Campion School is a leading English-language private international school in Athens, Greece, which provides an adapted British educational curriculum to approximately 650 children of foreign residents, the Greek diaspora and local Greeks, from Nursery through to Year 13 (ages three to eighteen). The pupils include children coming from more than 40 different countries. History Campion School was founded in 1970 in Athens, Greece, by American banker and philhellene Thomas Shortell, his wife Betsy Shortell, and American businessman, and later diplomat, Burke O'Connor as an independent, non-profit Anglo-American school governed by a board of trustees. The academic programme is based on the National Curriculum (England and Wales) adapted to make full use of the location and culture of Greece. Courses lead to IGCSE and the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). Class sizes are generally small, and children's progress is carefully monitored by a system of class teachers, advisers and year tutors. The school's IGCSE and IB results are consistently well above the UK and IB averages and the school has had six students complete the IB Diploma with a score of 45, the highest grade possible. Students aim for university education in the United Kingdom, various countries within the EU, the USA and Canada. The school provides a dedicated Universities Counsellor who works together with both pupils and parents regarding achieving university entrance goals. The counsellor also organizes regular visitations from university representatives from around the world. The performing arts are well represented both inside and outside the curriculum, and dramatic performances take place in each school at least once per term. Choral and instrumental groups meet on a regular basis, and individual tuition is provided for a variety of musical instruments. There is a wide range of competitive sports on offer and students are encouraged to take part. Football (soccer), volleyball and basketball teams regularly play against opponents from Greece and abroad. Other activities include tennis, athletics, cross-country running, trampolining and modern dance. The School is now located in purpose-built premises in the suburb of Pallini, 16km east of the city centre, where a full range of academic, sporting and artistic facilities has been constructed. A sports facility which includes a professional soccer pitch, running track and changing pavilion was inaugurated in May 2012. Classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards and Wi-Fi. The school organises a bus service covering many suburbs in the greater Athens area. Each bus has an adult