ACADEMICS
Primary:
Ms. Jacqueline North
jnorth@uplands.org
As the Head of Primary at The
International School of Penang (Uplands)
it gives me great pleasure to welcome
you to a school that embraces, and
values, education both inside and
outside the classroom. We are also a very
multicultural community who celebrate
our diversity as a school with over 40
different nationalities represented school wide.
Secondary:
Ms. Emily Vallance
evallance@uplands.org
Here at the
International School of Penang,
Uplands, we proudly
offer our families an
international education that
values excellence, integrity,
and encourages students
to live by our
motto: Respect for Self, Respect
for Others.
Congratulations to our IBDP Students of 2024
- Average of 35.2 points whereas the gloabl average is 30.32
- The global average IBDP grade is 4.85, and the Uplands subject average is 5.53, much higher than the worldwide average.
- Achieved the highest possible grades in English Lang and Lit, Chinese French & Spanish B, Economics, Psychology, Geography, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
- Our students have beaten the world average for numerous subjects, including English A, both Language and Literature and Literature, English B, Chinese B, Spanish B and AB, Economics, Geography, History and Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Design, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics and Theatre, Film, Music, Visual Arts
- More than 25% of the cohort achieved a bi-lingual diploma.
IGCSE and GCSE Results at Uplands
We would like to congratulate last year’s Year 11 students for achieving another fantastic set of IGCSE/GCSE results. We have been so proud of the resilience our Year 11 students have shown over a very challenging period. We have now received all of our results from the different exam boards. We finished on 484 exam entries with 43.9% of entries achieving the top grades of A*/A. Our A*-B grades were an outstanding 69.3%, and our A*-C grade percentage was a fantastic 88.9%. These results are inclusive of the Art and Design, Music, and Psychology results (with the 9-1 grading converted to the A*-G scale).
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Academic Achievements
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