Alice Smith School

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The Alice Smith School
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Alice Smith School
2 Jalan Bellamy, 50460 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Type Private British International School
Motto Latin: Sic Itur Ad Astra
(In this way we shall reach the stars)
Established1946 [1]
FounderAlice Fairfield-Smith
GenderCoeducational
Age7to 18
Enrolment~800 Secondary School
~650 Primary School
Houses  Scott
  Fairfield
  Muir
  Fleming
ColoursGreen and Red   
Affiliations Federation of British International Schools in Asia, Council of British International Schools, Council of International Schools
AbbreviationKLASS
TuitionRM 14,450-33,970 per term
Website www.alice-smith.edu.my

The Alice Smith School is a private coeducational British International School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2]

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Founded in 1946, it is the oldest British international school in Malaysia. [3] [4] The school is a not-for-profit educational institution situated on two campuses. [5] The Primary Campus that teaches from Preschool to Year 6 is on Jalan Bellamy in Kuala Lumpur and the Secondary Campus which provides Year 7 to Year 13 on Jalan Equine in Seri Kembangan, Selangor. [6]

The Alice Smith School is a member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia, and the Council of International Schools. [7] [8] It is also a member of the South East Asia Student Activities Conference and Association of International Schools in Malaysia (AIMS). [9] It is accredited as fully compliant by the Council of British International Schools, and received British School Overseas accreditation in 2011 and 2014 from the British Department for Education. [10] [11]

The school offers the National Curriculum for England in Primary and Secondary School. It offers GCSE, IGCSE, and A-Level Options from Edexcel, Cambridge Assessments, and AQA. [11] [12]

It has been a finalist in the 2019, 2022 and 2023 COBIS International Schools Awards and 2021 winner. [13] [14] [15] [16] It has also been shortlisted by the Daily Telegraph's Independent Schools of the Year Awards in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [17] [18] [19]

The school was ranked as one of the Top Fifteen Schools in China & Southeast Asia one of the top 100 schools in the world by the Carfax Education and Spears' Schools Index 2022. [20] [21]

History

The school was started in 1946 by Alice Fairfield-Smith at her home on Jalan Eaton, Kuala Lumpur at the end of the Second World War in order to educate the community of British colonial expatriates. [3] She was a biology graduate from Harvard University. [22]

Subsequently, the school rented the Masonic Hall on Damansara Road and later also used St Andrew's Church from 1951 to 1963 for the preschool. [23] When Alice Smith left in 1950, the school formally incorporated. The school relocated behind the old National Palace on Jalan Bellamy in May 1955. [23] [24]

The school's 25-acre secondary campus was opened by Prince Edward in Equine Park, Seri Kembangan, Selangor in September 1998. [24] [25]

The primary school's Jubilee Centre was also awarded GOLD by the Malaysian Architectural Awards, and was opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York. [26]

Facilities

The secondary school has a 50m, 10 lane Olympic swimming pool, as well as an 8-lane IAAF accredited running track. [25]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alice Smith School" (PDF). edureviews.com.
  2. ↑ Asia, Tatler. "Alice Smith School | Tatler Asia". Tatler Asia.
  3. 1 2 "British curriculum's building blocks for high-quality education". Free Malaysia Today | FMT. 13 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Alice Smith Story | Alice Smith School". www.alice-smith.edu.my.
  5. ↑ "Alice Smith School Review". The Good Schools Guide.
  6. ↑ "The Alice Smith School: Details and Fees". www.international-schools-database.com.
  7. ↑ "The Alice Smith School Kuala Lumpur - FOBISIA". www.fobisia.org.
  8. ↑ "Membership Directory - CIS Council of International Schools". www.cois.org.
  9. ↑ "Member Schools". The Association of International Malaysian Schools.
  10. ↑ "The Patron's Accreditation and Compliance Summary Report" (PDF). Alice Smith School.
  11. 1 2 "School Profile 2018-2019" (PDF). Alice Smith School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "The Alice Smith School, Secondary Campus".
  13. ↑ "Awards to Malaysian international schools". The Star. 3 February 2019.
  14. ↑ Hingston, Tash (20 September 2022). "International School Awards 2023 Shortlisted Schools Announced".
  15. ↑ Staff, ExpatGo (23 August 2021). "School Snaps: Alice Smith wins prestigious award at the International School Awards 2021".
  16. ↑ Shaw, Phoebe (17 November 2021). "International School Awards 2022 Shortlisted Schools Announced".
  17. ↑ "Alice Smith School". Malaysia Tatler. 1 April 2022 – via PressReader.
  18. ↑ "Shortlist 2022 | Independent Schools of the Year". www.independentschoolsoftheyear.co.uk.
  19. ↑ "Finalists 2021 | Independent Schools of the Year". www.independentschoolsoftheyear.co.uk.
  20. ↑ "Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Spear's 500 School Profile". Spears 500.
  21. ↑ "Accreditation | Alice Smith School". www.alice-smith.edu.my.
  22. ↑ "KLASS 70th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet". Issuu. 18 July 2019.
  23. 1 2 Lim, By Ida (11 September 2017). "KL’s 100-year-old St Andrew’s church built from ‘cookies, cakes… and knitwear’". Malay Mail.
  24. 1 2 "The 75 years journey". 75th Anniversary Chronicle Magazine. Alice Smith School – via Issuu.
  25. 1 2 "Learning Environment | Secondary". Alice Smith School.
  26. ↑ "Prince Andrew visits Alice Smith School". The Borneo Post. 28 June 2016 – via PressReader.
  27. ↑ Os, Dr. Maria. "Secondary Weekly Highlight: A Dramatic Start to the Year!".
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