Our Schools
Students come to UWCSEA from different educational and cultural backgrounds, with a range of levels of attainment and frequently as second language English speakers. We welcome the rich diversity of backgrounds and experiences of our students and facilitate sharing of different perspectives as one of our core values.
The challenging range of experiences on offer provides all students an opportunity to learn the lessons that will mean the most to them as individuals. Our best evidence for the success of this approach is the level of our student achievement, motivation, involvement, personal confidence, and genuine concern for others.
Students discover their ‘passion' at different times during their UWCSEA experience, but we sincerely believe a UWCSEA education is genuinely life-changing for the vast majority of our students and, in many cases, for their parents as well!
The College has two campuses in Singapore - Dover and East. Both campuses are overseen by the Head of College and have the same Board of Governors. However, each campus has its own academic and administrative staff to support the delivery of UWCSEA's world-class education.
UWCSEA Dover
Dover Campus has over 2,900 students from over 60 nationalities. It is made up of five schools - the three older schools are the Middle, Upper and Senior Schools and the Infant and Junior Schools form the Primary School.
UWCSEA East
East Campus opened its doors in September 2008 in a transitional campus in Ang Mo Kio. Initially a Kindergarten 1 to Grade 4 Primary School for 420 students, the campus expanded in August 2009 to accommodate 500 children to Grade 5. From August 2010, the Infant students (K1 - Grade 1) will move to the newly completed Infant School on the permanant campus in Tampines, while Grades 2 to 5 will welcome Grade 6 students at Ang Mo Kio. Across the two locations, the East Campus will offer 900 places in the 2010/2011 Academic Year.
Our overarching curricular goals are based on the College's Mission, Vision and Values. UWCSEA is the longest standing IB Diploma School in the Asia Pacific region and one of the largest IB Diploma schools in the world. Our experience of the IB Diploma Programme led to our adoption of the IB Primary Years Programme in the Primary School and the development of the Grade 10 Foundation IB programme. Dover Campus is an IB World School.
Primary School (Infant and Junior) - Kindergarten 1 to Grade 5
The Primary School curriculum is structured around the IB Primary Years Programme. This internationally-recognised primary education framework is designed to enhance a child's natural curiosity and sense of inquiry, and to foster independence and an enthusiasm for learning. Communication, thinking, research, social and self-management skills are developed in a progressive order, recognising children's differing learning styles and the varied paces at which they learn as they progress through to Grade 5.
Middle School - Grades 6 to 8
As students progress to the Middle School they refine the core interdisciplinary skills initiated in the Primary School and have more subject specialist teachers guiding them in the fundamental subject-specific skills required for higher studies in related areas.
Students have a broad and balanced range of subjects, with the opportunity to develop in all relevant areas; from physical, technical, creative, numerate and deductive, rational and experimental, to empathic and evaluative.
Although the curriculum breaks away from the IBO, the learner profile continues to be a focus for student development and curriculum structure.
Upper School - Grades 9 and 10
In Grades 9 and 10 students study for seven or eight IGCSEs; while the Grade 10 Foundation IB programme entails the study of 10 subjects. Both programmes prepare students with subject-specific skills and knowledge as a foundation for the IB Diploma. Many students study the College's own IGCSE-recognised, interdisciplinary issues-based course to expose them to the skills of critical thinking, interpreting biases, communication and internationalism which are applicable in the IB Diploma.
Senior School - Grades 11 and 12
The majority of students in Grade 11 and 12 prepare for an IB Diploma. This internationally-recognised pre-university qualification has enjoyed a period of rapid growth with more schools and universities worldwide appreciating its academic breadth, rigour, and personal challenge. The UWC movement was influential in the conception of the IB Diploma model and continues to be part of its development. A small number of students study for a reduced range of subject-specific IB certificates.
