RNS Number:4352U
NordAnglia Education PLC
20 January 2004


Nord Anglia Education plc (the "Company")

Directors' Shareholding

The Company announces that following the exercise of share options under the
Company's Executive Share Option Scheme on 19 January 2004, 35,717 ordinary
shares in the Company were allotted yesterday to Lorene Simpson, finance
director of the Company and subsequently sold on 19 January 2004 at a price of
245 pence per share. The exercise prices of the above mentioned shares are
detailed in the table below:

Number of         Exercise price (p)   Scheme
shares
         15,430                   68   Approved Discretionary Share Option
                                       Scheme
         10,287                  179   Approved Discretionary Share Option
                                       Scheme
            770                  142   Approved Discretionary Share Option
                                       Scheme
          9,230                  142   Unapproved Share Option Scheme

As a result of this transaction, Lorene Simpson currently has a beneficial
interest in 28,958 ordinary shares in the Company representing 0.11 per cent of
this issued share capital of that class.

The Company also announces that following the exercise of share options under
the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme on 19 January 2004, 66,003 ordinary
shares in the Company were allotted yesterday to David Johnson, a director of
the Company and subsequently sold on 19 January 2004 at a price of 245 pence per
share. The exercise prices of the above mentioned shares are detailed in the
table below:

Number of         Exercise price (p)   Scheme
shares
         25,717                   68   Approved Discretionary Share Option
                                       Scheme
          5,869                  179   Approved Discretionary Share Option
                                       Scheme
          4,417                  179   Unapproved Share Option Scheme
         10,000                  142   Unapproved Share Option Scheme
         10,000                  139   Unapproved Share Option Scheme
         10,000                  148   Unapproved Share Option Scheme

As a result of this transaction, David Johnson currently has a beneficial
interest in 39,989 ordinary shares in the Company representing 0.15 per cent of
this issued share capital of that class.

The shares issued under the Company's share option schemes above will be
admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the
London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities in due course under the
Company's block listing facility.

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