Who Owns Colegio San Mateo?

Colegio San Mateo was founded in 1987 in Bogota, Colombia, making it one of Colombia's oldest and most established international schools. The school was established to serve families in Bogota seeking high-quality private education with a bilingual curriculum and an internationally oriented approach.

Bogota, as Colombia's capital and largest city, has long been home to a significant international community of diplomats, multinational corporate employees, and other internationally mobile professionals. This community created demand for international schools offering bilingual education and internationally recognized qualifications that would allow students to continue their education in Colombia or abroad.

Colegio San Mateo was established to meet this demand, offering a bilingual Spanish-English curriculum that prepares students for university admission in Colombia and internationally. The school's bilingual approach reflects the importance of English proficiency in Colombia's increasingly globalized economy and the aspirations of Colombian families for their children to succeed in international educational and professional environments.

Over more than three decades, Colegio San Mateo developed a reputation as one of Bogota's leading international schools, serving students from Colombia and from the international community. The school built a diverse student body drawn from Colombian families and the families of diplomats, multinational corporate employees, and other internationally mobile professionals based in Bogota.

Colegio San Mateo's curriculum evolved over the years to incorporate internationally recognized qualifications and frameworks, preparing students for university admission in Colombia and at universities internationally. The school's bilingual instruction reflects the linguistic diversity of its student body and the importance of English proficiency in an international career.

As part of Inspired Education Group's strategy to build a global portfolio of premium private schools, Colegio San Mateo became part of the Inspired network. Inspired Education Group was founded in 2013 by Nadim Nsouli and has grown rapidly through acquisitions of premium private schools in key markets across Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Under Inspired's ownership, Colegio San Mateo gains access to the company's global educational resources, curriculum development support, teacher professional development programs, and the broader Inspired network of more than 125 schools across 30 countries. Inspired's philosophy emphasizes that each school in its portfolio should maintain its individual identity and local character while benefiting from the company's global resources and standards.