Marlborough College Malaysia

Focus 

Breadth of experience

Day fees

$9,600–$28,400

Boarding fees 

$33,700–$45,200

Pupils 

890

Ages

3–18

Academics

Overall IGCSE pass rate is 97 per cent.

Average IB score of 33.

Spear’s Review

Marlborough College Malaysia is a co-educational British boarding school located in Iskandar Puteri. The 90-acre campus, 15 minutes from the Singapore border, draws architectural inspiration from its sister school in the UK. It allows space not only for sports pitches, a 50-metre pool and a full athletics track, but also a school farm. 

Intellectual rigour and breadth of experience are key pillars, along with the extracurricular activities that the extended day of the boarding school provides. 

The school offers the IB curriculum and has previously sent students to Oxford, Cambridge and University of California, Berkeley. 

School Profile

Described by Singapore’s Tatler as ‘Asia’s only authentic British boarding school’, Marlborough College Malaysia (MCM) offers a co-educational British education for pupils aged 3-18 in an international setting with over 40 countries represented among the school community. 

Conveniently located a short distance from the Singapore border, the College benefits from an expansive 90-acre campus providing pupils with the ideal learning environment and excellent facilities including a lake, organic farm and Olympic sized pool. 

Learning broadly follows and extends the British National curriculum with compassion, companionship and conversation at the heart of the College’s educational philosophy. A distinctive blend of academic excellence and holistic development gives students a well-rounded education. As well as IGCSEs, Marlborough College Malaysia has offered a non-selective International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) as part of its Sixth Form programme since 2012 and results have surpassed the global average each year. 

Marlborough College Malaysia offers a truly exceptional educational experience for its pupils, providing an enriching environment in which they are able to succeed and thrive.

Head teacher

Simon Burbury, master of Marlborough College Malaysia, joined the school from Dollar Academy, an HMC co-educational boarding and day school in Scotland, where he was deputy rector. Burbury was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and has a BA in music performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, a master’s degree in music from Lancaster University and a teaching qualification from Homerton College, Cambridge.

Accessibility

Senai Airport; 30 minutes

Singapore Changi Airport; 1 hour 30 minutes

Location

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