Academics
Academic excellence
A modern curriculum designed to prepare every Olive Heights School student for success.
Junior secondary school and senior secondary school
A continuous pathway from foundational learning to specialised, examination-focused study.
Junior secondary school
The foundation years, building core skills across the sciences, mathematics, languages, the arts and social studies.
Admissions information →Senior secondary school
Specialised combinations — science, arts, commercial, technical — preparing students for their external examinations and for university.
Admissions information →Curriculum & departments
Dive into the subjects, examinations and departments that make up our academic programme.
Subject combinations
Browse the subject combinations available across our senior secondary school streams.
Read more →External examinations
How we prepare and register students for their external examinations.
Read more →Departments
Meet the academic departments and the teaching teams behind each discipline.
Read more →
Academic calendar · 2023/2024
First Term
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Our curriculum. The secondary section follows the Nigerian Junior and Senior school curriculum, blended with a foreign curriculum especially in the sciences, so that every student is trained as a global citizen.
Junior Secondary (JSS 1 to 3). A broad curriculum leading to the Basic Education Certificate Examination at the end of JSS 3.
Senior Secondary (SSS 1 to 3). Senior students prepare for the WAEC and NECO Senior School Certificate Examinations.
Moving up from Grade 5. Olive Heights pupils move from Grade 5 into JSS 1, so learning continues without a break.
Ready to join us?
Start an application or talk to our admissions team about the right programme for your child.