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International by design — and by necessity.

AI is built and deployed across borders. The students who will shape it should grow up across borders too. Our student body, our partners, and our curriculum are all global.

The community

28+Nationalities on roll
12Home languages spoken
40%Students from overseas
100%Faculty AI-certified

Catalyst is small, deliberately. A diverse community at this size means every student knows every other student. Background, language and prior schooling vary widely; the shared experience is a curriculum built around AI and a faculty determined to make it work for every individual.

How "international" shows up in lessons

Global examples, every subject

Case studies are drawn from across the world — economics from emerging markets, biology from tropical ecosystems, history from outside the standard Anglo-American lens.

AI as a language bridge

EAL students get real-time, in-lesson scaffolding via AI. They engage with the same content as native speakers from day one, with progressively less support.

Languages, taught conversationally

French, Spanish and Mandarin from Year 7. Students practise daily with AI conversational partners and weekly with native-speaker tutors.

Cross-border project teams

Diploma projects often pair Catalyst students with peers at partner schools overseas. Working across time zones is part of the assessment.

For families based overseas

Catalyst supports three modes of attendance for international families:

On-campus

Full-time attendance at our UK campus. Boarding arrangements available through our partner residences for students aged 14+.

Hybrid

Term-time on-campus, holidays at home. Designed for families on cyclical postings (military, diplomatic, consulting).

Virtual Senior Phase

A small cohort completes the Catalyst AI Diploma Senior Phase remotely, with live small-group teaching, AI tutoring, and project mentorship from our faculty and external partners. Application by interview only.

Visiting scholar weeks

Short-stay residencies for overseas students completing a single Diploma project at Catalyst alongside their home school.

Partners

Our students and faculty work with universities, research labs and companies that take AI seriously. Project mentors are drawn from this network.

University partnersEngineering and CS departments who host Year 12 research placements and Diploma capstones.
AI labsIndustry research groups offering masterclasses and capstone mentorship for senior students.
International schoolsA network of partner schools across Europe, Asia and the Gulf for joint projects and exchanges.
External moderatorsAn independent panel of former chief examiners, university admissions tutors and industry practitioners who moderate the Catalyst AI Diploma.
Industry placementsOne-week placements in Year 12 with technology firms across the UK, Europe and the US.
Cultural partnersGalleries, theatres and museums supporting Creative-strand Diploma projects.

Full partner list available on request. Partnerships are reviewed annually.

Where our graduates go

Catalyst is young and our first full cohorts are still in the system. Our leavers progress in four directions: UK universities that admit on portfolio and interview (a list that grows every year), overseas universities in the US, EU and Asia where standardised testing is more flexible, degree apprenticeships and direct entry to industry with technology employers, and a small number of students who leave to build their own ventures. The Diploma portfolio is what opens each of those doors. Detailed progression data is published annually after our first full leaver cohort in 2027.

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