Two internationally accredited schools — the only ones in Georgia teaching both the Cambridge International Programme and the International Baccalaureate Diploma — built from nothing over 19 years and educating over 1,100 children from more than 50 nationalities at their peak. Now illegally seized.
In 2006, my husband Davit Tsetskhladze and I founded the British-Georgian Academy in Tbilisi. I had completed graduate degrees in education from Vanderbilt University and Boston College and spent years working on educational reform in Georgia. What began as a single school grew, over two decades, into two internationally accredited institutions — BGA, a COBIS member school, and the British International School of Tbilisi (BIST), holding full COBIS Accreditation — the only schools in Georgia teaching both the Cambridge International Programme and the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Over 1,100 children from more than 50 nationalities call our schools home.
Milestones
2006
British-Georgian Academy founded
2011
British International School of Tbilisi established
2015
BGA moves to new purpose-built campus near Lisi Lake
2015
BIST becomes a Cambridge International School
2019
BIST achieves COBIS Accreditation
2022
BGA becomes an IB World School
2023
BIST re-accredited with COBIS Beacon Status in Leadership
Feb 2025
Both schools illegally seized by Georgia Capital
BGA
British-Georgian Academy
2006 · Tbilisi, Georgia
Where Georgian identity and British academic excellence come together — a bilingual school built for Georgia's next generation. Georgia's leading independent co-educational school, offering education from age 3 to 18 to over 600 students.
Milestones
2006— Founded by Natia Janashia and Davit Tsetskhladze
2010— Becomes a Cambridge International School
2015— New purpose-built campus opens near Lisi Lake
2022— Becomes an IB World School
2024— COBIS Member (Compliance) status awarded
Results & Achievements
100% graduation rate
IB average score 33 points — global average is 30
IB pass rate 96% — global pass rate is 80%
82% of graduates receive university scholarships
40% continue studies abroad
Accepted at Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell, LSE, HEC Paris, Bocconi and 60+ universities worldwide
COBIS MemberCambridge International SchoolIB World School● Illegally Seized — February 2025
Where students from around the world receive a world-class British education in the heart of Tbilisi. The leading international school in Georgia and the Caucasus region, with over 500 students from more than 50 countries, aged 3 to 18.
Milestones
2011— Founded by Natia Janashia and Davit Tsetskhladze
2015— Becomes a Cambridge International School
2019— Achieves COBIS Accreditation
2021— First graduating class
2023— COBIS Beacon Status in Leadership awarded
Results & Achievements
100% of graduates enter higher education
100% of teachers hold UK or UK-recognised qualifications
Graduates accepted at LSE, UCL, University of Michigan, Emory, Sciences Po and universities across 20+ countries
COBIS Accreditation — Beacon StatusCambridge International School● Illegally Seized — February 2025
Both schools were built on a foundation of genuine educational values — not financial speculation. Every resource generated was reinvested into the children's education, the teachers, and the facilities.
The unlawful takeover by Georgia Capital endangers the schools' hard-earned reputations, the trust of parents who chose these schools for their children, the livelihoods of teachers who built their careers here, and the wellbeing of over 1,100 students. It is a test of whether institutions that serve children can be protected from financial predators.
