About Us

Concord College International School (CCIS) will open in September 2024 and it is a new day and boarding British International school for students aged 5 to 18 following in the successful footsteps of our sister school, Concord College, UK.

Concord College is an international community sharing a culture of excellence and joyful learning infused throughout with our core values of rigour, kindness and creativity.


For a child to flourish and to succeed, Concord College believes that these are the three essential educational elements: Rigour, Kindness and Creativity.

Welcome Messages

“It is an honour to be able share the Concord College, UK’s vision of high quality and rigorous education around the world and across the generations. Concord College, UK’s success was based on high expectations, the encouragement of creative thinking and on the kindness of the school community. I foresee this collaboration will thrive and succeed.”

Mr. Neil Hawkins
Global Principal, Concord College International
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“I am very excited with this collaborative partnership between Concord College UK and Sunsuria Group, Malaysia which indeed is a significant milestone of achievement for both. It will be Sunsuria’s first step into the Education industry and I envision the tremendous potential and limitless possibilities of this collaboration.”

Tan Sri Ter Leong Yap
Executive Chairman, Sunsuria Berhad

“It is an honour to be able share the Concord College, UK’s vision of high quality and rigorous education around the world and across the generations. Concord College, UK’s success was based on high expectations, the encouragement of creative thinking and on the kindness of the school community. I foresee this collaboration will thrive and succeed.”

Mr. Neil Hawkins
Global Principal, Concord College International
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“I am very excited with this collaborative partnership between Concord College UK and Sunsuria Group, Malaysia which indeed is a significant milestone of achievement for both. It will be Sunsuria’s first step into the Education industry and I envision the tremendous potential and limitless possibilities of this collaboration.”

Tan Sri Ter Leong Yap
Executive Chairman, Sunsuria Berhad

Concord College International School

It is a new day and boarding British International School for students aged 5 to 18 following the successful footsteps of our sister school, Concord College, UK.

We will open in September 2024!

Find out more
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We will be offering a broad and balanced education

based on the UK National Curriculum for Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form (A Level). CCIS will have a purpose-built campus which offers outstanding teaching and age-appropriate facilities to ensure every student has a sure pathway to success.

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Our aim is to offer an international education

that will be academically rigorous and will seek to develop a culture of excellence and joyful learning journey with our ethos of rigour, kindness and creativity.

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The school will provide a safe, vibrant and friendly environment

in which students can flourish and fulfil their potential. Students will be expected to display mutual respect and to promote the historic Concord values of harmony, decency and trust.

Concord College International School

It is a new day and boarding British International School for students aged 5 to 18 following the successful footsteps of our sister school, Concord College, UK.

We will open in September 2024!

Find out more
scale

We will be offering a broad and balanced education

based on the UK National Curriculum for Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form (A Level). CCIS will have a purpose-built campus which offers outstanding teaching and age-appropriate facilities to ensure every student has a sure pathway to success.
network

Our aim is to offer an international education

that will be academically rigorous and will seek to develop a culture of excellence and joyful learning journey with our core values of RIGOUR, KINDNESS and CREATIVITY.
friends

The school will provide a safe, vibrant and friendly environment

in which students can flourish and fulfil their potential. Students will be expected to display mutual respect and to promote harmony, decency and trust.

The Concord way is to enable young people to flourish by embracing the belief that:

When Challenged,

WE GROW

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Given Confidence,

WE BELIEVE

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Show Kindness,

WE FLOURISH

Our Sister School Concord College, UK

Concord College, UK is an international boarding and day school for students aged 13 to 18 set in a beautiful 80-acre campus in the heart of the Shropshire countryside.

Our Sister School Concord College, UK

Concord College, UK is an international boarding and day school for students aged 13 to 18 set in a beautiful 80-acre campus in the heart of the Shropshire countryside.

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The college provides a safe and friendly environment

in which students can flourish. The word Concord means ‘harmony’ and the first generation of students remember a family friendly atmosphere in which the joint Principals worked tirelessly for the welfare and academic success of their students.
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All students enjoy the fabulous facilities

on their safe 80-acre campus set in the heart of the English countryside. They expect all students to achieve the highest standards and to gain entry to top universities in the UK. They also pledge nurture the individuality of students at Concord to develop their self-confidence. Students are also encouraged to understand the needs of others and to respect the values of the Concord community.

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Concord College, UK known for its profound cultural heritage.

