A student wiring a control panel in the school's electrical engineering laboratory

Academics

What is actually taught, and how well it goes.

The Nigerian national curriculum, taught to WAEC and NECO, with an optional Cambridge IGCSE track from SS1. Junior classes cap at 24; senior classes at 20.

Junior school

JSS 1 — JSS 3

Three years of the full basic-education curriculum before any specialisation. Streaming happens at the end of JSS3, after a conversation with the child, the form teacher and you.

English StudiesMathematicsBasic ScienceBasic TechnologySocial StudiesCivic EducationBusiness StudiesAgricultural ScienceComputer StudiesFrenchYorubaCultural & Creative ArtsPhysical & Health EducationReligious Studies

Senior school

Four streams, SS 1 — SS 3

Every stream sits nine WAEC subjects including English and Mathematics.

Science

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Further Mathematics
  • Technical Drawing

Feeds medicine, engineering and computing courses. Double-period labs three times a week.

Commercial

  • Financial Accounting
  • Economics
  • Commerce
  • Business Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Data Processing

Anchored by a termly enterprise project judged by Lagos business owners.

Arts & Humanities

  • Literature in English
  • Government
  • History
  • Christian/Islamic Religious Studies
  • Geography
  • French

Weekly seminar format — students argue a position and defend it in writing.

Technical

  • Basic Electronics
  • Electrical Installation
  • Auto Mechanics
  • Technical Drawing
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Runs in the Bridgeway workshop; NABTEB certification alongside WAEC.

Results

Four years of numbers, unrounded.

WAEC figures are the share of SS3 candidates with five credits or better including Mathematics and English. JAMB is the cohort average UTME score.

YearWAEC 5 credits +Average UTMECandidates
202594%26878
202491%26174
202389%25471
202288%24969

Where leavers go

University of LagosCovenant UniversityBabcock UniversityUniversity of IbadanObafemi Awolowo UniversityUniversity of TorontoUniversity of LeedsAshesi University, Ghana

Cambridge IGCSE

An optional international track, without leaving the national curriculum.

From SS1, students may take up to four Cambridge IGCSE subjects alongside their WAEC programme — usually Mathematics, English, Physics and Chemistry. Sittings are held on campus in the May/June series. Entry is by teacher recommendation and carries an additional per-subject fee.