Escola Eleva São Paulo
Rua José Antônio Coelho, 819 Vila Mariana, Brazil
With great excitement, we announce that in 2024 we inaugurated Eleva School in São Paulo. The Escola Eleva São Paulo campus is located in the traditional neighborhood of Vila Mariana, in an iconic building that once housed the Institute of Fine Arts. The school's spaces were developed to stimulate creativity, autonomy and the pleasure of learning, with an architectural design by the renowned firm Miguel Pinto Guimarães and interiors by the Danish firm Rosan Bosch, a world reference in architecture for education.
A Word from the Director of Eleva São Paulo
James Diver was born in the UK and has lived in Brazil since 2010. A graduate in Ancient History from Cardiff University and University College London, he also has a degree in Music from Trinity College London and extensive teaching experience.
With 25 years' experience in the education sector, James has built a career as a Teacher and Principal in British and international schools in the UK, Brazil and Argentina.
Passionate about education, he believes in each student's potential to learn, grow and achieve. As a school leader, his commitment is to ensure that every student has access to an excellent academic education, underpinned by solid values, high expectations and a strong sense of community.
James currently heads the Eleva São Paulo School, where he works to develop a welcoming and challenging environment that boosts students' learning and all-round development.
Married to Carol, a Brazilian teacher, he is the father of Tom and Talitha. For him and his family, São Paulo and Brazil are truly home.
— JAMES DIVER, HEAD OF ESCOLA ELEVA, SÃO PAULO
Discover Our Campus Today
Our school campus will cover an area of 10,000 m2 with exceptional spaces including: an exclusive area for early childhood education; maker space and laboratories; music rooms with recording studio; arts terrace; Outdoor BioLab; STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) dance room; sports room; multi-sports court; in addition to several common areas that inspire learning, curiosity and fun.
Full-time and bilingual (Portuguese-English), the education offered in the new unit will initially range from pre-school to the seventh year of Elementary School – with gradual expansion, year by year, until the end of High School.
Escola Eleva is part of the Inspired Group, which practices academic excellence in 24 countries, with more than 80,000 students, respecting teaching traditions and student individuality, always valuing innovation and global citizenship.
Our Legacy
Eleva combines innovative teaching with proven results and progression to the best Universities in Brazil and the world, with socio-emotional development, resulting in a balance between hard skills (technical knowledge) and soft skills (behavioural skills, increasingly most valued in the job market).
Most activities are carried out in groups, another strategy for developing soft skills. Many study topics generate oral presentations from students, reinforcing one of the pillars developed at Eleva – oratory skills. “Our students will certainly need to speak in public throughout their lives. That’s why we consider this practice to be very important and should be improved organically, on a daily basis”, James Diver.
Founding Families
Work with us
For those interested in applying for a position at our São Paulo campus, click on the link below.