Overseas Family School Review
The Overseas Family School (OFS) has built up a reputation for offering a global education that will appeal to expats from many different countries. Located in Pasir Ris, in the Eastern part of Singapore, the OFS follows the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) at nursery level, the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) for Grades 1 to 5, the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme for Grades 6 to 12, and IGCSEs in Grades 9 to 10. Students are well-prepared to leave the school with an IBDP qualification.
As well as offering study in the multiple languages – French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, or Spanish – there are mother tongue classes in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Other standout features here include chess lessons to encourage strategic thinking, a math coding programme, a Model United Nations programme, and a very broad enrichment programme.
Founded in 1991, the school moved to a new campus in 2015 where it has capacity for 4,800 students, although the current intake is closer to 2,500. The school boasts some impressive facilities including technology, science, and computer labs, four libraries, multipurpose courts, football field, studios for gymnastic and dance, an outdoor Olympic sized swimming pool and a junior pool, and a black box theatre.
Academic results
| Average score | Pass rate | Highest score | Top scorers | 40 points plus | 35 points plus | 30 points plus | Bilingual diploma |
| 37 | 95.8% | 45 | 5 | 33.3% |
The IB Diploma 2021 cohort at Overseas Family School (OFS) celebrated an average score of 37 and had five top scorers.
This school is in a Best School by parents ranking
Overseas Family School is a Best of school, a ranking determined by parent surveys on the site. It can be found in the following Best of rankings:
- #16 in Best Schools in Singapore
- #12 in Best British Schools in Singapore
- #13 in Best IB Schools in Singapore
- #13 in Best IB DP Schools in Singapore
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