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Children of the World School
A small Kerobokan school running a UK-based curriculum with a clear social mission: roughly 40 percent of pupils are local Indonesian children on free or subsidised places, funded by the fee-paying families.
In brief
A small Kerobokan school running a UK-based curriculum with a clear social mission: roughly 40 percent of pupils are local Indonesian children on free or subsidised places, funded by the fee-paying families.
Ages two to sixteen, English-medium, with elements of the Finnish approach woven into the primary years. The school works towards Cambridge IGCSE for older students by registering them as private candidates through a Cambridge centre, and offers the local Indonesian exam route alongside.
Parent voice is small but unusually consistent. Children are described as polite, curious and visibly happy on the gate. Parents single out the practical, hands-on teaching style and the affordability for what the school delivers. Facilities are limited relative to Canggu Community School or Dyatmika, there is no full IGCSE centre on-site, and the published track record on results is thin. A good fit for families who value the social mission and a small community over scale.
Reviews
A small non-profit in Kerobokan that runs on a different model from the rest of Bali's international tier. Fees are low by local-British-curriculum standards, around 40 percent of places are free or subsidised for Indonesian children, and the school reads as a family-scale operation rather than a campus. Dorothy Summers, known on site as Miss Dee, has been at the head since the founding in 2004 and the school carries her social-purpose stamp visibly.
Positives
- Mission and access. Non-profit structure with roughly 40 percent of places going to disadvantaged Indonesian children on free or subsidised placements. The for-every-paying-student-a-local-place model is unusual in Bali and is the school's defining feature.
- Fees and value. Fees sit well below the Green School, AIS and Canggu Community bracket. Parents describing it as affordable relative to the rest of the British-curriculum field in Bali is consistent.
- Family-scale feel. Small numbers, close staff-student relationships, and a head who knows the children individually come through clearly. The atmosphere is described as family rather than institution.
- Leadership continuity. Dorothy Summers has led the school since founding in 2004, twenty-plus years in post. That kind of continuity is rare in Bali, where head turnover at international schools is a recurring story.
Considerations
- Curriculum and exam route. British curriculum with Finnish-inspired elements through primary, and Cambridge IGCSEs sat as private candidates through an external Cambridge centre rather than the school running an in-house registered exam centre. The route works but is different from the larger British schools on the island that hold their own Cambridge registration.
- Scale and facilities. Single Kerobokan campus, modest footprint, library and shared lunches rather than the sports complexes and specialist labs at the larger international schools. The trade for the price point and the social mission is visible on the ground.
Leadership
Dorothy Summers
Dorothy is the founder of Children of the World Foundation (Yayasan ABC Anak Dunia) and Children of the World School & Learning Centre. She has dedicated the last nearly 14 years to helping kids with passion and heart to ensure that all children of Bali who need help…. Get help. She fights to give them a better and secure future.
Location
Jalan Muda Taki No VI, Tegal Jaya, Dalung, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia