Cambodia, Phnom Penh
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Southbridge International School Cambodia is in the Chbar Ampov area of Phnom Penh, sited within the Borey Peng Huoth Polaris residential development (Building No. 367, Polaris Street, Sangkat Nirouth, Khan Chbar Ampov). The school is in the south-east of the city and is accessed from major local roads serving that housing estate; the website also lists additional campuses (Chroy Chongva and other sites) as ‘coming soon'.
SISC serves Early Years through Grade 12 (students aged from about 2 years up to 18), with Nursery/K1–K3 in Early Years and Primary and Secondary years up to Grade 12. The school offers both a Khmer General Education pathway and international (IEYC/Cambridge) pathways through IGCSE and AS/A Levels.
SISC is a co-educational day school offering bilingual/integrated Khmer and international programmes (IEYC and Cambridge). The school's public materials describe campus facilities and day programmes but do not list boarding provision on the website, so families should confirm directly with admissions if they need boarding or residential options.
The school operates a Learning Support Department and a Student Affairs office to support learners with different needs; the admissions information specifically names a Learning Support Department. External school listings note that SISC provides EAL/ESL support and works with external specialists for assessments when required. For individual SEN provision and formal assessments (IEPs, specialist referrals), contact the school's admissions or learning support team to discuss specific needs.
SISC is a Cambodian school offering the Khmer General Education (MoEYS-accredited) programme alongside international Cambridge pathways; it does not state an affiliation to a particular foreign country.
The school's published materials present SISC as a multi‑cultural, non‑religious educational provider; no religious affiliation is listed on the website.
Published timetables and school listings show a typical start in the early morning (around 07:20–07:30 for morning assembly/lessons) with lessons and morning breaks scheduled mid-morning and the day finishing in the mid‑afternoon (external listings give a finish time around 16:15); grade-specific timetables (breaks, lunch) are published for each year group. Families should request the current grade-specific timetable from admissions because start/end times and break patterns can vary by year and by academic year.
The school's contact and admissions pages do not advertise a school bus service, and third‑party school listings indicate that a school bus is not provided; the site instead highlights that it is located within a large residential development (Borey Peng Huoth). If a daily transport arrangement is important, contact the admissions office to confirm current transport options or to ask whether private providers or parent-run shuttle arrangements are available.
Application / one‑time fees
- Registration / application fee: a one‑time registration charge is applied at first enrolment (example shown for Nursery 2: KHR 2,807,000). Capital / development fee is also charged in the first year (example Nursery 2: KHR 2,005,000).
Tuition fees by year group (published annual totals; per‑term figures shown as annual ÷ 3 and marked as calculated)
- Nursery 2 (age 2): Annual tuition total KHR 19,448,501 · Per term (calculated) KHR 6,482,834.
- Kindergarten 1–3 (ages 3–5): Annual tuition total KHR 23,097,601 · Per term (calculated) KHR 7,699,200.
- Grades 1–5 (ages 6–10): Annual tuition total KHR 28,390,801 · Per term (calculated) KHR 9,463,600.
- Grade 6: Annual tuition total KHR 36,250,401 · Per term (calculated) KHR 12,083,467.
- Grades 7–8: Annual tuition total KHR 37,252,901 · Per term (calculated) KHR 12,417,634.
- Grades 9–12 (Years 9–12): Annual tuition total KHR 38,897,001 · Per term (calculated) KHR 12,965,667.
- Example first‑year total (Nursery 2) including one‑time registration and capital fees: KHR 22,255,501.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- The school's published admission notes state that school fees must be paid in full before a child may start. The publicly available fee schedule lists annual amounts; per‑term payment details are not itemised in the accessible schedule. (Per‑term figures above are calculated by dividing the published annual total by three; that division is an inference, shown as “calculated”.)
Boarding fees
- No boarding provision or boarding fees are listed in the school's published fee information. SISC is presented as a day school in the published materials.
Other costs and concessions
- Capital/development fee is charged (example amounts shown above) and typically covers school development/materials. A sibling discount policy (10% for third child and above, applied to the younger sibling's tuition) is indicated in the published schedule. Specific line items for uniform, meals or transport are not itemised in the publicly available fee table.
Refunds and payment methods
- The published fee documents available through public listings do not include an explicit refund policy or a detailed list of accepted payment methods. The school's admissions notes require full payment before start; other refund/payment terms are not published in the accessible schedule.
Note: I used the school's published fee schedule summarized by a third‑party school‑fees directory to extract numeric values and the school's admissions page for payment terms; where the school's schedule published annual totals only, per‑term numbers above were calculated (annual ÷ 3) and are explicitly flagged as calculated.
Southbridge International School Cambodia (SISC) is an English–Khmer bilingual day school in Borey Peng Huoth, Chbar Ampov, Phnom Penh. Established in 2000, SISC offers Early Years through Secondary education using the IEYC and Cambridge pathways alongside the Cambodian (Khmer) curriculum. The school's campus includes a gymnasium, three playgrounds, swimming pools, a football field, library and computer labs; swimming, PE, music and art are scheduled classes from K1 upward. SISC runs Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge AS/A‑Level programmes in upper secondary and operates a bilingual pathway where students study in both English and Khmer; Saturday Chinese classes are available for Grades 1–10. Admissions use age-based placement (Nursery from 2½ years); the school notes separate principals for Early Years, Primary and Secondary. Extracurricular offerings currently include football, basketball, volleyball and an annual drama production; a student council and prefect system provide leadership opportunities. The school temporarily reports its school bus service as unavailable.