Sinarmas World Academy

Sinarmas World Academy (SWA) is a private school in South Tangerang. SWA opened its first classes from Pre-K to Grade 7 in July 2008. Grade 9 and Grade 10 were added in 2009 and Grade 11 with the start of the IB Diploma Programme in August 2010. English is the language of instruction, and all students study Bahasa Indonesia and Mandarin. SWA offers a Chinese programme in partnership with the Peking University Kindergarten, Elementary School, and High School, Beijing, China.

SWA is a Cambridge and IB World School, authorized to offer the Cambridge Primary Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE Programme,^[1] IB Middle Years Programme, and IB Diploma Programme.

The school incorporates the Cambridge Primary Curriculum for Kindergarten Two (K2) to Grade 5 students (5 – 11 years old), to prepare them for the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), IGCSE and IB Diploma Programme (DP) in SWA.

In Grades 6 to 10, the syllabus from Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) is integrated within the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) curriculum framework. The school shapes the curriculum according to national requirements and to the school’s Asian cultural identity. Teachers assess student learning internally using standards set by IB and CIE with students prepared to take CIE checkpoint exams at the end of Grade 8. Similarly, Grade 10 students have the opportunity to take the IGCSE exams that are assessed by CIE.

In Grades 11 & 12, students follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, where the curriculum and assessment procedures are prescribed in detail in order to meet the requirements for university entrance around the world. The DP is a comprehensive two-year curriculum.