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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
- Reviews split sharply between platforms. Directory profiles skew positive on facilities, holistic development and discipline. MouthShut sits at around with specific, repeated complaints.
- Parents on positive reviews call out caring teachers, sports coaching, modern infrastructure and a campus where children settle quickly.
- The clearest negative theme is around fee handling. Parents say the marketing team committed to a fixed fee structure to Year 8 that was not honoured, and complaints to leadership escalated rather than resolved.
- One parent on MouthShut described the principal raising his voice with parents during initial fee discussions, and questioned how parents could escalate concerns later if first-meeting conduct was already poor.
- Online critics also reference reputational concerns within Bangalore education circles, although that signal is harder to verify outside MouthShut.
- IB and Cambridge accreditation is real, and several parents do report no regrets, so the polarisation is between strong admissions experience and complaints that emerge after enrolment.
Head of school
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