Falconhouse Grammar School

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Falconhouse Grammar School
Location

Pakistan
Information
Type Private
Established1984(37 years ago) (1984)
Faculty4,000
Enrollment20,000
Color(s) Maroon   and white  
Chief executive officer Ahmar Rehman
Website falconhouse.edu.pk

Falconhouse Grammar School (abbreviated as FGS) is one of the largest private English-medium school systems in Pakistan. It offers preschool, primary education, secondary education and preparation for local Secondary School Certificate and the international General Certificate of Education. Most of its students opt to take the international GCE O and AS/A Level examinations organized by the University of Cambridge International Examinations of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).

Organization

GradeLocal titleAge
PreschoolPlay Group2+
Nursery3+
Kindergarten4+
Grade IJunior I5+
Grade IIJunior II6+
Grade IIIJunior III7+
Grade IVJunior IV8+
Grade VJunior V9+
Grade VIJunior VI10+
Grade VIIPrep I11+
Grade VIIIPrep II12+
Grade IXPrep III13+
Grade XO Level I14+
Grade XIO Level II15+
Grade XIIA Level I16+
Grade XIIIA Level II17+

Branches

Karachi
CampusGender SystemLocation
1CoeducationalNorth Nazimabad
2North Nazimabad
3GirlsNorth Karachi
Boys
4CoeducationalGulshan Iqbal
5 GirlsNorth Nazimabad
6 CoeducationalNazimabad
7North Nazimabad
8 Shaheed Millat Road
9 Garden East
10GirlsGulshan Iqbal
Boys
11CoeducationalClifton
12 Gulistan Johar
Hyderabad
CampusGender SystemLocation
1CoeducationalLatifabad
Multan
CampusGender SystemLocation
1CoeducationalOfficers' Colony
2Garden Town

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