* unpublished

IB Diploma Examination Statistics

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

41

32

47

44

49

93%

100%

98%

98%

93%

34.07

34.16

36.00

35.28

35.14%

29.59

29.77

29.81

29.85 30.10*

15.9%

18.8%

29.8%

31.9%18.4%

DiplomaAwarded

% CandidatesSuccessful

UplandsAverage Score

WorldAverage Score

% Diploma 40 points and overYear

% IGCSE Grades ≥ B; “WA” = World Average

Mathematics

English Literature

Co-ordinated Sciences

Foreign Languages

Humanities

Arts & Technology

All Subjects

2011

88

93

73

91

79

73

81

2012

81

91

85

88

79

64

80

2013

78

70

76

84

74

54

70

2014

76

77

69

87

69

60

72

2015

98

88

96

100

90

90

88

WA 2015

63

68

64

89

60

63

67

IGCSE Examination Statistics% IGCSE Grades per annum by band

COHORT

Exam Entries

A* / A

A* - B

A* - C

2011

614

64.0

79.5

90.9

2012

500

57.2

77.8

90.0

2013

639

49.1

70.7

87.0

2014

491

41.8

61.1

80.4

2015

593

52.4

73.0

89.4

While academically non-selective, Uplands School has consistently achieved a very high percentage of its overall IGCSE examination results at or above a B-grade. The last five years has seen Uplands students achieve some of the best results in the School’s history with an average of 72% of all grades being of B-grade or above. In addition, our IGCSE/GCSE students consistently receive the Cambridge International “Brilliance” Awards (see the list of recent awards below).

The IB Diploma Programme is an academically challenging and balanced programme with final examinations that prepare students exceptionally well for success at university and life beyond. The programme has gained respect from the world’s leading universities.

It develops students physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically. Strong connections are made across academic disciplines which support additional requirements in areas of community service, higher-order recognition of learning and the production of an extended essay (4000 words) in a chosen subject.

Uplands students have achieved great success compared to world average scores in each year of the programme since its inception in 2001.

Aditya RajagopalLim Sheau Yun

Charissa (Qing En) OngAditya Rajagopal

Sarthak NayakKatherine Bowden-Brown

Anna Williams Anna Williams

Shihori Kawamura

IGCSE Coordinated SciencesIGCSE Design & Technology

IGCSE HistoryIGCSE Foreign Language German

IGCSE Hindu as a Second LanguageIGCSE Coordinated Science

IGCSE Mathematics (Extended)IGCSE Physical Education

GCSE Japanese

Top in Malaysia (2011-2012)Top in Malaysia (2011-2012)

Top in Malaysia (2011-2012)High Achievement (2011-2012)

High Achievement (2011-2012)Top in Malaysia (2012-2013)

Top in Malaysia (2012-2013)Top in Malaysia (2013-2014)

Top in Malaysia (2014-2015)

Brilliance in

Malaysia

WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL? Please visit our website www.uplands.org where you can find detailed online

brochures on the various sections of the School and much more.

To email for more information, contact info@uplands.org

An examination centre for Cambridge International Examinations, Edexcel International, The International Baccalaureate, Member of The Federation of British International Schools in Asia, Member of The Association of International Malaysian Schools and Member of The Boarding Schools Association.

www.uplands.org

Jalan Sungai Satu, Batu Feringgi, 11100 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: (6)04-881 9777 Fax: (6)04-881 9778 E-mail: info@uplands.org

Vidhya Karthikeyan

Joseph TanChing Siew Yi

Lim Sheau Yun

University College London, UK

Cambridge University, UKNational University of Singapore

Yale University, USA

Electrical Engineering(2004-2005)

Law (2005-2006) Medicine (2005-2006)

History & Economics(2013-2014)

Since 2005,4 students from

Uplands have achieveda perfect score (45)

for IB Diploma

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The International Schoolof Penang (Uplands)

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Average IB Diploma Points

Uplands AverageWorld Average

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

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BOARDING SCHOOLS’A S S O C I A T I O N

THE SCHOOL AT AGLANCE 2014-2015ENROLMENTAge Range : 4 - 19Normal Enrolment : 700 - 750Nationalities : 40Primary Section : 200 - 220Secondary : 420 - 440Sixth Form : 80 - 90Full-Time Teachers : 83Staff Nationalities : 15

ACADEMIC CALENDARTerm 1 : August - DecemberTerm 2 : January - AprilTerm 3 : April - JuneThere are 36 weeks(a minimum of 180 days) in the School year.

