International Community School Singapore (ICS)
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We initially had high hopes when we sent our daughter to this school. Pros: - School curriculum is well balanced and has many good ideas. - Some of the staff are friendly is do try their best to be positive. Cons: - Toxic culture of student to student bullying with many terrible and disturbing incidents occurring or later revealed to us (affecting many other students beyond just my daughter). These incidents sadly revealed the teachers and school to be shockingly resigned/accepting, slow to react and at a loss of what to do when confronted with the issues. - Despite claiming to be able to deal with neurodiverse students (eg. ADHD), the actual reality reveals that many of the teachers when faced with it to be negative, impatient and ill-trained to handle such students despite low student to teacher ratio - My daughter started hiding in the toilet longer and longer to avoid the classes and the environment she was facing. In reaction, she was barred from coming to school and many sudden requirements were thrown up and demanded from us (that would require a good amount of time to resolve) as conditions for her to return. This would have meant that she would miss school and all of her lessons for weeks (essentially missing the rest of the term) when easier solutions were possible or could be explored. - The impression at the end they gave to my wife and I was they were perhaps concerned that people would not follow through with administrative effort to handover all the necessary items and matters. Hence they started by misleading us by claiming there is a refund but once the handover process is done and completed, they then backtracked and told us there is actually no refund based on the terms. Based on all our exchanges, we were tactful and polite through all of our dealings with the school and we are not the type that would normally be difficult or complain unreasonable but now we just want to share our experience. In summary, my daughter suffered terribly from the year she was at this school and now is in another school with a more welcoming and inclusive student culture and is thankfully now thriving.

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