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Nigeria, Lagos
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6 Harold Shodipo Crescent GRA, Lagos, Nigeria
Early Years (2.5–5), Primary (6–10), Secondary (11–16)
Independent, secular day and boarding school for boys and girls
Nigeria; Cambridge International Examinations is used for IGCSE
Secular; no religious affiliation
Application / Registration
- Application forms are available for a one-time fee of ₦50,000. Payments may be made by POS, bank transfer or direct deposit. Account details for deposits are provided by the school.
Tuition (annual / per-term information)
- The school operates as an independent day and boarding school; published, itemised tuition amounts by specific year group and per-term breakdown are not posted publicly.
- Publicly available fee reports and local listings show varying annual tuition figures for recent academic sessions. Figures reported by multiple local sources for the 2024–2026 period fall broadly in the ranges below (no official year-by-year schedule is published):
- Day students: commonly reported around ₦1,000,000 per year by some listings; other listings report ranges between approximately ₦1,000,000 and ₦3,000,000 per year.
- Boarding students / weekly or full-board options: third‑party listings report higher annual totals (some sources quote ranges up to several million naira per year), reflecting separate boarding charges in addition to tuition. Exact boarding charges are not published on the school's public pages.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Fees may be paid either for the full year or on a termly basis; a deposit is required to reserve an offered place. The school accepts POS, bank transfer and direct deposit for payments. Specific term-by-term instalment amounts and formal payment deadlines are not publicly itemised.
Boarding fees and arrangements
- Avi‑Cenna provides boarding options (the school is described as a day and boarding school). No publicly posted, itemised boarding fee schedule (weekly or full‑board rates) is available on the school's public pages. Separate charges for boarding are reported by third parties but precise, official boarding rates and what they include are not published.
Other costs and compulsory extras
- Uniform: a full school uniform is required; descriptions of required items for boys, girls and PE kits are published (blazer with school badge, shirts, trousers/skirts, PE kit items, etc.). Specific prices for uniform items are not published.
- Admission deposit: an unspecified deposit is required to reserve an offered place (amount not published).
- Typical additional items that are commonly charged by similar schools and that appear in third‑party fee lists (but are not itemised officially by Avi‑Cenna) include examination fees, practical/science fees, activity or PTA levies, and stationery/uniform extras; no official line‑by‑line public amounts for these at Avi‑Cenna were located.
Refunds and deposits
- No publicly posted refund policy or a published schedule stating refundable/ non‑refundable amounts for deposits or fees was found on the school's public pages. A deposit is required to reserve a place, but whether that deposit is refundable and under what conditions is not published.
Accepted payment methods
- The school accepts POS, bank transfer and direct deposit for application and school payments. Bank account name and account number for deposits are published for use when completing admission-related payments.
Summary of availability of official fee detail
- The school publishes the application form price, payment channels (POS, bank transfer, direct deposit) and that a deposit is needed to reserve a place. The school's public pages do not publish an itemised, year‑group by year/group termly fee schedule, formal refund policy, or detailed boarding charges. Independent/local listings and news aggregators report annual tuition amounts that vary by source; those sources were consulted for reported ranges but do not replace an official, itemised fee schedule.
Located in Lagos, Avi-Cenna International School is an independent, secular day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 2 to 16. Founded in 1989, it honors Avicenna and offers a British-style education from Pre-School to Secondary. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provides the foundation; Primary follows the National Curriculum for England and Wales and ends with KS2 SATs. The Secondary curriculum covers Years 7–9 (Key Stage 3) and Years 10–11 (Key Stage 4) with Cambridge IGCSE. Languages include French and Arabic. Facilities include safe, purpose-built EYFS spaces with a mini zoo and a learning hub, and classrooms equipped with audiovisual technology. The school runs a broad co-curricular program, including sports, music, drama, arts and crafts, and clubs such as chess, ICT programming, and French Club. Avi-Cenna is internationally diverse, with around 30 nationalities. The school is consistently recognized by Cambridge for strong IGCSE results, underscoring its track record in delivering a global, standards-aligned education.