The CampusRecently purpose-built on a pleasant hill overlooking a tropical resort, the School campus encloses a beautiful tropical garden courtyard and a Primary Section adventure playground. The School currently features 60 classrooms, 5 science laboratories, 2 multi-purpose halls with gymnasium, a synthetic football field, roof-top basketball court and 25-metre swimming pool. Both air-conditioned Secondary and Primary blocks come with well-resourced libraries and specialist rooms such as IT suites, Arts/Drama workshops, and AV equipped media rooms. The campus is fully broadband-networked with both wired and wireless access.

Alumni DestinationsIn recent years Uplands students have been successful in winning places at top universities across Europe, the UK, Canada, USA, Australasia and Asia. These universities include: Cambridge University, Oxford University, University College London, Imperial College London, King’s College London, London School of Economics (UK); Ivy League at Dartmouth College, Princeton, andUniversity of Pennsylvania, Yale University; University of California, Berkeley, Boston University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, prestigious Liberal Arts Colleges like Swarthmore and Vassar (USA); McGill University, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario (Canada); Australia National University, Melbourne University, Sydney University, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland (Australia); Hong Kong University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong); Aarthus School of Business (Denmark); Maastricht University (Netherlands); Ecole Hotelier (Switzerland); National University of Singapore, Yale-NUS (Singapore); Nagoya University (Japan); Auckland University, University of Otago (New Zealand); International Medical University, Penang Medical College (Malaysia).

Extra-curricular ActivitiesOver fifty different clubs and other activities take place at lunchtime, after School, or occasionally at weekends, and every effort has been made to put together a stimulating programme that is both attractive and educational to our students. The extra-curricular options change frequently to allow students to explore new activities. At the moment, options include Basketball, Chamber Orchestra, Chess, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Zither, Environmental, Film, Japanese Tea Ceremony, Karate, Malay Dance, Model United Nations, Rock & Jazz Band, Swimming, Tae Kwon Do, Yoga, among many others.

Our Music, Art, and Theatre Departments stage regular performances and exhibitions and our success on the sports field at local, national and international level are testament to the School’s reputation in educating the whole person to high standards of excellence, no matter what the pursuit.

Learning SupportThe Learning Support Programme seeks to provide services to identified students that address their academic development. When needed, the Learning Support teacher provides in-class assistance to ensure that students have access to and understand concepts taught in English, Humanities, Science and Mathematics. Frequent collaboration occurs between the Learning Support teacher and classroom/subject teacher to ensure support is given and to share strategies to support the students’ learning. Classroom test and exam accommodations may be provided should students have specific learning needs identified by a qualified psychologist. The Learning Support teacher will liaise with outside professionals who provide speech-language therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. It is the aim of the Learning Support Programme to make certain that students are getting the appropriate support and show continued success at Uplands. Currently, Uplands has the capacity to offer Learning Support services to students with mild learning difficulties.

Until the year 2000, the School offered only the British IGCSE and A-Level programmes, but in 2001, Uplands became accredited to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, followed in 2006 by authorisation to deliver the Primary Years Programme (PYP). Today Uplands offers elements of both the Cambridge and the IB programmes to its students.

In the Primary School, students from Reception to Year 6 follow the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) that focuses on the development of the whole child and offers a framework that meets children’s academic, social, physical, emotional and cultural needs. Uplands School was the first in Malaysia to offer this world-class programme.

In the Lower Secondary, (Years 7 to 9), students follow a broad base of studies involving a compulsory Core Curriculum of English Language and Literature (or English as a Second Language), Mathematics, Coordinated Sciences, Physical Education, Geography, History, Information Technology, Design Technology, Art, Music, Drama, Bahasa

Malaysia, and one other Modern Foreign Language (from Mandarin, German, French, Japanese and Spanish).

