Manhattan’s newest private school won’t be offering its young students teatime, but it will be teaching netball and rugby.

Opening its doors in September, the British International School of New York will be the first school in the city to teach the British National Curriculum.

While New York City is home to about 30,000 natives of Britain, there is no school to offer their lads and lasses a British education.

For $26,000 a year, they can now be sure that their youngsters are learning the same penmanship and spelling as their peers back home – although the price tag will be decidedly higher.

“It will be a school in keeping with British culture and British customs, and if parents value that kind of education for their children, then it will be a good match,” a co-founder of the school, Elizabeth Perelstein, said.

Swimming will be a mandatory part of the curriculum and students will start learning French at age 4. Mandarin and Spanish will be offered at after-school clubs. Students will wear gray trousers and blazers and sweaters.

In September, the school will open at a 20,000-foot space overlooking the East River at East 23rd Street with 100 students in kindergarten through second grade. It will eventually expand to eighth grade.

Other British schools operate in Washington, D.C., Boston, Houston, Charlotte, N.C., and Chicago.

With a shortage of private school slots in the city, parents are likely excited about any new addition, but not all British families plan to send their children there.

“I’m a big believer of ‘when in Rome.’ If you come live here, then you should be learning what all the other kids learn,” the owner of Tea and Sympathy, Nicky Perry, said. “And I haven’t got $26,000 a year for a bloody nursery school. That would be unheard of!”