International School of Paphos

The International School of Paphos was founded in 1987 as a co-educational day school located in Paphos, Cyprus.

The International School of Paphos (ISOP)
100, Aristotelous Savva Ave., 8025 Anavargos, P.O. Box 62018, 8060 Paphos Cyprus
Information
Type	Private (day school)
Established	1987
Principal	Mr. Kyriacos Kashouli
Grades	K-13
Colour(s)	Black and Wine Red
Mascot	Kinky Kyriacos
Website	http://www.paphosinternationalschool.com

It is currently a day school situated in Anavargos Village, on the outskirts of Paphos. Its new facilities were completed in 2023. It currently has more than 10000 students.

The key stages and classes

Key stage	Grade	Age
-	Kindergarten	2-4
1	Rec-2	4-7
2	3-6	7-12
3	7-9	11-15
4	10 & 11	15-16
5	12 & 13	17-18

Subjects

The infants are offered classes such as Topic (Science and Geography), Basic Maths, English, and many other subjects.

Juniors are offered additional subjects such as Art, History, Citizenship, and more advanced maths. In year 5, Exams start. Juniors finish school at 13.05 each day unless they choose to do any recreational activities after school. Some of the after-school clubs that are currently on offer are the reading club, badminton club, medical club, and drama club.

In senior school, three more subjects are added to the list. These are German, French, and drama. At the end of year 7 students are allowed to choose what language to pursue in future years. Seniors finish at 2.15.

The school starts at the beginning of September and finishes at the end of June. Exams usually begin at the beginning of June for years 5-10, and in the middle of May for years 11-13.

For the past two years, the school has given out scholarships awarding students from years 5 to 12 for high achievement in their end-of-year exams. Students can win up to 20% of their school fees.

International Examinations

International exams offered
IGCSE (Edexcel)
IGCSE (CIE)
GCE (AS level)
GCE (A level)

Head students

Academic Year	Head Student	Prefects
2022-2023	Mario Arapakis
2020-2021	Andy Peters
2019-2020	Maria Hadjipaschalis
2018-2019	Maryanne Luizinho
2017-2018	Hannah Fournaris
2016-2017	Nicola-Marina Tofarides
2015-2016	Elizaveta Tokareva
2014-2015	Maria Michael
2013-2014	Harrison yorke
2012-2013	Dmitrii Shchepin
2011-2012	Dmitrii Shchepin
2010-2011	Dmitrii Shchepin
2009-2010	Dmitrii Shchepin
2008-2009	Bradley Wright
2007-2008	Sean Redmond
2006-2007	Alashiya Gordes
2005-2006	Dmitrii Shchepin
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
1994-1995
1993-1994
1992-1993
1991-1992	Neal Andrews
1990-1991
1989-1990
1997-1989
1996-1997	Sofia Abilova

Facilities

• Cafeteria
• A large sports hall
• Two outdoor basketball courts
• Stadium
• Indoor heated swimming pool
• Football field
• Large playground
• Library
• School shop
• Tennis court
• Six Science laboratories
• Theatrical stage
• Drama studio
• Exam hall
• Boarding house

The stadium is not standard (233 meters). The swimming pool has four lanes (25 meters).

Summer School

The International School of Paphos provides a Summer School for children aged 4-18.

Arts Crafts English Conversation Reading Writing Role Play Information Technology Physical Education (including swimming, water polo, football, basketball, volleyball, rounders, handball, tennis, karate, and hockey).

Sports

The International School of Paphos is an athletic school. They consider Physical Education an important subject, and therefore it is compulsory to do it at least once per week. ISOP has taken place in many sports competitions such as the yearly Paphos cross country race, The Panpaphian, the Pancyprian, and others. They award students from years 7-9 and 10-12 for sportsmanship. They also encourage students to take part in many sports in school, such as rounders, football, rugby, basketball, swimming, badminton, tennis, volleyball, basketball, archery (year 10 and up), and much more.