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Nigeria, Lagos
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1. Applications for a place at CIS are accepted throughout the year. Each offer of a place is carefully considered and requires the submission of a formal application, a meeting with senior staff and, for all but the youngest children, an entrance examination. To begin the process, make an initial enquiry to the admissions team and arrange a visit to CIS. Early applications are strongly recommended because CIS is academically selective and many year groups are oversubscribed.
2. Examinations are scheduled as follows: Year 7 testing takes place in November and January prior to entry; Sixth Form scholarship papers are taken in March; assessments for all other year groups are scheduled throughout the year. The admissions team guides families through the assessment process. The assessments help determine whether CIS can meet the needs of the child.
3. CIS is academically selective and many year groups are oversubscribed. Early applications are strongly recommended. CIS operates to maximum class and year limits and uses a waiting list in most years. No guarantees can be made that a place will become available before the start of the academic year.
CIS operates to maximum class and year limits. This means a waiting list is in place in most years. No guarantees can be made that a place will become available before the start of the academic year.
Sixth Form scholarship papers are taken in March each year.
CIS Lagos is The Children's International School Lagos, a day and boarding international school located on a Lekki campus in Lagos. The school teaches English National Curriculum for Foundation Stage (ages 2½ to 5), Key Stages 1 to 3, and offers IGCSE courses in Years 10–11 across 28 subjects, including English and Modern Foreign Languages. The campus comprises Junior, Senior and the Chadsworth Sixth Form College, providing a seamless learning journey from age 2 to 18. Specialist facilities support learning across ICT, design and technology, music, art, science and performing arts, with all‑weather pitches, a pool and an indoor hall. African Studies reflects local heritage within a technology‑rich Nigerian context. The school emphasizes pastoral care, safeguarding and a broad extracurricular programme, from sports and music to clubs such as Duke of Edinburgh and a student‑led Volt Club. It balances international standards with university pathways in the UK, USA and beyond.
