North London Collegiate School Jeju

NLCS Jeju combines British and international qualifications. Pupils follow a British curriculum up to Year 9, then take a two-year IGCSE programme in Years 10 and 11. In the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13) all students study the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, choosing one subject from each of the six groups, with options such as Latin, global politics, philosophy, psychology, sports science, dance and theatre, plus the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and CAS. An IB coordinator and specialist team support the programme, and the 2025 average IB score was 37 points.

The school is organised in a Junior School and a Senior School. The First School (Reception to Year 2, from age 4) and the Lower School (Years 3 to 6) each have their own library and auditorium; specialist teaching starts in Years 5 and 6. The Senior School covers Years 7 to 9 and the IGCSE years (10 and 11), and the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13) prepares students for the IB Diploma.

The school's philosophy rests on three pillars: academic scholarship, outstanding pastoral care and excellence beyond the curriculum. Its aims include an ambitious education that lets each pupil make the most of their abilities, a community where everyone feels valued and supported, resilience in the face of challenges, and an outward-looking, internationally minded outlook based on respect, compassion and service to others. Its motto is to start at NLCS Jeju and go anywhere.

The large, green campus offers classrooms fitted with SMART screens, Mac suites, biology, chemistry and physics laboratories, language labs and three libraries for the First, Lower and Senior Schools. Arts facilities include a performing arts centre, a concert hall, a recital hall, music practice rooms, drama and dance studios, art rooms with exhibition areas, three auditoriums and two lecture theatres. The sports centre has a multi-purpose hall, a swimming pool, squash courts, a gymnastics studio, a gym and a spin studio, and there are two artificial-turf pitches. A separate medical centre, two dining rooms, a café and the boarding homes complete the site.

Meals from breakfast to dinner are cooked on site by the catering partner, with Korean and Western choices, a salad bar and options for vegan diets and food allergies. A medical centre staffed by four resident nurses operates around the clock. Students can see emotional guidance counsellors, and a learning support team helps those with additional needs. Every student is assigned a university guidance counsellor from Year 10. Uniform is worn up to Year 11, with business attire in the Sixth Form, and an elected Parent Representative Group meets the leadership each term.

Boarding is at the heart of NLCS Jeju, and students are encouraged to live on campus from Year 5 onwards. There are six purpose-built, single-gender boarding homes with en-suite rooms and study areas, plus two Sixth Form homes, Halla East and Halla North, which give older students more independence before university. Boarders receive pastoral and academic support, including an academic enhancement programme, and the campus is active seven days a week with activities and the Saturday Bryant programme.

More than 100 after-school activities and student-led societies run each week, including cycling, drama productions, ceramics, oil painting, contemporary, street and ballet dance, gymnastics, football, swimming, tennis, volleyball and 3D modelling. On Saturdays, the Bryant programme adds over 100 further options such as basketball, rugby, kayaking, photography, coding, baking, MUN and community service, with off-campus golf, fencing, surfing and rock climbing. Music includes several orchestras, jazz and rock bands and ensembles, plus ABRSM exams. Teams compete in Jeju, mainland Korea and through FOBISIA and KISAC, and students can take the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.