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Cambridge Upper Secondary

Cambridge Upper Secondary Programme(CUSP)

The Cambridge Upper Secondary Programme is an international curriculum designed by the Cambridge Assessment International Education. It was created specifically for students between the ages of 11 and 14, and is intended to lay the foundation for students prior to beginning Upper Secondary programme. This innovative curriculum is available in 2,300 schools in more than 130 countries around the globe, making it one of the most prestigious and widely-recognised curriculum programmes for this age group. The CUSP is anchored in the maths, science and English courses, but it also encourages students to go beyond memorisation and apply the knowledge they learn in the classroom in real-world scenarios.

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What are the benefits of CUSP programme?

Foundation for Senior education

Cambridge Upper Secondary programme aids identification of a learners’ strengths and weaknesses and can be used to support learning and development. Cambridge Upper Secondary programme enables learners to progress seamlessly into higher years’ curricula, such as Cambridge Advanced.

Caters to student’s individual strengths

The IGCSE curriculum offers students the opportunity to explore their subjects in different difficulty levels. They offer a Core and Extended curriculum for some of their subjects. The core subjects are the standard levels of difficulty where most students tend to lean towards.

Whereas, the extended curriculum is made for students who are performing well in their core subjects and able to challenge themselves to undertake a more rigorous curriculum.

Globally recognized qualification

The IGCSE board provides students with uniformity of education around the world. Their curriculum focuses on skill development and creative thinking. The IGCSE is also one of the most recognized qualifications around the world.

If you are considering studying abroad, the IGCSE curriculum can be a good choice, as it is widely recognized and used to determine if your child can get a spot in other countries’ high schools and colleges.

Offers students a practical approach to learning

IGCSE offers learning approaches that help to build practical skills such as analytical, communication, and cognitive skills in students. This is on top of critical thinking, problem-solving ability, and personality development.

Fees and Duration

Stage Duration of each stage Tuition fee for each year of study (for local residents) Tuition fee for each year of study (for foreign residents)
Primary (1-4 classes) Four years $6,000 $12,000
Lower Secondary (5-7 classes) Three years $7,000 $14,000
Upper Secondary (8-9 IGCSE classes) Two years $8,000 $16,000
Senior (10-11 A-level classes) Two years $9,000 $18,000

Curriculum

    • By offering Cambridge Upper Secondary, a broad and balanced education is provided for your children, helping them to thrive throughout their schooling, work and life. With ten subjects to choose from, including English, mathematics and science, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to develop creativity, expression and wellbeing in a variety of ways.
    • We can also shape the curriculum around how you want your childreb to learn. The curriculum is flexible, so we can offer any combination of the subjects available and adapt the content to suit your context, culture and ethos. We offer Cambridge Upper Secondary alongside the national curriculum, as part of a trilingual programme.

Programme overview

1. Cambridge Upper Secondary Mathematics

‘Thinking and working mathematically’, a unique feature of our Mathematics curriculum, encourages learners to talk with others, challenge ideas and to provide evidence that validates conjectures and solutions. When learners are thinking and working mathematically, they actively seek to make sense of ideas and build connections between different facts, procedures and concepts. This supports higher order thinking that helps them to view the world in a mathematical way.

This subject has been devided into three main areas called ‘strands’, which run through every upper secondary mathematics stage. Learners will develop skills in:

  • Number
  • Algebra, Geometry and Measure
  • Statistics and Probability.

    The strands work together to help students recognise connections of mathematical concepts as they engage in creative mathematical thinking to generate and improve numerical fluency.

    2. Cambridge Upper Secondary English as a Second Language

    This framework supports an integrated approach to planning and teaching to develop effective communication skills in English. The five strands, and their respective learning objectives, work together to support the development of knowledge, skills and understanding in:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Use of English
  • Listening
  • Speaking.

    3. Cambridge Upper Secondary Global Perspectives

    The programme develops the skills of research, analysis, evaluation, reflection, collaboration and communication. It strengthens the links across English as a first or second language, mathematics, science and ICT Starters.

    Research says that the earlier students start to develop and practise their skills, the greater the impact on their learning. Making Cambridge Global Perspectives available to younger students will develop and embed cross-curricular skills at an earlier age, supporting them in their studies as they progress to Cambridge Upper Secondary and beyond.

    4. Cambridge Upper Secondary Science

    This curriculum covers six main areas called ‘strands’ that work together so that you can teach science holistically:

  • Biology – living things and how they interact.
  • Chemistry – the study of matter.
  • Physics – the interaction of matter and energy.
  • Earth and Space – planet Earth, the wider Solar System and beyond.
  • Thinking and Working Scientifically – develops understanding and skills of scientific models and representations, scientific enquiry and practical work.
  • Science in Context – helps teachers demonstrate the relevance of science to learners and unique to our science curriculum.

    5. Cambridge ICT Starters

    Cambridge ICT Starters gives schools a flexible framework to develop learners’ ICT competence. Modules can be delivered according to the needs of each learning situation and age of the learners – across the curriculum or as a separate course of study.

    Learners will develop key ICT skills in a range of applications including computer programming, word processing, digital graphics, databases, spreadsheets, email, presentations, video/animation, the internet and web authoring. They will also consider wider issues such as eSafety and the adaption of their work to suit their audience.