Curriculum

Curriculum Programme

We offer a six-year English-medium programme. Students with competent English as a first language skills are placed in the Mainstream course and follow through from Years 1 to 6 as shown in the table below.

Division
Mainstream Year Bridging Year
 Junior 1 1 Bridging
 Junior 2 2 Pre IGCSE
 Middle 3 IGCSE
 Middle 4 IGCSE 4 Pre IB
Middle 4 Foundation IB
 Senior 5 IBDP
 Senior 6 IBDP

Note: An externally run preparation course for SATs is provided for students aiming for entrance into universities in the United States of America.

Our students follow a general academic programme in Years 1 and 2 before selecting their subject combinations for the two-year International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) for Year 3 and the two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) for Year 5. Some students sit for the Cambridge ‘O’ Level in their mother tongue languages.

We also offer Second Language Bridging classes at Years 1, 2 and 4 to students taking English as an Additional Language (EAL). Bridging students usually join mainstream classes the following year. For example, a student in Year 2 Pre IGCSE Bridging will usually move to Year 3 IGCSE Mainstream the following year. Similarly, a student in Year 4 Pre IB will move to Year 5 IBDP Mainstream the following year.

Year 4 Foundation IB programme is a one-year programme for competent English language learners and prepares students who did not complete the two-year IGCSE course leading up to the IBDP.

International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)

Years 1 and 2 students follow a general course which is intended to provide them with the skills and appropriate subject content foundation to progress into IGCSE in Year 3. All subjects are compulsory with the exception of Foreign Language / Mother Tongue Language (MTL) which are studied according to the student’s background and/or linguistic experience. Singaporean and Singaporean PR students must follow the MOE MTL approach. All other students are required to study a foreign language, including local students who are exempted from MTL.Years 3 and 4 students sit for the IGCSE examinations. The curriculum that we offer consists of core subjects, including compulsory subjects. More on Cambridge IGCSE / Cambridge IGCSE comparability to GCSE

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)

The IBDP is a globally-recognised, two-year pre-university programme offered at Years 5 and 6. The final examinations are held in November of the second year.

A full-time course consists of six subjects and the IB Core (a 4,000 word Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge paper, and Creativity, Activity and Service [CAS]). Students take three subjects at Higher Level (four hours per week each), and three subjects at Standard Level (three hours per week each).

More on International Baccalaureate Organization / The IB Diploma Programme

Junior Division Years 1 and 2
Middle Division IGCSE
Senior Division IBDP