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Epsom College in Malaysia is a boarding and day school on a 50-acre site at Bandar Enstek, south of Kuala Lumpur. Seen as a major development in the field of education in Malaysia, Epsom College is co-educational and follows the English National Curriculum with all teaching in English. The Senior School for pupils aged 11-18 is both a day and boarding school. It opened in September 2014 with a small Prep School on-site for day pupils aged 3 – 11 years old. Based on the home model, Epsom College in Malaysia combines academic excellence with a first-class British boarding experience, with up to 90 percent of the Senior School boarding. The emphasis will be on creating a family environment within a structured school routine, with a traditional British House system fostering a strong feeling of belonging and community. With a long history of educating Malaysians and other international students in England, our sister campus in Bandar Enstek is a natural extension designed to further the College's international reputation and increase the number of pupils who can benefit from an Epsom College education. The project was made possible through the joint funding and support of the College's network of high-profile Old Epsomians living and working in Malaysia. Senior School teaching staff, Housemasters, and Housemistresses, together with tutors and their families, reside on-site. There is also a Prefect system, modeled on the successful structure at Epsom College, within both the school and the individual Houses. In addition to full boarding, weekly boarding, which was pioneered by Epsom College in the UK, is an option. This is proving to be popular with parents who want a British boarding lifestyle for their children without having to travel long distances. Epsom College in Malaysia will ultimately cater to some 900 boys and girls aged 11 to 18 in a predominantly boarding Senior School, with an additional 80 students educated in the Prep School at Bandar Enstek. The impressive Senior School campus, developed on a green-field site, comprises ultra-modern hi-tech, environmentally-friendly buildings, with specialized facilities for music, drama, and sport, the latter including a floodlit astroturf pitch, a cricket pitch with a built-in wicket, sports hall, a swimming pool, and hard courts. There are also dedicated science and art departments. The Prep School at Bandar Enstek is also a small community of children between 3-11 years who share facilities and spaces that are specially designed for their learning and pastoral needs. From a carefully designed playground, with a sandpit, gardens, with climbing and ball games, as well as opportunities to access the Senior School's impressive facilities for art and sports, our Prep School is a very special place for learning. To be a distinctive learning community that synthesizes the best elements of the Epsom boarding and day education with the values, expectations, and traditions of our international setting and in which all members of the community are helped to aspire to high achievement in all they do, to seize opportunities, to develop emotional resilience and to support others in our collective drive to make a difference. At ECM we treat everyone with courtesy and respect. We consciously avoid hurting others, in mind or body. We remember always to treat others as we would like them to treat us. At ECM we always put others before ourselves. We look for ways in which we can help others to grow. We think not what can the College do for us, but what we can do for the College. At ECM we recognize that diligence and effort are the foundations of success. We strive to do everything to the best of our ability and not to give up when the going gets tough. At ECM we care for our environment and we extend this care to the world at large. We avoid waste, we recycle, we develop awareness and we care for animals. At ECM we are modest about our talents and mindful of the talents of others. We celebrate success in all its forms, but remember that we must never err into arrogance. View full school

Epsom's reputation as one of the UK's leading independent schools is built on the character, attitude, and application of its pupils. Great schools are about the creation of community and the personal development of all who contribute to them. In 1855, Dr. John Propert established this College to assist the orphans of medical families to an education that developed the whole character pupils received free housing, clothing, and schooling as an expression of Propert’s altruism. In recent times, the academic advancement of the College has received wide public recognition, a sister school has been opened in Malaysia and a Lower School launched triumphantly in 2016. A belief in the breadth of an education unites this community. We want our pupils to live happily and fulfilled lives, we want them to find a passion for things that will matter to them, we want them to experience challenge and achievement, and an attachment to the life of the mind. Pupils learn every minute of every day and the setting of our 85-acre estate presents pupils with beauty unawares, the rolling Epsom Downs provide space in which to develop, with central London just 15 miles away on the horizon. As a community, we recognize that pupils find success and achievement in a host of different ways and personal successes are to be gained at many levels of experience. The breadth of opportunity at Epsom, the passion and commitment discovered, the values learned, transforms our pupils and instill a belief that they can make a difference in society. Each year, for the past five years, Epsom has posted record exam results, making us the top-performing independent co-educational school in Surrey. We sit proudly in The Telegraph’s Top 100 Independent Schools for GCSE and A-level results, and 20th in The Times’ GCSE rankings for independent co-ed schools. View full school