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The International School of Penang (Uplands) welcomes students and parents to join our diverse and welcoming community. Our welcoming environment and system of diversity and integrity ensure that students and families feel at ease from the minute they enrol. We are delighted to share some experiences and testimonies from our parents with you.

Uplands has been a great home away from home for our son and we are delighted at how he has settled into secondary school here. As parents, we love how accessible the school management and teachers are to parents in general, and communications can range from the more formal real-time academic progress reporting app or school newsletters, to informal emails between parents and teachers or regular coffee mornings with the year representative teacher. In short, deciding to send our son to Uplands has been altogether the best decision that we as a family could have made.

Chan Ee Lin Parent of Year 11

The fact that Uplands is an IB school and how this impacts all areas of teaching and learning. Standard of teaching on the whole is very good. Love the small campus and friendly multi cultural atmosphere. The PYP/IGCSE/ IB curriculum was the reason we chose Uplands and we believe that graduating IB will mean there are more opportunities for university places outside the UK (which may not be the case with A levels). This curriculum has equipped my daughter to be a self starter and to think more critically, which will be beneficial to her in her future career.

Jennifer Sheppard Parent of Year 10

Our family is very pleased that our son Alexander is studying at this school. It was very difficult for him at first, because we moved from Russia and here is a different country and a different language, but teachers and students treated him with great understanding. The adaptation period went quite well and now there is already progress in learning English, communication with teachers and children. Alexander goes to school with great pleasure.

Anton Zhitnikov Parent of Year 5

Uplands is an international school with a good teaching staff and a friendly community. The school is offering a high level of knowledge, sports and personal development. It's the best school in Penang island.

Tatiana Soroka Parent of Year 5,8 & 11

Uplands teachers are very nice and responsible, and they have helped my child a lot. They interact with us through routine parent-teacher conferences and even exclusive meeting for specific problems my child is meeting. The PYP exhibition is helpful for children to improve the search and investigation skills.

Zhelin Ruan, Parent of Year 7

Uplands is a warm, welcoming truly international school. The diversity and inclusion and opportunities for growth are huge.

Jenny Harris, Parent of Year 8

Teachers in Uplands seems like try to provide students with the environments that can enhance creativity, and try to communicate actively with students.

Justin Suh, Parent of Year 7

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