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Redbridge International Academy
Day-cum-boarding K-12 on a green campus near Electronic City, off Bannerghatta Road, opened in 2013. Multi-board: ICSE through Class 10, then ISC, Cambridge IGCSE or IB Diploma at senior school.
In brief
Day-cum-boarding K-12 on a green campus near Electronic City, off Bannerghatta Road, opened in 2013. Multi-board: ICSE through Class 10, then ISC, Cambridge IGCSE or IB Diploma at senior school.
The four-board senior school setup is unusual and is the school's main selling point for families who want to keep the decision open until Grade 9. Boarding from Class 4 with separate boys' and girls' houses on site, which is rare for a Bangalore day school and pulls in some out-of-state families.
Stated student-teacher ratio of 6:1 with a small overall roll, which is the operating reality more than a marketing line. Reviews trend strongly positive on teacher-student bonding and the campus atmosphere, with the standard caveat that the south-east location is a long commute from Whitefield or the city centre. The school is still relatively young and university outcomes data is limited; visiting families should ask for specifics rather than rely on rankings.
Reviews
A K-12 campus on the southern edge of Bangalore that runs ICSE/ISC alongside Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma, with a head who has decades in Indian council and IB classrooms behind her. Parent commentary leans positive on the green campus, small class sizes, and pastoral feel; the harder-edged comments cluster around admissions, fees, and refund handling.
Positives
- Campus and environment. Eighteen acres off Bannerghatta Road near Electronic City, with playgrounds, organic patches, and breathing room that families talk about as a real selling point against denser city campuses.
- Multi-curriculum offer. ICSE/ISC, Cambridge IGCSE, and IB Diploma run under one roof. The flexibility to pivot between an Indian board track and an international one without changing schools is the structural reason most families come.
- Class size and individual attention. Cohorts are small by Bangalore international standards. Parents talk about teachers knowing the child rather than the roll number, and that pastoral warmth comes through consistently in the positive reviews.
- Co-curricular breadth. Sports coaching, music, dance, and arts get steady praise. The campus has the space to run them at scale, and the timetable carries them rather than treating them as add-ons.
Considerations
- Admissions and fee handling. Sharper complaints surface around the commercial side: parents describe difficulty getting deposits and admission fees refunded after withdrawing, and the tone of financial conversations. The pattern is not the loudest theme, but it recurs enough to flag.
- Location and commute. The Hulimangala/Begur-Koppa Road location suits families based in Electronic City and along Bannerghatta Road. From central or north Bangalore the daily commute is a long one, and the campus relies heavily on its bus network.
- IB Diploma scale. The IB Diploma cohort is small relative to Bangalore's established IB names, and public outcome data is thin. The board mix means most senior students sit ICSE/ISC rather than the Diploma.
Leadership
Mrs. Sherene Thomas
Mrs. Sherene Thomas brings over three decades of educational leadership experience. She began her career in Kolkata before transitioning to roles in Bangalore and Coimbatore. Her expertise spans ICSE, IGCSE, and International Baccalaureate curricula. She has served as an examiner for the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and an IB Diploma Program evaluator. Her vision emphasizes holistic, dynamic learning where students are academically challenged while discovering their unique talents.
Location
#114, S Bingipura Village Hulimangala Post, Begur - Koppa Rd, S.Bingipura, Karnataka 560105, India