The Independent School Batam
Batam Kota, Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia · Est. 1999
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- Established
- 1999
- Curriculum
- British-based (Key Stages), Cambridge (IGCSE), Singapore-Cambridge GCE O Level
About this school
The Independent School Batam (ISB), formerly The International School Batam, was founded in August 1999 by a group of expatriate parents on Batam Island, with its early curriculum advised by the British International School in Jakarta. It is a non-profit SPK school now run by Yayasan Pendidikan Multinasional Ramdani, and it celebrated its silver jubilee in 2024–25.
ISB describes itself as a small school with a community of many nationalities. It follows an English-style structure:
- Pre-School, then Reception One and Two
- Primary
- Key Stage 3 (Years 7–9) as junior high
- Key Stage 4 (from Year 10), including a nine-month preparation course for the Cambridge IGCSE
Since 2014 some students have also taken the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O Level alongside the IGCSE. Alumni have continued to A Levels, the IB, foundation programmes and universities such as the University of Bath, UNSW, Monash University Malaysia, Singapore Polytechnic and NTU. School life includes excursions, a school fun day, an end-of-year performance and camping trips.
