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Secondary School
In Secondary School, your child will experience a happy, secure, and purposeful environment, a broad and balanced curriculum with high expectations leading to rapid progress and high academic standards, and innovative teaching with effective learning. They will achieve success in various areas, whether in the classroom, on the sports field, on stage, or within the wider community, and have extensive opportunities to learn about the world around them.
Academic Programme
and Curriculum
BCI’s Secondary School consists of three Key Stages, namely; Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 for students aged between 11 to 18 years old.
Lower Secondary
Also known as Key Stage 3, our lower secondary program is developed for the next three years of study in Forms 1 to 3 which corresponds with England’s Years 7 to 9, with learners aged between 11 to 14 years. The curriculum is designed to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding that will prepare learners for a smooth transition to Cambridge Upper Secondary. Students are taught eleven subjects with English Language, Mathematics and Science (taught separately as Biology, Physics and Chemistry) being the core subjects. Other subjects include; Geography, History, Literature, Computing, French, Music, Physical Education.
Upper Secondary
The curriculum follows the British educational model. In the Upper Secondary section, courses are accredited through IGCSE examinations at age 16 and GCE Advanced Level exams at age 18. Students aged 14 to 16 are grouped into Forms 4 and 5, with the IGCSE taken at the end of Form 5. The Advanced Level years are referred to as the Lower and Upper Sixth Form, which correspond to Years 12 and 13 in England. The Lower Six corresponds to Grade 12 in both the American and Canadian education systems. All students in the Secondary School are in mixed ability classes.
Admissions
Our admissions process includes 6 unique stages, 8 specific reuirements and testing and interviews for Nursery 2 and upwards
