Yes

Learning Support teachers in every Junior School grade provide extra language tuition for their students. Senior School students have a dedicated teacher with class teachers providing additional support.

In Junior School we offer Additional Languages from EC upwards and include a choice of Luganda, Chinese, French, Spanish or Arabic.

In Senior School we offer:
MYP Language Acquisition in Spanish, French & Mandarin. Additionally we offer DP Language Acquisition is French & Spanish at ab intio (beginner), standard & higher level

Playgroup - 15
Early Childhood - 18
Kinder - 20
Grades 1-12 - 22

18

Yes

In Senior School students from Grade 6 and above will use their own computers throughout the school day under the direction and guidance of their teacher. This will give flexibility to teachers and allow them to deliver their lessons in a blended learning environment where students can learn “anything, anywhere, anytime”.

In Junior School Grade 4 and 5 students are given a laptop by the school to use under the supervision of their teachers. They also work with integrators who assist the teachers in delivering engaging activities where students learn authentically. Students from Early Childhood to Grade 3 have the use of iPads.

Yes, we offered lessons through online classes during Covid but are now only face-to-face

No, we are a non-denominational school

Grade 10 - International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme e-assessments
Grade 12 - International Baccalaureate Diploma Exams

Above world average

Yes

In Junior School, students have a menu of homework for completing each week. This is designed to encourage conversations with family as well as research for their Units of Inquiry.
In Senior School, students will have approximately 10 minutes per their grade, ie Grade 6 will have 60 minutes, Grade 7 will have 70 minutes but project work can take all week and it may be more or less that this guide

98%

ISU has specialist learning support staff in Junior and Senior School.

For the acquisition of English and for various learning needs, ie ADHD, CP, Downs Syndrome, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, etc

Our Student Support Services Team includes certified and experienced educators with backgrounds in special education, dyslexia, English as an additional language, gifted and talented, sensory integration and counselling. The team works in partnership with the students, parents and teachers.

As a community, we understand that everyone can learn and reach their full potential given access and ownership. We accept the responsibility for educating and enabling students, staff and parents in realising our philosophy. We strive to remove the barriers to an inclusive education and provide all learners with experiences that cultivate agency, embrace partnerships, and nurture strengths.

Yes, we provide access to private psychologists.

Yes

We evaluate students by reviewing their academic reports and receiving a confidential school report from their current school. We review any psychologist reports and IEPs.

Yes in some grades

We recommend completed applications are submitted before the end of the previous academic year, we have wait lists. ISU has a rolling admissions which means that students can apply for entry at any time during the academic year and are encourage to apply as early as possible.

Yes

7:50AM

Mon, Tue, Thurs & Fri - 3PM
Wed - 2:10PM
Mon, Tue, Thurs & Fri if doing after school activities - 4PM
Early Childhood finish at noon. Students can stay in supervised play until 3PM

Supervised care, after school, is available for Junior School students till 4PM.

Yes, we have a fleet of 17 buses that transport students around Kampala and Entebbe

Yes

The school offers hot lunch, prepared at school and served by caterers who provide a set menu (approved by the school) with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. The school does not serve pork and is able to meet most dietary requirements.

No, only for sports

Mountain biking, tennis, mini golf, choir, photography, swimming, basketball, chess, still life drawing, yoga, rock climbing, hip hop, Taekwondo, robotics, cookery, Capoeira, tennis, jewellery making, inline skating, volleyball, peer coaching, football, track and field, rugby, school band, French, Chinese cooking, coding, film club, rugby, boxing, DJing and music mixing, fashion and design

The P.E. department provides for the whole school an array of competitive and non competitive sporting opportunities, special events, extra curricular activities and service learning opportunities. Students have the opportunity to play football, volleyball, basketball, track and field, swimming, rugby, tennis and golf

ISU teams annually compete in the International Schools of Southern and Eastern Africa (ISSEA) in volleyball, basketball, track, swimming, rugby, tennis and golf, and International School’s Sports Association Kampala (ISSAK) leagues in volleyball, basketball and football.

Library (25,000 hard copy books/magazines/journals) plus an electronic library. 430 theatre, 4 science labs, 3 design tech labs, recording studio, 2 kitchens and dining hall, therapies room

Extensive sports facilities including 3 sports fields, multi-purpose sports hall with climbing wall, 400m running track, 2 swimming pools, 4 tennis courts, 2 basketball courts and fitness gym.

The International School of Uganda (ISU), established in 1967, is a co-educational day school located on a green 33-acre campus in the quiet Kampala neighbourhood of Lubowa. ISU is a not-for-profit, parent-owned school, offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes for students 3 to 19 years old. Enrolment is approximately 635 students representing over 50 different nations, creating a culturally dynamic and synergistic student body with many languages and customs.

ISU is authorised by the International Baccalaureate to offer the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes, one of 236 schools worldwide. ISU is also accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States and the Council of International Schools, two prestigious international accreditation organisations.

The International Baccalaureate programmes are offered throughout the school (see www.ibo.org for more information) The Primary Years Programme (PYP) is inquiry based which gives the students a love of learning, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) is skills based to enable the students to understand the curriculum and the concepts behind their learning, the Diploma Programme (DP) is curriculum based to provide stringent academic background that will lead onto tertiary education.