page_title: Oakridge International School
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Oakridge International School / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The main building of the school in Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh, India
context_page_description: Oakridge International School is an international baccalaureate affiliated school located in Hyderabad, India. Oakridge International School provides the IBDP and CBSE syllabus. The school has stopped the IGSE syllabus recently and has introduced the IBDP, students taking the IBDP course first finish their PYP from 1 to the 6th standard, and the MYP from 7th to the 10th standard. The 10th standard used to take their board exam online and will be promoted to the 11th based on their scores. Previously, In grades 9 and 10, the students take the International General Certificate of Secondary Education course and the school also offered checkpoints for grades 7 and 8 which are conducted by the Cambridge Assessment International Education. The students receive a diploma at the end of pre-primary. It has five day-schools in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mohali and one boarding campus in Visakhapatnam city. The school has recently been acquired by Nord Anglia Education. Their competitors include Chirec International School, Silver Oaks International School, Sancta Maria International School, etc.
context_section_description: The school was established by educationist Shomie Das in 2001. The school started on 11 June 2001 in rented premises in Jubilee Hills.
  In 2002 the campus moved to Khajaguda, Hyderabad. The new campus covers 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) and was inaugurated by chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The school has over 3000 students.
  In 2019 Oakridge International was acquired by Nord Anglia Education for an estimated price of about ₹₹16 billion.
caption: Façade of the main building
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