| School type | Co-educational Day |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Day fees per annum | Please contact admissions for fee information |
| Curriculum | IBDP |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, 1634 Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
CISM was founded in 2007 by Felicia Hung-Atienza and Maria Louisa Sian, whose vision to provide an outstanding education began with 20 students and 11 teachers offering the American Core Curriculum and a unique second language programme, Mandarin across all grade levels. As the School expanded to become an all through 3-18 international school, it became a world International Baccalaureate school offering the Diploma Programme to senior students, after accreditation by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) in 2011.
Situated within the McKinley district of Metro Manila, making it easily accessible for families, CISM provides education to children from over 29 different nationalities across the city of Manila. Whilst our core curriculum provision follows the American Core Curriculum, it is adapted and enriched to reflect our local and international context. CISM is also accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and is a member of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS).
We promote holistic learning supported by a broad co-curricular programme, which encompasses extra-curricular activities, house events, student leadership, service learning, field and residential trips. Our academic life is underpinned by strong pastoral care to protect and support the wellbeing of all our CISM students.
VisionIn pursuit of academic excellence to nurture global citizens
MissionEducate. Engage. Empower.
Core Values
- be the Change that you seek;
- uphold Integrity at all times;
- provide Service to make a difference;
- lead a Meaningful life
As a community, we work together with teachers, support staff, parents, and carers acting as role models, helping our students as we all commit to providing the best possible educational experience for all our children and young people.
Our Campus
Our campus is home to approximately 300 students from ages 3 to 18. Our youngest students follow the American Early Years Foundation Stage programme, and students in Grades 1 to 10 follow the American Core Curriculum, which is adapted and greatly enriched to reflect our local and International context. Students in Grades 11 and 12 complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). Students achieve well above average examination outcomes and go on to Higher Education Studies at prestigious Universities and Colleges around the world.
Our campus is built on a 4299 sqm site with 7252 sqm of useable area with facilities for both our Elementary and Middle/High school sections. The building is four storey with an impressive roof top sports facility. Shared facilities include a school assembly hall, a large sports hall, a gymnasium, a music room and two well-stocked libraries. Elementary classrooms are in clusters and our Elementary students also enjoy a specialist art room and ICT lab.
The Middle/High School facilities include a design technology area for food, a visual arts room, a dance/drama studio, plus specialist science laboratories for Biology, Physics, and Chemistry, and an ICT lab.
The entire school is Wi-Fi enabled, able to support a range of learning modalities. The whole campus is attractively maintained, with a regular programme of facilities improvement to support changing learning needs over time. We work hard to ensure that we create an atmosphere conducive to learning.
We are delighted that you are considering Chinese International School Manila (CISM) for your son or daughter, and hope that you have enjoyed visiting our website to get a sense of what we do and achieve each day. CISM has been guiding pupils to become confident, mature, and well-educated young people for the last 15 years, and we would be excited to share our next chapter with your family as part of our community.
As an international school serving the needs of a mobile community, we welcome applications and arrivals at all points during the school year. Our admissions team hopes to make the process of applying for a place as straightforward as possible.
We are happy to help with all enquiries, so please do not hesitate to contact us whether you think you may be relocating to Manila or live here already.
We would love to show you around the school in person. Please get in touch so we can arrange a time to visit.
Get in touch with our Admissions Team to learn more about our admissions process.
Join Our School
As an inclusive school, we welcome applications from students and families who are seeking an international and challenging education that aims to develop proactive, responsible, principled, open-minded, balanced, compassionate, and engaged global citizens.
So, please do not hesitate to contact us via admissions@cismanila.org
