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• 2008-11-01
  Heart With Heritage

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The school was founded in 1960, by a Welsh lady and named after a little fishing village in Wales. It started as a kindergarten, housed in the Church Hall of the Presbyterian Church mainly to cater to the needs of the children of the expatriate community. It later became an International (English Language) School at the Junior level.

In 1967 IISG was relocated to Tiger Lane and in 1974 it moved to Jalan Brash, and then back to the Presbyterian Church. Today it is located on a piece of property between Jalan Watson and Jalan Kelab Golf.

Following the Malaysianisation of expatriate staff in tin mines, dredges and plantations, student enrolment dropped and the school experienced financial difficulties. It was taken over by Yayasan Perak (the Perak Foundation) in the 80's. In an attempt to achieve economy of scale it added a new Primary school that offered the Malaysian Primary School Curriculum (KBSR) and the International Senior School came into being.  In 2001, the school held the first of its annual productions and in 2002, the first batch of students sat for the International Cambridge General Certificate of Education (IGCSE) examinations.

In order to further develop the school, Yayasan Perak privatized the School to TEG in September 2004. By then, its four schools in the group had a total enrolment of 350 students, ages 6 to 18 years.

The character and development of the school has been influenced by the different leaders. Under Mrs. Audrey Fong (1967-1996), the focus was on the English Language with the importance of drama and good spoken skills. When Mrs. Vicki Yin took over (from 2000 - 2003), she further developed the International School. She put in place the relevant curriculum, schemes-of-work and resources as the International School started its senior classes. IIS also applied to become a Cambridge International Examinations centre. Later, with Mr. Alan Roderick (2003- 2006), the discipline aspect took a different dimension with his strict disciplinarian approach.

IISG obtained its 5th license to open a secondary school that offers the Malaysian Secondary School Curriculum (KBSM) beginning January 2006.

Since then, under the new leadership of Madam Lee Yam Sei (former principal of Ave Maria Convent, Ipoh), the importance of networking and benchmarking against other premier schools helped to improve the standard of our National Schools (SK Tenby and SM Tenby). Enrolment has more than doubled from 350 to 950 in the last two years.

In the year 2007, we are proud to celebrate the best results achieved so far in the IGCSE and UPSR examinations. Our students have recorded academic excellence and shown greater academic improvement with more number of A's scored.

Today, IIS is an educational institution which offers relevant curricula for both the international and local students with an emphasis on the English language and good character building, at par with other premier schools in the region.

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