Our Students

GESS is a leading holistic international school in Asia and we are immensely proud of our students' achievements both in and outside of the classroom.

We value all of our students' talents and through an extensive range of tailored programmes, our experienced educators, coaches and mentors help our students excel. Your child will benefit from a supportive community, where students are given the freedom to grow and succeed. Find out more about our student community below.


Meet our Students

Our students come from all corners of the globe and our student community has a diverse range of backgrounds, experiences, talents and interests. Find out more about our students' stories below. For more stories about the GESS community, please read and subscribe to our monthly GESS Magazine.

Kausar

Meet Kausar, who studied at GESS for 6 years and during her time here took part in community service projects in Cambodia and India as well as completing an internship at the Singapore Committee for UN Women.

Madison

Meet Madison, a GESS grade 12 student who has played football at GESS since grade 2 and is now a Lion City Singapore professional women's team player.

Diploma arts students

Meet our class of 2022 art students and discover their creative talents at the Diploma Programme Arts Exhibition.

Meet Kausar, who studied at GESS for 6 years and during her time here took part in community service projects in Cambodia and India as well as completing an internship at the Singapore Committee for UN Women.

Meet Madison, a GESS grade 12 student who has played football at GESS since grade 2 and is now a Lion City Singapore professional women's team player.

Meet our class of 2022 art students and discover their creative talents at the Diploma Programme Arts Exhibition.

Alessandro

Meet Alessandro, a GESS student who through the GESS BeyondClassrooms programme, benefited from a month-long internship at BMW Group Asia.

Our Model United Nations students

Meet the GESS Model United Nations students and learn about they became confident public speakers.

Our grade 5 graduates

Meet our grade 5 graduates as they present their findings from their independent research project at the PYP Exhibition.

Meet Alessandro, a GESS student who through the GESS BeyondClassrooms programme, benefited from a month-long internship at BMW Group Asia.

Meet the GESS Model United Nations students and learn about they became confident public speakers.

Meet our grade 5 graduates as they present their findings from their independent research project at the PYP Exhibition.

Lily

Meet Lily, a GESS high school student and a passionate basketball player, who through a GESS partnership got to train with the professional basketball team ALBA Berlin.

Our student peer support group

Meet the GESS students helping other students in the T.O.P.S peer support programme.

Our grade 10 students

Meet our grade 10 students as they bring you through their exhibition and work created from their thematic learning and independent research skills.

Meet Lily, a GESS high school student and a passionate basketball player, who through a GESS partnership got to train with the professional basketball team ALBA Berlin.

Meet the GESS students helping other students in the T.O.P.S peer support programme.

Meet our grade 10 students as they bring you through their exhibition and work created from their thematic learning and independent research skills.


Our Graduates

We have over 50 years of experience in partnering with families and nurturing our students to succeed in high school and beyond. Learn more about our academic results, university placements and hear from our alumni below.

University destinations

Our goal for our grade 12 graduates is to secure a place in their first-choice university, a university where they will thrive, be happy and succeed. As a non-selective Singapore International school, our graduate university destinations reflect our diverse GESS students’ talents, passions and backgrounds.


United Kingdom

  • University College London
  • King‘s College London
  • Durham University
  • University of Bath
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Dundee
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Reading
  • University of Southampton
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Kingston College
  • York St John University

United States

  • New York University
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • Boston University
  • Parson School of Design
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Hawaii
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Luther College

Australia

  • Western Sydney University
  • University of Newcastle
  • Griffith University
  • Bond University
  • Monash University
  • The University of Western Australia

Singapore

  • Nanyang Technological University
  • James Cook University Singapore
  • LASALLE College of the Arts

Canada

  • University of Toronto
  • York University
  • University of the Fraser Valley
  • McMaster University

Germany

  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • University of Freiburg
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Zeppelin University

Netherlands

  • University of Amsterdam
  • TU Delft
  • Leiden University
  • Tilburg University

France

  • Sciences Po
  • INSEAD
  • ESSEC Business School

IB Diploma results

Our non-selective IB Diploma programme is an intimate cohort with approximately 50-70 students per grade. This allows our students to create lifelong friendships and receive individual attention from our educators. We are proud of IB Diploma graduates’ results which are consistently above the global average of international schools.


IB Diploma Results 2024

Abitur results

With almost 50 years’ experience of educating our Abitur students to excel in the Abitur, we are one of the most successful international schools in Asia offering the international Abitur. The Abitur is the end-of-school examination programme that students take in the German curriculum. It is a globally recognised qualification and opens the door to universities worldwide as well as in Germany.


Abitur Results 2024

Our Alumni

Our goal for our grade 12 graduates is to secure a place in their first-choice university, a university where they will thrive, be happy and succeed. As a non-selective Singapore International school, our graduate university destinations reflect our diverse GESS students’ talents, passions and backgrounds.


United Kingdom

  • University College London
  • King‘s College London
  • Durham University
  • University of Bath
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Dundee
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Reading
  • University of Southampton
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Kingston College
  • York St John University

United States

  • New York University
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • Boston University
  • Parson School of Design
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Hawaii
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Luther College

Australia

  • Western Sydney University
  • University of Newcastle
  • Griffith University
  • Bond University
  • Monash University
  • The University of Western Australia

Singapore

  • Nanyang Technological University
  • James Cook University Singapore
  • LASALLE College of the Arts

Canada

  • University of Toronto
  • York University
  • University of the Fraser Valley
  • McMaster University

Germany

  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • University of Freiburg
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Zeppelin University

Netherlands

  • University of Amsterdam
  • TU Delft
  • Leiden University
  • Tilburg University

France

  • Sciences Po
  • INSEAD
  • ESSEC Business School

Our non-selective IB Diploma programme is an intimate cohort with approximately 50-70 students per grade. This allows our students to create lifelong friendships and receive individual attention from our educators. We are proud of IB Diploma graduates’ results which are consistently above the global average of international schools.


IB Diploma Results 2024

With almost 50 years’ experience of educating our Abitur students to excel in the Abitur, we are one of the most successful international schools in Asia offering the international Abitur. The Abitur is the end-of-school examination programme that students take in the German curriculum. It is a globally recognised qualification and opens the door to universities worldwide as well as in Germany.


Abitur Results 2024