Heath House Opens in Singapore With Fees Well Below the British School Pack

A new British-heritage school is opening this month on Bukit Timah Road, setting its annual fees at a fraction of the rates charged by Singapore's established international operators. Heath House International School Singapore, run by Global Schools Group, welcomes its first students at Alfa Centre with fees from S$12,000 a year, alongside a three-year tuition freeze for families who enrol now, according to WhichSchoolAdvisor.

The gap it is trying to fill

Singapore's top-tier international schools charge annual secondary fees of S$30,000 to S$45,000 or more, with some approaching S$50,000 at Sixth Form. Heath House enters well below that band. The school offers the Cambridge International curriculum for pupils aged three to 14, with a "Leader in Me" character and leadership programme running alongside academic study. Global Schools Group is the commercial arm of Global Schools Foundation, a not-for-profit education organisation founded in Singapore in 2002 that now operates more than 60 school campuses across eleven countries.

The S$12,000 starting fee sits at the lower end of the city's accredited international school market, though it rises by year group. The school's founders have framed the pricing as a deliberate response to a specific gap: families who want a British-heritage curriculum and international accreditation at a cost that does not require a full corporate relocation package to sustain.

Two types of family it is targeting

That framing maps onto two distinct pools of demand in Singapore. One is the corporate and diplomatic community, whose school allowances often do not cover the S$35,000 to S$45,000 annual cost of the city's premium names. The other is Singapore's resident population: citizens and permanent residents who value an internationally accredited curriculum and are willing to pay above the cost of local schooling, but not the full premium fee. Singapore's Ministry of Education requires citizens and permanent residents to obtain prior written approval before enrolling in an international school, but demand from that group has grown steadily over the past decade.

Heath House's London campus, based in Blackheath since 1993, provides the heritage the Singapore branch is selling to prospective families. Global Schools Group's wider network, which includes the Global Indian International School brand operating across Asia and the Middle East, gives the operator a track record in scaling accessible international school models across diverse markets.

The opening is subject to regulatory approval and the school has not yet published enrolment figures. Singapore's international school market is adding several new options for 2026/27, including Brighton College's debut Sixth Form and new provision from Dover Court. Heath House occupies a different position from those: less prestige-driven, more price-sensitive, and designed for a clientele the city's leading names have not historically targeted.