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Nigeria, Lagos
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Boarding is available for children from Year 6 to Year 13. Students may stay full-time or weekly (Sunday evening to Friday afternoon). The boarding house sits on the school campus with its own grounds, sports facilities and a dining hall, and is supported by the Head of Boarding, house parents, resident medical staff and academic tutors to provide pastoral and academic support.
The school has a uniform requirement; students wear a school uniform or kit.
The boarding dining hall provides meals as part of boarding life.
The school operates a house system with Willow, Sycamore, Jacaranda and Acacia houses.
The school is overseen in terms of strategic direction and governance by an advisory board which works in collaboration with the proprietor who has overall ownership of the school.
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.
