Dwight School Seoul
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3.4 from 18 reviews
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About Dwight School Seoul


Dwight School Seoul provides an international education to the highest recognized academic standards. We are committed to finding and igniting the “spark of genius” in EVERY child. Dwight School Seoul is the FIRST IB Continuum School in Seoul. Specially selected by the Seoul Municipal Government to open a model IB World School in Seoul, Dwight has gained International Baccalaureate World school status and joins the proud history associated with The Dwight Schools and the International Baccalaureate Organization.

At Dwight School Seoul, we believe that every student is unique. Our goal is to create world leaders through academic excellence but also to develop each student’s passion through an individualized, strategic approach. We are committed to providing personalized learning for all of our students, allowing them to immerse themselves in a comprehensive range of subjects across all three International Baccalaureate programmes: Primary Years Programme (preschool-grade 5), Middle Years Programme (grades 6-10) and the Diploma Programme (grades 11-12).

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Curriculum

IB

Primary Language

English

Ages

3 to 18

Max Class Size

Unknown

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18 Reviews of Dwight School Seoul

Average Ratings

Overall 3.36
Facilities 2.92
Academics 2.92
Teachers 3.00
Sports 2.92
Music & Arts 2.62
Science & Tech 3.15

Reviewer Nationalities

South Korean (3) American (3) British (1) Ugandan (1)

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333113, 12/03/2024 @ 16:06:16
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Absolutely do not recommend this school. I’ve visited many other international schools in Korea, and Dwight is most likely the smallest out of all. I would say the tuition is not worth it. The majority of teachers here hate their jobs and their students. The current school counselor has a habit of belittling and bullying students - deteriorates students’ mental health. There are also a few pedo allegations amongst kids here. Some of the ‘courses’ are so useless it baffles me. There is an overly excessive amount of sex-ed and LGBTQ teachings. Not only, there is too much time wasted in teaching students about very simple knowledge of hygiene, emotions, and peer pressure. I guarantee that at least like 9 out of 10 kids hate it. But the school can’t care less about students’ feedback! The school itself is problematic, has been in a lot of controversial news reports. They force the high schoolers to babysit the elementary schoolers every Wednesday for 2 hours and sometimes we’re forced to participate in boring, useless games, like throwing hula hoops. The cafeteria food, extracurricular activities and uniforms are so expensive here, yet the lunch ladies even hesitate to give out seconds, it’s ridiculous! If your children are young, they may enjoy it here but I wouldn’t recommend for middle and upper schoolers. Dwight is a new school. SFS and SIS are much more rigorous. Never in my life have I been so devastated and unmotivated because of school. I can’t express how happy I am to finally leave. Don’t walk into your own nightmare. Don’t blame me if you do, but I warned you and better run while you can !!

Vamak, 01/02/2024 @ 01:47:53
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Great school! Not really sure why some people are wrote some bad reviews. It is a small which is great because there is sense of community. My daughter attended a private school back in the states but she has never been this happy and excited going to school.

Jonathan Turner, 14/06/2023 @ 02:35:01
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Dwight is a horrible school, it is miles behind other international schools, the worst characteristic of this school is the teachers since most of them are not even qualified. The school is not really international since most of the kids here are Korean obviously and they take up around 80% of all kids for this reason, you will hear more Korean than English every single day. Teachers bring a lot of discussion in this school and especially after a teacher was caught having sexual intercourse with a student outside of school, almost all teachers have heavy preferences especially male teachers towards female students. The school also has a major preference towards Asian students and heavily diminishes other students such as white students due to their historical past of having a certain domination towards Asians and other races. This school is absolutely horrible and it's crazy expensive so doesn't even bother to send your child here because you will regret it and your child will have the worst time of his academic life and I could say this because my child was heavily left out from his teachers for being a straight white male which in this school seems to be illegal apparantely and was heavily bullied by his teachers.

junghyeon, 27/03/2023 @ 10:01:15
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Amazing school. I love it, the teachers are so nice and my classmates too. Korean is spoken here

Hreiðarr Ásbjorn, 18/05/2022 @ 06:49:40
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This school is a cesspit filled with very competitive pretentious rich kids who have a superiority complex and will make others feel inferior due to them getting a lower grade. Punishments are often unfair and teachers are really strict. It is not worth the amount of money. And although this school may look like an international school, don't be fooled as only a third of the kids at this school are from different countries.

Linda, 06/05/2022 @ 14:35:57
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Music program is terrible. Children in upper school are put in band regardless of their level in an instrument. The campus is small, and does not offer enough outside space for kids. The school has many stairs with classes like P.E in the basement with classes like Math/Science immediately after on the 5th of 4th floor.

Roblos-player-one/year/old, 15/03/2022 @ 05:25:24
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This school has mostly good teacher and alot of people enjoy the P.E and has well health care and covid 19 thingy gives out home tests every week.

Dwight Father , 28/02/2021 @ 06:50:06
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Dwight has been very good for our child. They have developed so much over the years.

Dwight Parent , 28/02/2021 @ 06:47:56
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My child is in her fourth year at Dwight. We love the school and community. Could not say enough good things about the teachers and staff.

Donna, 24/02/2021 @ 04:43:14
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Best international IB school in Korea. Two of my kids love the school. Dwight values the parents and students voices.

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심종서, 2 years ago


Good location. Lovely campus. Very new facilities. The only all 3 IB programs authorized school in Seoul.

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Shagufta Alee, a year ago


One of the best International school in seoul. No doubt it is expensive. Highly qualified International staff from different countries serves their best with modern facilities. School provides three IB programs. Very co operative staff and friendly envoirment.

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jason kim, a year ago


I go to Dwight School Seoul, the school system has flexibility and it is diverse. This school has other Dwight Schools around the world, so we can connect with them too. We are international and care for everybody. If you are looking for a new school - as a Dwight student, I recommend here. Because it is different than other schools. - 20th, February, 2018, Jason Kim, 6B.

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Daniel, 11 months ago


My friend goes to this school and I thinks it's a great school but the the yearly fee is more expensive then university's in Canada.

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Emma Lee, 2 months ago


Very bad school. Doesn’t care about the quality of teachers and just puts in people that are the cheapest pay. Also doesn’t care for students’ college acceptances, and thinks college is not important in the future of students. If you want your child to get into a top university, Dwight is not the choice for you.

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