At Upper Secondary level (Years 10 and 11), students will prepare for public examinations, conducted in the School, but assessed in the United Kingdom, and in most cases leading to the Cambridge IGCSE qualifications. Most students prepare for eight to ten subjects with English, Mathematics, the Coordinated Sciences and Physical Education (for the top sets) being compulsory, and at least one of the Humanities (Geography, History, Economics), one of the Arts (Music, Drama, Visual Arts, Media Studies) and one of the Modern Foreign Languages. There is room in the curriculum for one more elective choice that may include Information Technology, DT Graphics, DT Resistant Materials, Geography and History. The subjects offered are reviewed each year according to demand by students.

All students entering the Pre-University Courses (Years 12 and 13) will study the IB Diploma. The IB Diploma, an intensive, two-year programme, requires students to

study a combination of six subjects, three at Higher Level and three at Standard level. Students all embrace the Core elements of the Programme, which consists of a Theory of Knowledge course, the writing for an Extended Essay (4,000 mini-thesis) and active involvement in the Creativity, Activity and Service Programme (CAS). All three elements offer a highly enriching and holistic approach to student education and are excellent preparation for University.

While the language of instruction is English, several foreign languages such as German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia are offered, and there is a strong English as a Second Language (ESL) programme for those who require it in the lower Secondary section. There is a dedicated Learning Support Department and a qualified Student Counselor is on-hand to serve the School community.

Over 80% of our teachers are expatriates with wide international experience, recruited from over a dozen nations but with the majority UK-educated and trained.

Curriculum

A Conducive Learning Environment for Students

Uplands School aims to provide an international education for students of all nationalities in an academically challenging, multi-cultural environment. The School aims to be a cooperative international community, encouraged by the principles of mutual respect, within a framework of a secular education and an open exchange of rational ideas. The School encourages methods of teaching that foster the enjoyment of learning, discovery and enquiry, to create a community that promotes respect for truth, in preparation for a better future.

IntroductionThe International School of Penang (Uplands) was founded in 1955, in a colonial hotel on the top of Penang Hill, as a British preparatory boarding school for the children of expatriate families in Malaya. It was relocated to a historic, former catholic seminary site in Georgetown in 1976, and moved once again in September 2006 into purpose-built facilities in the heart of Batu Feringgi, the island’s beach resort.

Uplands School is a not-for-profit, multi-cultural, and multi-national community having its roots in historic Penang, a city with a unique blend of cultures and history of ethnic exchange. The School philosophy is that a community that promotes mutual and self-respect, and where care and cooperation are paramount, will automatically encourage

good human relations. In academic endeavour, the School practices methods of teaching which encourage a willingness to learn, discover and enquire; and that develop a wide range of human faculties – the intellectual, aesthetic, emotional and physical. In line with our philosophy we provide a wide variety of disciplines and activities, both within and outside the academic curriculum.

AccreditationsThe International School of Penang (Uplands) is an IB World School, also recognised by the Malaysian Ministry of Education and permitted to admit both foreign and local students. It is a member of the Boarding Schools Association (BSA), The Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA), British International Schools Worldwide (BISW), and approvedto offer external examinations by TheInternational Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), and Edexcel International Examinations. The School received an award from the Malaysian Ministry of Education in June 2003, recognising it as one of the leading international schools in the nation. The School was previously twice accredited under its CIS (Council of International Schools) affiliation, as well as the British Schools Overseas scheme.

Mission Statement

SCHOOL FEES 2015 - 2016(3 terms annually)

Tuition fees per year RM30,800 - RM46,200according to Year Group. Boarding fees per year RM38,500 - RM40,400Entrance Fee (one time only)RM7,000Entrance Deposit RM5,000As of June 2015 * Subject to change

IB Diploma (Ages 16 - 19)

IB PYP programme(Ages 4 - 11)

Years 7 to 9: Internationally based curriculum (Ages 11 - 14)

Years 10 to 11: Cambridge IGCSE (Ages 15 - 16)

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