundation students start at age 13, but English language learners may start at age 12 and spend a year working on their English before joining the rest of the school. After Foundation Year, there are two academic tracks. Students either earn an American high school diploma or take the IGCSE and A-Levels^[12]

SM offers a pre-university program for students aged 17 to 19, the Surval Swiss Gap Experience.^[13]

Accreditation

SM's (upper) secondary education (Middle and High School) is not approved as a Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).^[14]

References

1. "Surval Montreux: Girls' boarding school in Switzerland". www.surval.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
2. Simonian, Haig (30 September 2010). "Charm academy: Switzerland's last finishing school". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
3. "About Us: Timeline". Bellevue Education. Bellevue Education Limited. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
4. fr:Surval Mont-Fleuri, Retrieved 10 November 2014
5. "Bellevue Education continues empire building". Education Investor Website. Education Investor. 22 Oct 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
6. "BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED - Annual Accounts". Companies in the UK. Bellevue Education Group Limited. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
7. "Bellevue Education International Limited: Shareholders". Company Check. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
8. Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Josh Boswell for the Sunday Times 10 April 2016
9. "How 1MDB's Stolen Money Funded Top UK Private Schools". sarawakreport.org. Sarawak Report. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
10. "GEMS Global completes acquisition of a controlling stake in Bellevue Education". Assignment Report.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. "CVC-led consortium to take 30% stake in Dubai's GEMS Education". Financial Times.
12. "Surval Montreux Curriculum - Switzerland Private Education". Switzerland Education. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
13. "Private boarding school near Lake Geneva". Surval Montreux. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
14. "Maturität - Maturité - Maturità" (official site) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, SERI. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

External links

•  Schools portal

• Surval Montreux  

Coordinates: 46°25′29″N 6°55′46″E / 46.4248°N 6.9295°E / 46.4248; 6.9295