Hi, nice to read your review, were you on the waiting list before get accepted to SAS? and in what level your children currently studying ? I'm planning to sent my son to SAS for Grade 1 ..

Parents are strongly encouraged to get involved! There may not be an English PTA per se, but this school truly does a great job of trying to integrate not just the students of all differing cultures, but their families. There are MANY activities for families to join/go to, so I'm not sure if this person just wasn't paying attention or just didn't want to get involved, but speaking from the perspective of two children who absolutely loved the school (one who, now 12 years later is contemplating returning there to teach), we were very pleased with the whole experience.

Appreciate your words here. I too have a son in OFS and we are happy with the school and its academic style and the facilities offered!! The campus is falling apart. The programs are old. The management care about getting the $$$$ in, not the kids. The staff are incredible, they work so hard to give children a great education.

Very happy with GESS European Section. Both children had "buddies" to help them and the teachers were very helpful. We like the emphasis on sports and the outdoors. Very clean and well maintained campuses. Good school community. It's a breath of fresh air amongst the 'For Profit' international schools in Singapore. as being new to the european section and singapore, we were never introduced to the family "buddy system", our child never had a "buddy system", and the German as a foreign language (GFL) is a 5hr per week programme and a bit too intense for a foreign language. The communication is only effective if you as the parent communicate with the staff first, otherwise they do not communicate. Not sure how it compares with other international schools, but as our first school here it is a disappointment.

BOGUS! And I know because I worked there! (Except for the warm friendly staff.)

A very badly run school with high staff turnover. Parent involvement was unwelcomed and discouraged. This is a very successful profit making business. The premises are old and badly maintained. There is also a high percentage of non-English speaking children in the classes. Parents try to transfer their children once they see the problems in the education and management. Chatsworth teaching has been very strong - my kids have done better here than in England (at good schools). The facilities are not great. Poor, in fact - which is a shock given the school's owners make a nice profit each year. School management is simple - do as you are told, criticise nothing, or get thrown out (I know several examples of this). The school know they can get parents waiting for better schools, so seem to know they do not have to try hard. If I could get the teachers to all move to a new school with decent facilities and not run by a dictator with no interest in children...but there you go.

I'm baffled by the description of Singapore as "third world". It's one of the most first-world countries on the planet! It's also considerably more clean, protective, and all-round "nice" than pretty much any other country in the world, including the US. The usual complaint about Singapore is that it's too sterile and clean, not that it's smelly and unhygienic. I wonder where in Singapore the reviewer was living - and whether he or she ever dared to cross the causeway. If you think Singapore's smelly and third world, don't go near Malaysia - let alone Indonesia! I spent a couple of years in Singapore and loved the cleanliness, beauty, inspiring cityscape, and efficiency. When it comes to culture shock, what I had considerable difficulty with was the very inherent racism - not of a derogatory nature, but of a "race=culture" and "cultures can't mix" variety. As someone in a mixed-race relationship, I found that very hard. Overall, though, I'd far rather be there than in London, which is where I live now, and which is truly third-world compared to Singapore. Local chinese dialects are NEVER illegal when spoken. Singapore is a first world country - unless writer has visited country 50 years ago.

What is the program like for students in the Middle School? How many students are in the Grade 6?

The above review is not up to date. In 2010/2011 the school changed. The concerns listed above have been addressed. There is a different approach in the Pre-School and Junior School. As with all schools, when you visit you can quickly pick up the atmosphere of the place. EIS is a community which is friendly, caring and professional.