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SMSIS is located at Spg. 340 Jalan Gadong, Kg Mata-Mata, Bandar Seri Begawan BE 1718, Negara Brunei Darussalam. The address places the campus in the Gadong area of Brunei's capital, accessible by road. The school serves expatriate families alongside Bruneian residents.
SMSIS provides Early Years (EYFS) through Primary education. The Primary curriculum runs on the Cambridge Primary Programme for core subjects (English, Mathematics, Science and ICT Starters), and Kindergarten 1 to Year 6 are the listed year levels.
SMSIS operates as an international day school and is co-educational. The admissions policy indicates a focus on expatriate and Bruneian families, implying non-segregated gender provision.
SMSIS provides a Health Clinic with a school nurse to support student health and safety. There is a designated Student Support Unit for learning-support needs. Public details of specific SEN provisions are not published on the site.
No formal country affiliation is published for SMSIS. The curriculum uses the UK-origin Cambridge Primary Programme for core subjects and Brunei's SPN 21 for local subjects, reflecting a dual-framework approach.
There is no explicit religious affiliation stated for SMSIS. Brunei's SPN 21 curriculum includes Islamic Religious Knowledge for Muslim students as part of the national framework, but the school itself is described as international and non-sectarian.
SMSIS uses a two-session day structure: a Morning Session and an Afternoon Session. The exact start/end times are not published in accessible text.
Public information about a school bus service is not published on the SMSIS site. Families should contact the school to discuss transport arrangements. Contact details are available through the school's Contact Us page.
Application / Registration Fee
- Application / registration fee: BND 100.
Tuition fees by year group (published annual amounts)
- Nursery 2 (age 2): BND 2,350 per year.
- Kindergarten 1 (age 3): BND 2,350 per year.
- Kindergarten 2 (age 4): BND 2,350 per year.
- Kindergarten 3 (age 5): BND 2,550 per year.
- Year 1 (age 6): BND 2,550 per year.
- Year 2 (age 7): BND 2,550 per year.
- Year 3 (age 8): BND 2,550 per year.
- Year 4 (age 9): BND 2,550 per year.
- Year 5 (age 10): BND 2,550 per year.
Per-term breakdown and how fees are presented
- Tuition amounts are published as annual totals. A per-term or per-semester breakdown is not published in the publicly available fee listings; parents should treat the figures above as the annual tuition charge.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Confirmation requirement: upon confirmation of enrolment the school requires payment equal to two (2) monthsadvance school fees.
- The school publishes tuition as an annual figure; the schoolrequires the two-month advance at acceptance and operates a separate invoicing/payment schedule for the remaining balance according to its enrolment and billing procedures (details of instalment dates and monthly/term billing are handled by the school at admission).
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not applicable; the school is an early years and primary day school (ages typically 2to 11) and does not publish any boarding charges.
Other costs and additional fees
- The published tuition does not include certain additional costs such as uniforms, books, external academic competitions, extracurricular activities, school trips, and other activity-specific charges; these items are charged separately.
- Typical additional items that may be charged: school uniform, textbooks/workbooks, examination or external assessment fees, extra-curricular activity fees, transport (if applicable), and selected field-trip/activity costs. Specific prices for these items are not published as part of the generic tuition figures.
Refund information
- The advance payment required on confirmation (two monthsschool fees) is treated as non-refundable if the child does not attend or if the child leaves the school after confirmation.
Fee payment options
- The school publishes an online bank transfer procedure and accepts bank transfer as a method of payment; details and account information are provided by the school during the admissions/payment process.
- Other payment methods (credit/debit card, cheque, cash, standing instruction) are not explicitly published in the publicly available fee summaries; parents receive the full list of acceptable payment methods and instructions from the school at enrolment.
Seri Mulia Sarjana International School (SMSIS) opened in 1998. It began as a Special English Language class within the former PDS School and moved to a new campus in 1998, becoming PDS International School. In 2008 a name change updated the school to Seri Mulia Sarjana International School. The campus sits in the Gadong/Mata-Mata area of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital. The latitude/longitude of the campus are 4.9003042, 114.9003268. SMSIS is an international school serving expatriate and Bruneian families, with Early Years and Primary education; it prepares students for Secondary years. Principal: Chong Wee Meng. The language of instruction is English, with Bahasa Melayu integrated from Kindergarten 2 to Year 6 and Mandarin offered as an elective. Curricula include the Early Years Foundation Stage and Cambridge Primary Programme, with Brunei SPN 21 subjects (MIB, Bahasa Melayu, Islamic Religious Knowledge) as compulsory in local contexts. The school publishes field trips and co-curricular activity content indicating a broad program of academic and cultural activities, and a Parent-Teacher Association exists. SMSIS has accreditation activity including a WASC candidacy.
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