Jakarta's Leading British School to Offer Full Pathway From Age 2 to A-Level

The Independent School of Jakarta (ISJ) will take pupils all the way through to A-Levels for the first time, the school announced in early July, completing a continuous British curriculum pathway from Pre-Nursery through to university entry without a change of institution. The move addresses what had been the sharpest pressure point for families at the school: the requirement to find alternative provision once children reached Year 8.

A purpose-built senior campus in Pondok Indah, 300 metres from the existing junior site in South Jakarta, is scheduled to open in 2028. Students currently in Year 7 will be the first cohort to complete the full journey at ISJ, progressing through IGCSEs before sitting A-Levels at the new facility.

The A-level offer

The programme will launch with twelve subjects: Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, English Literature, History, Computer Science, Art, a Modern Foreign Language, and Music. The selection is designed to support entry into medicine, engineering, law, economics, the sciences, and the humanities at leading universities.

The Pondok Indah campus will include science laboratories, technology labs, art and music studios, a theatre, a secondary library, and a full-size football pitch, with shaded walkways designed for Jakarta's climate. Head of school Eileen Fisher said the development was about removing the disruption that families had long accepted as unavoidable. "Now families can stay with us the whole way, through GCSEs, through A-Levels, and on to university, with the same values, the same teachers, and the same continuity of care from the very first day," she said.

Context and standing

ISJ is governed by The Schools Trust, a UK charity that operates 16 British international schools across 11 countries, all rated Excellent in UK government-accredited inspections. The school was ranked the top British-curriculum school in Jakarta and twenty-second across Asia in the 2026 British Schools Asia index.

The announcement fits a pattern visible across the region. Schools in Singapore, Bangkok, and Vietnam have made similar moves in recent months, extending programmes upward to retain families who would otherwise face the disruption of a secondary transfer. In Jakarta, where the international school market has grown significantly over the past decade, the capacity to offer a complete 2-to-18 pathway is increasingly a competitive necessity rather than a distinguishing feature.