In the words of Dr Michael Truss Concord College UK Principal 

Concord College is a very exciting place to be a young person. The beauty and tranquillity of its stunning campus in the English countryside provide a perfect backdrop for an international community of like-minded people to study and to grow. Our community shares a culture of excellence and joyful learning infused throughout with the rigour, kindness and creativity  that are expressed in our aims and reflected in our efforts every single day. 

friends

The college provides a safe and friendly environment

in which students can flourish. The word Concord means ‘harmony’ and the first generation of students remember a family friendly atmosphere in which the joint Principals worked tirelessly for the welfare and academic success of their students.
shines

All students enjoy the fabulous facilities

on their safe 80-acre campus set in the heart of the English countryside. They expect all students to achieve the highest standards and to gain entry to top universities in the UK. They also pledge nurture the individuality of students at Concord to develop their self-confidence. Students are also encouraged to understand the needs of others and to respect the values of the Concord community.
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Concord College, UK known for its profound cultural heritage,

‘holistic education’ philosophy, and high academic quality in the industry. Concord College, UK is the cradle of the students entering the world’s top universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, and London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Concord College UK is very proud of the academic success of their students.

Here are some of the headlines from 2020/21:

Best-ever A level results

94% A*/A at A level (98% A*-B grade)

Best-ever GCSE results

66% of grades awarded were grade 9 or equivalent (94% were grade 7 or higher)

Top 3

independent schools for A level according to the latest data provided by the ISC

Ranked 5th

for independent schools for A level results in The Daily Telegraph

Ranked 5th

in The Times for A Level results in co-educational schools

Ranked 6th

for independent schools for GCSE results in The Times

83%

of Concord’s university places were for
UK Top 10 universities or medical schools

26 students

into medical, dental and veterinary schools

11 students

into Oxford and Cambridge

8 students

into LSE

15 students

to KCL

40 students

to UCL

14 students

to Warwick

5 students

to Durham

19 students

to Imperial

*Please note there will be no league tables in 2021/22 as public examinations in June 2021 were cancelled due to Covid-19.

Our Core Values

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Rigour is the belief in high standards.

Rigour is an attitude of mind that will be shared by all members of the school community.  We will expect high standards in all aspects of school life.  This will not only be in attitudes to learning, but also in discipline and in the manner in which we interact with each other.  Linked with a growth mindset, a rigorous attitude is the best way to ensure that a young person flourishes and fulfils their potential.

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To balance these very high expectations, Kindness underpins the school.

Concord College International School will be a warm, calm and friendly community in which values of trust and decency are shared between staff and students in an atmosphere of mutual respect and kindness. Children will also be given the skills to understand their world and the confidence to face future challenges.

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Creativity is the element that is easily lost in a school curriculum.

Education is more than just grades.  Grades are certainly the ‘passport’ that students need to move on to the next stage of their lives.  However, the real art of education is to develop the confidence and self-worth of the young person’.  Instilling creative problem solving, moral values and the soft skills of empathy, communication, team-working and time management are the real gift that we can give to the young.

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Rigour is the belief in high standards.

It is the expectation shared by all members of staff, students and by parents that each child can be and will be, more than they are. Whether this is academically, behaviourally, in terms of the development of key skills or in social development, we believe that what we are is not yet what we can be.

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To balance these very high expectations, Kindness underpins the school.

Kindness means that each member of the community gives respect and is given respect. All students are encouraged to see that they can bring value to the community. This might be through contributions to voluntary service or to the school, but equally by being a decent, thoughtful and positive member of the school community.

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Creativity is the element that is easily lost in a school curriculum.

With so much of education driven by examination outcomes, it is easy to lose the joy and therefore the creativity of learning. Tomorrow’s problems will be many and they will not be solved with yesterday’s answers. Children should be encouraged to channel their creativity into their problem solving and into the enquiring way they approach the world. It is in this way that they will find, explore and develop their particular gifts.

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Rosanna Kirkbride originates from Toronto, Canada and is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in English and Political Science. She then completed her teacher training at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and is currently pursuing a master’s in education from the University of Bath.

Whilst in Australia, Mrs Kirkbride developed a great passion for education and returned to her home country to teach at a native Canadian school in Northern Ontario. Shortly after she moved to the United Kingdom where she taught at primary schools in East London and Essex. Following her time in the UK, Mrs Kirkbride then moved to an international school in Seoul, South Korea where she held the posts of Head of Year, Literacy Coordinator, Lead Safeguarding Trainer, and Extra-Curricular Activities Coordinator.

Most recently, Mrs Kirkbride has served as the Founding Head of Primary at an international school in Malaysia, assisting with the physical development of the site and successfully establishing the Primary School’s internal structures. She has also served as the Vice-Chair of Primary Heads within the Association of International Malaysian Schools. She is now the Founding Head of Primary at Concord College International School, Malaysia.

