Nigeria, Lagos
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1. Registration and documents. Submit the online admission form and pay a non-refundable registration fee of ₦15,000. The documents to accompany the form include birth certificate, a recent passport photograph, a bio-data page of the international passport, and the last three term's reports from the current school (for transfer students). The admission process can be completed online or at designated submission locations in Lagos; if submitting in person, locations are listed on the contact information. After submission, the applicant proceeds to the entrance examination.
2. Entrance examination. Take the entrance examination on-site or online depending on convenience. JSS1 Entrance Subjects are English Language, Mathematics, and Non-Verbal Reasoning; Transfer Examinations for JSS2, JSS3, and SS1 cover English Language, Mathematics, and Science. A Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4) is administered online to admitted students, designed by GL Education, and the candidate's scores are shared with the parents and treated confidentially.
3. Offer of Admission and acceptance. Upon passing the entrance examination, admission is offered and placement is confirmed; parents are notified by email and telephone. An acceptance fee of ₦200,000.00 is required to confirm admission, and this amount is deducted from the child's First Term fees.
4. Fees and payment. Fees must be paid before resumption for each term or session, and students will not be admitted into hostels unless all outstanding fees are settled. Bank transfer is the only acceptable mode of payment; no personal or company cheques are allowed. No discount is granted for full payment of fees for the session/year. The fee schedule covers tuition, resources, meals, and co-curricular activities.
5. Scholarships and funding. A full scholarship is awarded to the candidate who achieves the highest score in the Entrance Examination (no less than 90%). A partial scholarship is awarded to the candidate that comes second in the Entrance Examination.
6. Tour and onboarding. Tours of facilities on-site or virtually can be arranged by completing a visit form or scheduling an online meeting.
A full scholarship is awarded to the candidate who achieves the highest score in the Entrance Examination (no less than 90%). A partial scholarship is awarded to the candidate that comes second in the Entrance Examination.
Atlantic Hall School is a co-educational, boarding secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria, serving students aged 10 to 17. It delivers a dual Nigerian-British curriculum alongside a Canadian Ontario Secondary Diploma program offered in partnership with KAI Academy International and approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education. The school operates JSS and SS; JSS3 sits Cambridge Checkpoint, SS2 Cambridge IGCSE, and SS3 WASSCE. Eleven subject areas include English, Mathematics, Science, ICT, Languages (French, Yoruba, Igbo, Spanish), Business, Humanities, Technology, Vocational, and Creative and Performing Arts. The curriculum supports personalized targets and self-driven learning within the dual framework. The Maryland Estate campus features airy classrooms and quadrangle hostels, an on-site farm with fruit trees and animal husbandry, and a Sports Centre with a 25m six-lane pool, multiple pitches and courts. Nine laboratories, a Technology Workshop, a Virtual Learning Environment, and a 400 Mbps internet connection underpin teaching, while the library holds about 15,000 books in English and local languages.