Repton School Set to Open New Centre in Bulgaria as First in Bulgaria with English Curriculum

Repton School is broadening its horizons - by opening an educational offshoot in Bulgaria.

Repton International Schools Ltd has signed an agreement to open up a new school in Bulgaria, which will be the only school in the Eastern European state to offer a full English curriculum.

Repton School, which was founded in 1557, and several notable alumni, including Roald Dahl, Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Clarkson, have attended the school over the years.

In 2007, the school's first affiliated school abroad opened in Dubai. It was the first school in the Middle East to be affiliated with a British independent school, offering a much wider education to local students. The school caters for around 2,400 pupils aged between three and 18.

In 2013, the school opened two new schools in the United Arab Emirates; Repton Abu Dhabi youngsters from three to 18, and Foremarke School, Dubai, for three to 11-year-olds.

After these two schools had been opened, governors at Repton decided to establish Repton International Schools Ltd so that staff and resources for overseas schools did not have to be deployed from the South Derbyshire school.

Repton Sofia, which is the name given to the Bulgarian school, is expected to open in September 2021, and will cater for children from the age of three until they reach 18.

The project will now become a reality after the group signed an agreement with VM Finance Group, which is an economic group, which works in Bulgaria and Romania.

Tony Puri, chief executive of the Repton International Schools Ltd, said: "We are thrilled to have signed this agreement with VM Finance Group which has such a strong track record spanning a number of businesses.

"The combination of Repton's expertise in international...