Hong Kong to KL- School for 3 kids

There are not too many offering IB curriculum throughout school years (sometimes its just a 6th form option) and most do it alongside the more favoured UK Cambridge curriculum.

This article gives an overview and fees are shown at the individual schools websites in detail
https://schooladvisor.my/articles/inter … ureate-ib/

These offer it at junior level and Fairview only offers IB so is specialised. MKIS is expensive. I have excluded UCSI and its not a quality school sorry to say.

http://www.fairview.edu.my/fv_live/kuala-lumpur-campus/https://www.mkis.edu.my/index.php/about … -programmehttps://schooladvisor.my/schools/cempak … al-school/https://schooladvisor.my/schools/igb-in … ool-igbis/

Have you considered PENANG for your family. Its a better environment than KL and there is a Fairview School in Penang as well. http://www.fairview.edu.my/fv_live/penang-campus/

I have friends with kids at Fairview in both PG and KL and they are very pleased with the education and it is a mixed and not an elitist environment.

Your budget for housing will depend where you live and what housing options are available, but its a renters market in Malaysia right now.

Expenses for food and others are very generous and could be used to offset a slightly higher rent.

Many thanks for your reply
I chose KL because it's a direct flight from Hong Kong
When you say Penang has better environment, why do you think so

Thanks a lot for the list

What are your views on cempaka Dan ASR's height IB? Please can you get me some information ? I am asking as Damansra heights seems to be a good neighbourhood to live ?
I heard most students are local , do I need to worry about my kids feeling left out or being bullied in class ?

How's the date yes KL neighbourhood ?
I want to rent a condo with 4 bedrooms and 2500 soft area

Thanks so much !

As you are Iranian then KL is best environment for your family.

I think I mistakenly put that wrong information in my profile
We are originally from Pakistan but born in the US
Have been living in Far East for last 15 years

You could contact member KiwinKL as she has some good insight into the various schools and neighbourhoods in KL which might be helpful. There is very little information about Cempaka discussed among expatriates so I assume, as you say, its mainly a school for Malaysian pupils. Damansara is the latest area popular with expatriates. First it was Bangsar, then Mont Kiara (still popular) and now Damansara. I am more familiar with the central and city areas so cant offer any thoughts about it as a place for family life. The reason I suggested looking at Penang is the pace of life is pleasant and it abounds with natural beauty. Its quite progressive, multicultural, international and open. Education level is high. I understand your concerns about the extra flight but it does not deter people in exchange for the quality of life. I think you will need to visit Cempaka and Damansara to form your opinions.

Thanks ! I do plan to visit the area but need to sort out schooling first .
My kids are in IB school here and ideally I would like them to continue in that system

For fariview, I found the information below

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And there are loads of negative comments
Can you please give me some contacts of parents in Fairview ?

Other schools either dint fit into my budget or aren't offering IB :-(
Since I am not going to work in Malaysia
I am flexible with location in and around KL as long as it's safe and expat friendly

Thanks again

There was a lot of online sabotage around Fairview a few years ago because they were offering good schooling at a competitive rate compared to the so-called "top rung" schools. I don't know a lot about but have read those sorts of comments. The link you provided is not showing up yet. At one point the principle issued a statement about the harassment he and the school were receiving. That's the problem with the internet - it's like an elephant - it never forgets......

You could probably use your living budget differently and give another 1500-2000 per child for education per month, if that helps.

The basic issue is there is a sort of war in KL about what a real "international school" is and of course it gets rough sometimes.

To some, an international school is staffed solely by mother tongue English teachers who have teaching experience in other similar schools and move around the world regularly from post to post. Of course someone has to pay for the salaries of these elite educators and that is the students' parents. This is why there are different price ranges for schools. It is based on their staff salaries. 

On the other hand, there are schools which have perhaps an English speaking international as the principal and maybe a handful of similar teachers, backed up by less expensive teaching staff which can be locals qualified to teach and teachers from the region who demand lower salaries as they come from lower-income countries.

The performance of the school is available from the IB governing bodies to check that aspect.  I do know that there is an academy at Fairview KL which actually takes qualified teachers and trains them to teach the IB curriculum. This has been heavily criticised by outsiders based on the "real" criteria. The school in KL is doing well and might even have waiting lists (do check this aspect out). They have just moved to a brand new building as well.

You might find this interesting reading https://sugirthamani.wordpress.com/apel … w-journey/

Fairview has an extremely diverse background of nationalities and this I would see as a plus point. It is also not an elitist school ie putting children there is based on choice and not on financial means

See if KiwinKL can help you with some information, opinion or contacts https://www.expat.com/forum/profile.php … mp;lang=en

If you do decide to investigate Fairview, it is actually located close to some of the most prestigious and popular housing areas in the KL catchment area. One such gated community is http://beverlyheights.com.my/?page_id=2594 which has club facilities (rather than condo-style living). It is a community convenient to comospolitan KLCC and has its own Shuttle Service to KLCC

It's a bit difficult to say exactly how many expats are living where these days, as there has been a huge downsizing of the expat community over the past 4 or so years.

Hi , I think i am local married to Japanese , we have a pair of twins girls age 16.  Due to my husband works we been posted to overseas since my daughters are 3 year old .  3 years back we had been posted back  to Malaysia and baes in KL .  I been searching around for international school in Kuala Lumpur before our last posting from Singapore .

Good IB school
ST Jospeh International School
British International School
Sunway International School ( I remember they offer from year 8 onward)
IGB International school ( new school)
Nexus International school
Cempaka International school
ISKL ( American International school)
Mont Kiara International School

My both daughter went to Taylor International school .  There have teacher from local and expat.  So far bullies is not from the school with mix of expat and local .   Usually bullies is from those expensive and 80% is expat .  Refer the link below .

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*** I am currently staying KLCC area which is down town .   

Mont kiara
KLCC
DAMANSARA HEIGHT
BANGSAR

Is a good area for expat , they have rental range from RM3500- RM10,000 onward depend of size of the Condominium or house .