Rainbow College

Founded in 1996 as Lagos's first private boys' college, with a girls' college added in 1998 and the two merged in 2005. The current full boarding campus sits at KM 39 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Maba, Ogun State.

The curriculum is the standard Nigerian and British blend, taking students through three years of junior secondary and three of senior secondary, with WASSCE, NECO, and Cambridge IGCSE as exit qualifications. The school carries the British Council International School Award.

The Maba boarding campus is the main draw, with families across Lagos and the south-west sending children there for the structured weekly and termly boarding rhythm rather than the daily Lagos commute. Strongest fit for Nigerian middle-class families who want a settled academic environment, sport, and leadership programmes within a Christian-flavoured pastoral frame.

• The signal is dominated by one ex-student account describing Rainbow College Surulere as "a much better experience" than the writer's previous boarding school, with a mostly positive boarding life and one bullying incident.
• The same writer notes the cohort is mostly Nigerian children born abroad and from middle to upper-class families.
• The school markets itself on academic, moral and leadership balance and was awarded a British Council International School Award in 2021.
• Boarding facilities are flagged in independent listings as a draw, with stated zero tolerance for bullying.
• No critical independent reviews surfaced from current parents. The dataset is light enough that prospective families should weigh this as a small pool.