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Stellar International School
A young, small Singapore flavoured school at Puteri Harbour, blending the Singapore primary curriculum with Cambridge IGCSE in the senior years. Stellar opened in 2016 at Puteri Harbour in Iskandar Puteri, well placed for families commuting via the Tuas crossing or living in Medini and Gelang Patah.
In brief
A young, small Singapore-flavoured school at Puteri Harbour, blending the Singapore primary curriculum with Cambridge IGCSE in the senior years.
Stellar opened in 2016 at Puteri Harbour in Iskandar Puteri, well placed for families commuting via the Tuas crossing or living in Medini and Gelang Patah. Preschool and primary follow the Singapore national curriculum supplemented with the International Primary Curriculum, with secondary years moving onto Cambridge through to IGCSE in Year 11.
The school is genuinely small. Class sizes run around ten to fifteen in early years and cap at twenty-five higher up, so individual attention is real rather than a marketing line. Parents who came in early flagged limited outdoor facilities and a thin track record, balanced by teachers they describe as committed and accessible. A fit for families who value the Singapore-style academic pacing and don't need the scale, sports estate or branded reputation of the larger Iskandar Puteri schools.
Reviews
- Parents praise teachers and admin as patient and dedicated, with strong rapport with younger children and small early-years class sizes.
- Online learning during the pandemic period is repeatedly singled out: parents describe lessons as engaging, with children able to follow without close parent supervision.
- Reviews highlight effort put into school events and celebrations, and a welcoming campus atmosphere.
- The school won a Reader's Choice award for British curriculum schools in Johor in 2021; parents reference this as a marker of local profile.
- One ex-parent on Edu Reviews posted disappointment, but specifics are limited and not echoed elsewhere.
- Independent Reddit signal is effectively absent. Parent voice sits on aggregator pages and the school's own channels.
Positives
- Teachers and rapport with children. Parents describe staff as patient, attentive and good at building rapport, especially in early years.
- Online learning quality. Pandemic-era online classes singled out as well-run; children stayed attentive without parental hand-holding.
- Small early-years class sizes. Class ratios cited at 10-15 in early years, up to 25 in primary and secondary.
Considerations
- Local recognition. Reader's Choice Award for British curriculum schools in Johor (2021).
- Outlier ex-parent dissatisfaction. One Edu Reviews post expresses disappointment without detailed specifics; not corroborated elsewhere.
Leadership
Daniel Loh
Daniel Loh is the Founder & CEO of Stellar Education Group, with a Master's Degree in International Business from Monash University, Australia. He has over 10 years of experience in the education sector and is passionate about providing quality education to students.
Academic results
- Cambridge IGCSE Primary Checkpoint 2021 Top Scorers Valerie Loh, Elise Mah, Mohammad Raees, Kai Xin Chew
Location
1-3 Almas, Persiaran Laksamana, Puteri Harbour, Nusajaya, 79100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia