I.B.S Educational Complex

Questions parents ask

Including the ones where the honest answer is that we may not be the right school for your child.

How much are the fees?

Fees depend on the class and change from year to year, so we do not publish a figure that could be out of date by the time you read it. The Registrar will give you the current fees for your child's class in one phone call, with no obligation.

Call or WhatsApp 020 815 5894. If your child already has a place, the exact balance for the term is in the fees portal.

What classes do you take, and from what age?

Creche through Junior High School ΓÇö the full journey, so a child who starts with us at Creche need not move again until they sit BECE.

That continuity is much of the point. A child is taught by staff who have known them for years rather than meeting them fresh each September.

Can my child join in the middle of the school year?

Yes, where there is room in the class. From Primary 2 upwards we ask for a transfer letter from the current school, which is standard and simply confirms the child left in good standing.

Mid-year admissions are assessed on the same visit day as any other, so the class teacher can see where the child is and place them correctly rather than by age alone.

How do I apply, and how long does it take?

There are four steps and none of them require a payment to begin:

  • Send an enquiry with your child's details.
  • The Registrar replies within two working days, by phone or email.
  • You visit ΓÇö a 45-minute campus tour and a short meeting with the class teacher and Registrar. Bring the child.
  • If a place is offered, you receive an offer letter and enrolment pack, and pay a deposit to secure the seat.

Start the enquiry here. Nothing is owed until the deposit stage.

What do I need to bring?

Photocopies are fine for everything except verification:

  • The child's birth certificate.
  • Two recent colour passport photographs, front-facing, plain background.
  • A transfer letter from the current school, if joining from Primary 2 upwards.

Bring the originals to the visit day for checking only. They go home with you.

What does "Christ-centred" mean day to day?

It shapes how the school treats children and what it asks of them: honesty, respect for teachers and for one another, and the expectation that how a pupil behaves matters as much as how they score.

It does not mean the academic work is lighter. Pupils sit the same national curriculum and the same BECE as everywhere else, and character is taught alongside that, not instead of it.

Is the school licensed?

Yes. I.B.S Educational Complex holds NaSIA licence NLN212 and has operated in Asankrangwa since 1989.

The licence number is published here so you can check it rather than take our word for it ΓÇö a school that will not give you its licence number is telling you something.

How is my child kept safe?

Pupils are supervised throughout the school day, and every child is known by name to the staff who teach them ΓÇö which in practice is the thing that catches a problem early, before it becomes serious.

Educational trips are run safety-first, with staff ratios and permissions arranged before the day. Our codes of conduct set out what is expected of pupils and of staff, and what happens when either falls short.

Do pupils learn computing?

Yes, and it starts earlier than most parents expect. Every pupil from Primary 1 upwards uses the ICT lab each week ΓÇö keyboarding, safe browsing, and basic office skills.

By JHS that means a pupil is not meeting a computer for the first time when the syllabus assumes they already can.

Do you teach in English or in Twi?

Teaching is in English, as the national curriculum requires. Ghanaian languages are part of school life rather than an afterthought ΓÇö pupils use Twi, Fante, Ewe and Ga in cultural work and storytelling.

A child who arrives with little English is not left behind; the class teacher will tell you honestly at the visit how much support that will take.

Is I.B.S the right school for every child?

No, and we would rather say so at the visit than a term into the year. A child who needs specialist provision we cannot properly give is better served elsewhere, and we will tell you that plainly.

The visit day exists for both sides to find out. Bring your questions and bring the child.

Can I see the school before deciding?

Yes, and we would encourage it ΓÇö a school looks different in person than in photographs. The visit is 45 minutes: a tour of the campus, then time with the class teacher your child would join and with the Registrar.

Choose a day and slot here, or call 020 815 5894.

Something not answered here? Call or WhatsApp 020 815 5894, or send the question. If it is one other parents also ask, we will add it to this page rather than answer it once.