ABSTRACT
The situation, a number of largely under-reported changes have occurred to the International Schooling landscape since 2002, and are very noticeable when viewing just a few choice case studies. An article in 2012 had reported on the 'transformation in the International School market'. This chapter highlights the fact that alongside considerable growth, the nature of the market has fundamentally and radically changed; the ownership of schools has changed, and the distribution of schools has changed. The extent of the 'transformation' of the field can be conceptualized via a couple of suitable examples since 2011. In 2007, Liverpool High School, is one of the 29 schools of the Girls' Day Trust School, became the state-funded Belvedere Academy, one of the first two Independent Schools in the UK to undergo such a transition. In September 2012, it opened a branch in Abu Dhabi, the Belvedere British School, offering the National Curriculum of England and Wales and aimed predominantly at local Emirati children.
