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Harrods International Academy
A Cambridge-curriculum K-13 school founded in 2014, now spread across multiple campuses in Boeung Keng Kang and Toul Svay Prey, with no relationship to the London department store of the same name.
In brief
A Cambridge-curriculum K-13 school founded in 2014, now spread across multiple campuses in Boeung Keng Kang and Toul Svay Prey, with no relationship to the London department store of the same name.
The programme runs IEYC and IPC in the early and primary years and Cambridge Lower Secondary, IGCSE, AS and A Level in the upper school, alongside a Khmer national stream. The school has grown quickly into one of the larger Cambridge providers in the city, with the main and early years campuses in BKK1 and a newer Olympic Campus for lower secondary, plus pool, labs, library and basketball court facilities that sit comfortably above local-school standard.
The cohort skews Cambodian with a smaller expat slice, and the marketing leans heavily on Cambridge rigour and small classes. Parents who post about the school speak warmly of the teachers and the campus feel. The recency of the senior school, the Cambridge-only pathway, and the brand confusion with the unrelated UK retailer are the obvious things to weigh against the lower fees and central location.
Reviews
- Public reviews of Harrods International Academy are sparse and lean positive. The school is locally known in Phnom Penh as a Cambridge-curriculum option with primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level pathways across multiple campuses.
- Aggregator pages and the school's own Facebook reference a recommendation rate of 96% across roughly 70 Facebook reviews. Treat these as visible-but-marketing-aligned signal rather than independent moderation.
- Recurring positives in directory pages describe small classes, attentive teachers, school bus services across the city, and parent events such as Open House and parents' BBQ.
- The school's name borrows from the London department store but has no relationship with it. Wikipedia notes the resemblance and the school's unrelated origin.
- Independent forum signal is effectively absent. There is no Reddit, Mumsnet or expat-forum thread on the school in our pulls. Families wanting a critical sense of fit should visit and ask current parents directly.