“Education serves as a pillar in the lives of children, and I consider it a privilege to contribute to the teaching and learning of young minds in an outstanding institution. At Concord Primary, we take pride in helping parents raise children in addition to educating them. We foster the growth and development of children through our ethos, Rigour, Kindness, and Creativity. It is my belief that equipping children with a set of practical life skills in line with this ethos will support their future achievements and successes. Through the delivery of a rigorous curriculum Concord Primary sets the foundation in academic subjects to prepare students for Secondary School.

Our highly dedicated team of educators reinforce values that promote kindness and creativity to develop students into respectful and responsible members of our global community. Working closely with our Concord families, we look forward to celebrating the achievements of your children.”

Dr Phil Outram read Mathematics for his undergraduate degree at Queens’ College Cambridge. He completed his Doctorate degree at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, before moving to the University of Durham where he spent six years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. His research focused on using large state-of-the-art surveys of distant active galaxies to probe the evolution of large-scale structure in the universe. Whilst in Durham, Dr Outram’s responsibilities included teaching and supporting the undergraduate and postgraduate students, and he took the decision to switch to secondary education, taking up a position as a teacher of mathematics at Rugby School.

He moved to Concord College UK in 2008 and immediately fell in love with the vibrant atmosphere there, where students show friendship, compassion, humility, and integrity to match their passion to learn and determination to succeed. Dr Outram has been Assistant Principal at Concord College for twelve years, with responsibilities including examinations and enrichment. He has a passion for travelling and hill-walking and has taken Concord students on many expeditions to destinations including Costa Rica, Madagascar, Bolivia, and Kenya.

Dr Outram will be moving to Malaysia at the end of the academic year and taking up the position of the Founding Head of Secondary at Concord College International School.

“We live in a world of wonders where technology is revolutionising all aspects of our lives, from an explosion in social media and driverless cars, to dramatic medical advances from sequencing the human genome. For young people growing up in this exhilarating new world, the possibilities are boundless. However, they will also face many challenges, with our rapidly expanding population using resources at a rate never previously seen, and polluting our world to an extent that wildlife, habitats, and even our climate, are threatened on an unprecedented scale. Technological advances such as artificial intelligence with quantum computing could enable us to find new solutions to problems that currently seem impossible. New inventions, innovations and discoveries require curiosity and creativity, and a Concord education will embrace these values by bringing excitement and joy to the classroom and inspiring our students to always question and want to discover more. However, with ever increasing competition, I believe that a rigorous education, ensuring that our students stand out from the crowd, is more crucial than ever. Our students entering this world will become its next leaders. Kindness and international cooperation are central to the ethos of Concord College International School, and, in my view, it is most important that our education should instil these values in them, to guide them to make the best possible decisions when addressing the challenges of the mid-21st century.”

Neil Hawkins was educated at Robinson College Cambridge, where he studied History. His 34-year of career in education started in 1989 as a teacher. He has taught and led in some of the UK’s finest schools in a career that has been marked by success and high achievement. He was Principal of Concord College UK from 2005 to 2021 during which time Concord College doubled in size, clarified its ethos, transformed its measurable outcomes and became recognised as one of the UK’s Top 5 performing schools. During this time, he was also Chair of Governors of a top performing UK primary school. His record of shaping and leading success in education is clear.

Described as an ‘educational visionary’, Mr Hawkins is now the Global Principal of Concord College International Ltd and is the Founding Executive Principal of Concord College International School, Malaysia. Mr Hawkins is also the Chair of Befrienders Worldwide, one of the world’s largest emotional support networks.

“It is my honour to welcome you to Concord College International School, Malaysia.

Our children have just one chance to be young and one chance to prepare for adulthood.    This time is precious.  It is my aim to ensure that our wonderful new school maximises opportunities and prepares children for tomorrow.  Of course, this is what all schools aim to do.  However, this is not always achieved.  Here at CCIS we will educate children using the highly successful Concord ethos of Rigour, Kindness, and Creativity.   This ethos fuses the best of western and eastern global education traditions while recognising that we all thrive when we are treated with respect and with kindness.

It is my aim that CCIS will not just be a good school but will become one of the top schools in Malaysia and in the region.  This will be achieved by children, educators and parents working together to deliver the central Concord ethos, while recognising that each child is unique and is constantly changing and developing.  My experience as an educator has taught me that the quest for high standards and good discipline is the bedrock of educational success.  When this is linked with the fostering of curiosity and creative problem solving, measurable success is achieved.  If we then act with decency and in a spirit of harmony, our families, communities and societies benefit.

Welcome to Concord College International School.”