The school is situated in a pleasant suburb of Kuantan which is very close to where most of our pupils live. It is 2 minutes drive from the international beach resort of Teluk Chempedak and 10 minutes from the city centre. It is an ideal environment for the development and nurturing of young children with plenty of opportunities to partake in local cultural activities.

The children of GIS Kuantan receive an all-round education based upon the National Curriculum of England and Wales but adapted to suit our unique environment.

Literacy and Numeracy form the core of the curriculum and we follow the National Strategies of England to deliver them.  Science, Information Technology, History, Geography, Art, Physical Education (including dance, games and swimming), and Personal, Social and Health Education are taught through the International Primary Curriculum (or IPC). This originated from The English Foundation Subjects and encourages thematic based teaching. We also have specialist teaching in Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin and Music.

Units of Work are supplemented with educational school trips, assemblies, an annual school production, competitions and theme weeks in order to provide our children with a high quality, balanced learning experience.

To enable children to develop their co-curricular interests and talents to the fullest, we also run a program of extra-curricular activities (ECA). In the past these have included cookery, gardening, craft, dance, Hindi, tennis, football, badminton, French and swimming among others. They are held after school for an hour on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Parents are encouraged to take a full part in school life and their qualities and expertise are a welcome extra resource for our school. This open door policy of the school means that the community atmosphere here in Kuantan is strong. Our children and parents work and play together in a safe, friendly and truly international environment.

Our children are encouraged to reach their potential by a system of rewards and positive re-enforcement. When they leave our school, we aim for our children  to be feeling happy and confident so that they may face the rest of the challenges that lie ahead of them.