Next Year Admissions for IGCSE Board - Nursery to Grade 8
Choosing the right education pathway for your child is one of the most important decisions you will make as a parent. The Cambridge Pathway, offered by Cambridge Assessment International Education, provides a globally respected curriculum that nurtures confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, and engaged learners.
1. Global Recognition and Mobility
Cambridge qualifications are recognized by universities and employers in over 160 countries, including the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and India. This opens doors to top global institutions and career opportunities.
2. Flexible Curriculum with a Global Outlook
The Cambridge curriculum encourages students to explore subjects in depth while developing a global perspective. It offers choice and flexibility—students can tailor their learning by selecting subjects aligned with their interests, strengths, and university aspirations.
3. Strong Academic Rigor
Cambridge programs such as IGCSE and A Levels are academically challenging and promote higher-order thinking skills like analysis, evaluation, and independent research. These skills are essential for success in university and beyond.
4. Assessment That Fosters Real Understanding
Cambridge assessments are designed to test not just rote learning, but true understanding of concepts and the ability to apply knowledge to real-world scenarios. This makes learning more meaningful and long-lasting.
5. Focus on Holistic Development
Beyond academics, Cambridge emphasizes communication, collaboration, ethical decision-making, and emotional intelligence—helping children develop into well-rounded global citizens.
6. Learner-Centered Approach
Students are at the heart of the Cambridge philosophy. The system nurtures curiosity and creativity, encouraging children to ask questions, explore ideas, and take ownership of their learning.
Cambridge international education programmes have a proven reputation for being an excellent preparation for university, employment and life. Cambridge International Examinations is a part of the University of Cambridge and a not-for-profit organisation.
Critical thinking.
Communication skills.
Creativity.
Problem solving.
Perseverance.
Collaboration.
Information literacy.
Technology skills and digital literacy.
Adaptability, complex communication skills, non-routine problem solving, self-management, and systems-thinking are essential skills in the 21st-century workforce.
In Mumbai, we have the following main Boards that offer the Grade X examination
State-board (SSC, HSC)
Central Board (CBSE 10th, CBSE 12th, ICSE 10th, ISC 12th)
Cambridge Board (IGCSE 10th, A Levels 12th)
IB Diploma (only 12th)
The IGCSE Board advantages are:
It doesn't focus on rote-learning
The focus is on application of learning
It develops analytical abilities, critical thinking, and reasoning skills
It caters to the strengths and weaknesses of individual students at the Board exam
It offers a choice of Core and Extended papers in Math, Science.
The examination papers come from CAIE, UK, and the answer papers are evaluated in the UK
At lower grades we follow CIPP (Cambridge International Primary Program) with CLSP (Cambridge Lower Secondary Program ) at grades 6, 7 and 8.
We are a full CAIE school , offering Cambridge programs at all levels.
Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) offers the IGCSE and A-Level programs, which are widely recognised in India and internationally
Since 2009, we have been offering the IGCSE and A Level programs.
All our students have been well placed in Mumbai , across India andinternationally for under-graduate programs. At A levels, we offer Science and Commerce streams.
More than 50% of our stuents choose to study their bachelors program in India after completing their A-levels (Grade 11 and 12) with us.
A detailed list of universities ( including Mumbai University, Delhi University, Bangalore University, NMIMS, MIT, and IIT) that accept 'A' levels across India is available on official site. www.cie.org.uk
UDCT, DJ Sanghvi, SP-IT, Mukesh Patel, VJTI, Nair hospital, KEM hospital
SVKM, NMIMS, JaiHind, St. Andrews, Lala Lajpat Rai,
Across India
IIT Jodhpur, Manipal University, Gujarat University
USA: John Hopkins, Purdue University, Rutgers, Seattle University, Deakin
UK: Imperial College, University College of London, University of Bristol
Singapore: NUS
When you submit the online form, at the top of the form, you should receive a message stating "you form has been received." Given the large volume of applications, it is difficult for us to acknowledge your submissions. We will send out an email after the last date of admission form submission, reminding you of the next stage. We request parents not to call the school office for confirmation of receipt of online admission form. We, also, request parents not to submit the online admission form multiple times.
The admission process begins in August every year.
Please look up the instructions on our Home page Admission tab. All the different stages of admission are displayed there. We usually announce the admission dates every year around July-August on our website.
Filling the online form doesn't guarantee admission. We recommend parents apply to more than one school.
We are unable to offer you a tour of the school because of safety and security concerns. Also, given the large number of applicants, it is logistically difficult to organize tours. We recommend you talk to existing parents/students, or visit our blogs, and our Facebook pages to learn more about the school.
Siblings refers to children from same biological parents and younger siblings of students currently studying at RCIS. Sibling entitlement is only at Nursery level. If you don't take admission in Nursery, then at higher grades it will be difficult to guarantee admission. At all other grades , it would be subject to availability of seats and whatever other criteria is applicable. There is no sibling category for students who have graduated already .
We regret that we are unable to offer admissions to students residing in Mira Road due to the large pool of applications we receive from our local vicinity. We advice Mira Road applicants to apply to leading schools in their vicinity.