Wellington College Opens Its First Jakarta Campus in BSD City

Wellington College will open its first Jakarta campus in BSD City in August 2026, targeting one of Southeast Asia's largest and most underserved markets for branded British education. The school is backed by Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim, whose Wellington College Education Singapore Group is driving what the institution describes as the most significant expansion in its 170-year history, according to Forbes.

The purpose-built campus in Bumi Serpong Damai will open with intake from Pre-Nursery through Year 4. Founding head of school Melissa Meyers will lead a programme blending UK Early Years foundations with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, taught in English alongside Bahasa Indonesia and Mandarin Chinese. The school intends to expand to Year 13 within four years of opening, eventually serving a full K-12 cohort from the same BSD site.

BSD City and the Indonesia opportunity

BSD City, developed by the Widjaja family's Sinar Mas Land, has grown into a substantial self-contained township west of Jakarta, with a population of expatriates and aspirational Indonesian families that has been largely underserved by branded British curriculum schools. Indonesia was identified by ISC Research in its most recent global report as one of the highest-growth markets for international K-12 education, alongside the UAE and Kazakhstan.

Wellington College's Asia expansion is entering an active phase more broadly. Beyond Jakarta, the network has flagged forthcoming campuses in Malaysia and Singapore, complementing an existing presence in Tianjin, China. For operators watching the region, the BSD City launch may prove a bellwether for how other branded UK schools approach Indonesia's large and largely untapped premium school market.