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Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
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Garden International School was founded in 1951 by Mrs Sally Watkins in the Lake Gardens of Kuala Lumpur, initially serving expatriate families with just two students. Over the decades, the school relocated several times—moving to Bukit Bintang in 1955 and eventually to the current Mont Kiara campus in 1996. Today, GIS is part of Taylor’s Education Group, a private Malaysian education company.
GIS hosts a variety of community and cultural events that bring families, staff, and students together. One notable annual highlight is the Garden Party, a festive day featuring family activities, food stalls, games, and fundraising in support of community partners.
The school does not publicly mention a formal PTA or its specific activities on its website. However, parent involvement is evident through their active participation in events and activities organised by the school.
Garden International School’s Early Years Centre (EYC) in Desa Sri Hartamas serves children aged 3–5 within the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and a British-based curriculum. Children learn through play while building early literacy and numeracy, supported by specialist lessons and Mandarin as an additional language. A distinctive feature is Jungle School, where classes move outdoors for hands-on exploration; GIS has further expanded nature-play with newly developed, multi-sensory outdoor spaces for its youngest learners. The EYC sits five minutes from the Main Campus in Mont Kiara, easing the transition into GIS’s through-school pathway (3–18). Families can use the school’s bus service, and fee information (including Early Years tuition) is published online. The wider GIS community totals 2,000+ students, with long-established strengths in sport and the arts
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