Marefat International School

A Cambridge-curriculum school in Taman Melawati that grew out of the Iranian community in KL and now serves a mixed Malaysian and international intake.

Marefat is a co-educational 3 to 18 day school running the Cambridge International primary, secondary and IGCSE programmes, with Early Years on the IEYC. The subject mix reflects its origins, with Persian and Islamic Studies offered alongside English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia. The school operates with Malaysian Ministry of Education approval and around 60 percent of students are international, drawn heavily from the Iranian diaspora.

Families consistently describe a friendly, family-feel environment with caring teachers and accessible management, and value the affordability relative to the larger KL international schools. The recurring concern is variability at upper secondary, where some parents feel academic challenge and quality control lag the lower years. The Desa Melawati campus is the main site, with HQ off Jalan Ipoh.

• The reviews that surface are short, highly positive and focus on a friendly, multicultural environment with attentive teachers.
• One parent said "Marefat has a friendly environment with professional teachers and excellent curriculum helped my son graduated with excellent grades." Another described it as "Very Good School in term of academic and friendly environment. Affordable and high quality teachers."
• The Desa Melawati location and the school's strong Iranian and wider Muslim parent community come up repeatedly in commentary; reviewers treat this as a strength.
• Some reviewers raise the need for improvement in teaching methods and administrative efficiency.
• The public review pool is small (a handful of reviews across International School Advisor and Wanderlog) and skews glowing, so treat as a soft positive signal rather than a verdict.