[2] Nord Anglia has more than 80 private day and boarding schools located in 30 countries across the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East.

[citation needed] Nord Anglia Education was founded in 1972 by Kevin McNeany[3] to teach English as a foreign language.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the group also built up a day care and nursery business in addition to its Learning Services arm.

[18] In October 2024, a private equity consortium led by Neuberger Berman, which included EQT AB and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, agreed to buy Nord Anglia Education for $14.5 billion.

[27] In July 2017, the company partnered with UNICEF as well as the governments of Bulgaria, Argentina, and Malaysia to host an event raising awareness for the Sustainable Development Goals.

[28] Nord Anglia also participated with Juilliard, UNICEF and Sing for Hope in the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July 2019.

[32] Beijing Guangdong Hong Kong Jiangsu Shanghai Sichuan Dalian Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam India Nord Anglia Education operates six schools in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.