Jacstar wrote:Hello, I am sure this topic has been done to death but I am really struggling to get my head around the schooling options for expats in Singapore. Can people please help me by advising what options there are for primary school aged children.
I have found out a lot of information about the International Schools like Tanglin Trust and Stamford etc. I don't understand with them what is required to be paid upfront?
The following from the Singapore American School - the balance will be communicated upon acceptance:
http://www.sas.edu.sg/admissions/online.htmlFrom Tanglin Trust:The completed online-application must be accompanied by the full payment of non-refundable application fees (S$3,424.00) including 7% GST. In addition, a 2% administrative fee will be charged for all credit card transactions and the total payment will be S$3,492.48. Online payments may be made using Visa, Mastercard or American Express.
http://www.bolmamabol.com/web/tanglin-t ... s-results/
From Overseas Family School:School Fee Schedule 2010-2011
Enrolment Fee: S$2675 (applicable to all year groups)
http://www.ofs.edu.sg/admissions/tuition-fees/
And so forth. You can find a list of International Schools on my links page below. Not all are suitable for your child but it's the majority of reputable ones. The bigger brand names also have what is knows as corporate "donations" in order to hold places for their expatriate employees' children (these are figures in the hundreds of thousands.
I have seen the options for the top local schools but wonder if there is an option in between the top international schools and the local schools.
There are not any options between the International Schools and the local school system. Both have waiting lists to get into (the local school system has a priority admissions scheme so often a given school doesn't even have enough room for all the locals (who naturally come first) so getting into one may well mean travel distances further than that which you might be comfortable with.
If you go on waiting lists for the top international schools what do people do in the meantime?
Lots of parents just wait while other use the home schooling route.
http://expathomeschool.com/forums-singapore/
http://teachingourown.wordpress.com/
http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/S ... efault.asp
Thanks for all help offered to inform me better, we are considering a move to Singapore but need to know what we are commiting to first. Thank you
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