Australian International School Singapore - 1 Lor Chuan

Went to check out AIS preschool, the largest preschool in Singapore Building and facilities are very new. Lots of facilities for the kid if the parents are alright with the higher than average school fees

facilities are alr but can be improved also need to get nicer teachers the year 8-9 teachers were kinda sus and mean, also some vapers

Like many others , my child has told me many of his horrible experiences with his peers, teachers and the whole community. He has developed a lot of depression and low self-esteem in this school since I moved him to AIS in 2020! Teachers do not deal with bullying so well and disregard those incidents by simply ignoring them and denied about those things! They treated students with double standards (Some people didn't even gets punished for behaving badly, while giving detentions to normal students) ! Not to mention the expensive prices we have to pay for the school, It made my son so hard to fit with the culture and the community! Most of the students here openly harass quiet students just to satisfy themselves( Touching people's hair, making offensive jokes, divided into smaller groups..). My son has told me that a group of students always gossiped behind him and avoided him during group work. They made judgments about him about the things that were not even true and spread that false information all over the place! Students were running around MRT stations with awful discipline! The principal and his team here only care about money and often hold a very ignorant attitude to face and fix problems! Purely businessman with zero sense of education! I don't recommend anyone to come to this school, and this place is only good for people who don't want to live a peaceful life!!

I spent 15 years at this school (from preschool to graduation), and I had some very mixed experiences here. Some of the teachers are fantastic; the drama and music departments especially can be quite wonderful. However, between teachers that gave me regular panic attacks in classes, departments that taught the wrong curriculum leading to my whole cohort doing poorly in specific subjects, a lack of understanding for neurodivergence (especially by the sport department), rubbish IT support, and a culture of bullying, cliques, and competition, AIS was a pretty awful place. I had to take nearly three months off school at one point because I didn't feel safe or comfortable at school, and many teachers disregarded my and my friends' needs. All of this isn't even to mention the absolutely ludicrous price of the school, and how they would regularly ask parents to pay upwards of three months in advance of the term for no good reason. The school's laptop "insurance" plan (if you rent one from them) was disastrous and basically covered nothing, and many classes wouldn't even provide the necessary software to complete them. The teachers are underpaid, the aircons seem to always be broken, the bathrooms are a mess (and the wheelchair bathrooms have steps for some reason). I do want to mention that some of my teachers here were fabulous and did their best with what they were given to make school a welcoming place. The school productions are always wonderful, and the music department are incredibly welcoming. Nonetheless, if you're a parent and are looking for a place to send your child to school (especially secondary school), please look elsewhere. While there are some great teachers, and the facilities are fine, the school is hopelessly obsessed with profits and feels more like a business to churn kids through than a place of learning and growth. If it weren't for how wonderful some of the teachers were, I'd give the school one star in a heartbeat.

Somehow reading these other reviews has brought both comfort and anger. I was bullied out of the school by teachers and peers when I became chronically unwell. I was told to drop out in order to protect class averages despite me maintaining high grades. When myself and my parents approached the school about the well documented bullying that had occurred over 2 years, we were threatened that they “had something” on me and would make it difficult. Numerous attempts to contact the principal at the time were un answered. I had to move by myself at 15 to Canada because of this. This school is focused on money and favours students with parents in high places. If your child has a disability or needs extra support, run. If you are looking for somewhere with international acceptance this isn’t it. Their so called “ICE” day is nothing but cultural appropriation and an excuse to show skin. The one star goes to the Drama department. The kind teachers and people I met there saved my life. I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from what my time at AIS did to me.

Don’t come here , you would regret it if you do! This school doesn’t provide enough support for your child and the place is full of entitlement and divided students !

The Australian International School opened on 3 February 1993 at its first campus on Mount Sophia, an area behind Plaza Singapura and the Cathay Building reconstruction. The School started under the leadership of Miss Coral Dickson with 32 students and 7 teachers. By the end of 1993, there were over 200 students. The school experienced rapid growth and by the end of July 1994, with numbers just over 500, the students moved to Emerald Hill, directly behind Orchard Road. Although the School was bigger and could accommodate more students it still did not have a full–sized gym, pool, theatre and other much needed facilities. As the School continued to expand, it was clear that space was running out in Emerald Hill and by the end of 1997, AIS had moved to Ulu Pandan, near Clementi, the site of the old Singapore American School, which had recently moved to a new site at Woodlands. The School enjoyed just over 5 years at Ulu Pandan during which time it finally secured land to construct a purpose-built school at Lorong Chuan, with first-class facilities. In February 2002, Mr Peter Bond began as Principal of AIS. The School moved from Ulu Pandan to its final "home" at Lorong Chuan over the holidays in July 2003, with 1100 students enrolled. The school was officially opened by then Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, John Anderson and Singapore's then Acting Minister for Education, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. In October 2007, the School was purchased by the Cognita Group of Schools and in July 2008, a Junior School and Preschool wing were built to house children from Preschool to Year 2 at a purpose-built facility. The campus is a bright, airy and semi-modern building with large pod spaces for group work. In 2011, a new Senior building was opened to accommodate Year 10, 11 and 12 students. This wing incorporates private study spaces, nearly 40 classrooms and a new Science, Art, Music and Technology area

AIS does NOT deal with bullying and lets people get away with it. The school is so biased and doesn't respect everyone equally. They can not treat people right and the education system is horrible. I do not recommend your kids coming here to graduate or just learn. There is one teacher I've had and he didn't care for anyone except the kids he had the year before. This school is utterly disgusting and horrible please I'm warning you to not go here. People get anxiety and sad after being here as the 'BULLYS' are never told off and continue with what they do. Some teachers also pick on the 'asian kids' as they cant either speak english or don't understand. Some teachers also never get back to emails and never listen to kids opinions. DO NOT COME HERE