The Netherlands International School Lagos
International School in Lagos
Quick answer
The Netherlands International School Lagos follows the British National Curriculum with IGCSE and A-Level pathways, with notably small class sizes averaging 12 students. The student body draws from 30 nationalities.
Key facts
- Curriculum: British taught at The Netherlands International School Lagos.
- Avg class size: 12 (max 18) Lagos international school.
- 30 nationalities expat-heavy mix.
- Ages: Ages 2 to 11 school day starts at 7:45am (our EYFS children have more of a flexi start - we encourage them to be in by 8.15am).
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12 avg / 18 max
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About The Netherlands International School Lagos
The Netherlands International School Lagos is a non-profit small-scale EYFS and primary school in Ikoyi which ensures a passion for learning is offered to all children in its care. We are proud of our warm and supportive community spirit. At NISL, children aged 18 months to 11 years old are taught the British curriculum and the first language of teaching and learning is English though we do offer Dutch lessons to the children of Dutch nationals and our Dutch roots is a strong feature of our ethose and vision. Children of all nationalities, religion and cultural background are welcome and we celebrate diversity; not being a faith school in fact helps us to learn about and embrace ALL beliefs. We are a community based school with an open door approach and strong home-school relations.
British
GL assessments from Year 1 to Year 6 twice a year. These are in English and Maths for all year groups with Science being an additional subject for Y5 and Y6 only.
The students results are on parr if not exceeding that of the UK.
French
The support we offer is very much depednent on the needs of the indivdiual. In wome cases we collaborate with exetenal professionals and work collaboratively to support a child. In other cases we have withdrawl sessions to support the child in a 1:1 situation. All children receiving support will have an IEP to ensure that their specific learning needs are being met. These are reviwed every half term.
We have a learning support department where we are able to offer support to children with SEND, EAL or are AGT.
Additional English lessons are offered during the French lessons
7:45am (our EYFS children have more of a flexi start - we encourage them to be in by 8.15am) – 12.15pm for our Minimax to Pre Reception ages, 2.15pm for our Reception age and then 2.30pm for our Primary children.
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