Established 2001 Ages 11–18 Address Mapou, Mauritius Number of students 280 | Gender Mixed School Website northfieldsonline.com Phone +230 266 2047 Founded 2001 | |
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Type Private International School Location Main road
Labourdonnais Village
Mapou
Mauritius Motto Virtus et Honor (latin) Excellence and Honor (english) Similar Internatio Preparato School, Lighthouse Primary School, Rabindra Tagore Secondar, Hampstead Junior school, Hampstead Pre Primary S Profiles | ||
Northfields International School (NIS) is a privately owned English medium secondary school situated in Mapou, Pamplemousses District, in the north of Mauritius Island. From its small beginnings in 2001 NIS now has over 280 students.
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Academic Programme
NIHS offers three stages of education, namely
In the first three years students are assisted in making the quantum leap from primary school as well as being exposed to various new subjects. The middle year program is focused on ensuring the students are successful in passing their first external qualification, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) at the end of the two-year program. This is an internationally recognised qualification. Students are required to take 8 subjects at the examination and besides the core subjects, Maths, English first language and French second language, they are also offered the sciences, social sciences, design technology, ICT and physical education. NIS will continue to introduce subjects that are relevant to our region and in September 2010 introduced environmental management.
Cambridge International A levels Examinations are an internationally accepted university entrance qualification and is offered to students who wish to specialise and who, in the opinion of the School, can achieve success in following this route. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (“IBDP”) is an internationally accepted university entrance qualification and is sat at the end of the final two-year course. Students are required to take six subjects and these are selected from the eight subjects that they write at IGCSE.
Facilities
The school has a floodlit rugby and soccer field, a cricket pitch and a 25m swimming pool. Future plans include a multi-purpose sports hall. The campus incorporates an administration centre, a staff room, a canteen and shop, classrooms, art studio, a design technology workshop, a cookery room, library and media centre, science labs and computer suites. The school is situated on owned freehold property of about 13,000 square metres on which are 5,000 square metres of buildings.