Baptist Academy na one of the oldest secondary school for Nigeria (1885). Obanikoro/Broad Street heritage campus. Nigerian curriculum, historically boys-only. Long list of prominent old student. Affordable pricing wey reflect the mission tradition.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦180.0K–500.0K
/yr · 2025/2026
First-year total estimate
₦500.0K
tuition + extras
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About dis school — Baptist Academy
Baptist Academy, dem found am 1885, na one of the very oldest secondary school for Nigeria — before dem amalgamate Nigeria itself. Originally for Broad Street, Lagos Island, the school later establish the Obanikoro campus wey carry im heritage today. Baptist mission ethos with strong academic tradition. Old students include senior clergy, civil servant, professional across generations.
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓One of oldest secondary schools in Nigeria (founded 1885)
✓Baptist mission tradition
✓Strong academic heritage
✓Historic Broad Street/Obanikoro campus
✓Long alumni network
✓Christian ethos with academic seriousness
✗ Trade-offs
✗Day-only
✗Boys-only historically
✗No IGCSE
✗Older facilities
✗Class sizes 30+
Facilities & campus
●Obanikoro campus
●Academic blocks
●3 science laboratories
●Baptist chapel
●Assembly hall
●Library
●Sports facilities
Curriculum & exam pathway
Accreditations
• WAEC
• Federal Ministry of Education Nigeria
University destinations
UNILAGLASUCovenantBabcockBowenNigerian State universitiesNigerian Baptist Convention seminariesTorontoUK universities (Manchester, Warwick)
Admission process
JS1 entry through school entrance examination. Application fee ₦8,000-₦12,000. Baptist family priority. Common Entrance result supplementary.
School fee na only part of the bill. See wetin family dey actually pay:
Uniform₦20,000–₦40,000
Books + WAEC entries₦25,000–₦80,000/yr
Lunch₦60,000–₦120,000/yr
PTA levy₦10,000–₦20,000/yr
Campus & facility
The Obanikoro campus houses academic blocks, three science laboratories, a Baptist chapel, an assembly hall, a library, and sports facilities. Day-only. Facilities are modest but preserve the mission-school aesthetic.
The Obanikoro campus was developed on Baptist mission land in the mid-20th century and has been continuously expanded — a science wing added in the 1980s, computer laboratory in 2001, the current library structure in 2011. The Baptist chapel remains the spiritual heart of the school and hosts morning devotion, Sunday services, and end-of-year graduation ceremonies. The football pitch on the west side of the campus dates from the 1960s and has been the site of the annual inter-house football final since 1968. Power runs on grid + generator + inverter backup for classroom lighting. Water from LSWC pipe with an onsite borehole for backup. Day-only; the school offers before-school prep from 7:15am and after-school study until 4:30pm.
1885 — before Nigerian amalgamation. One of the two or three oldest school for the country, alongside CMS Grammar School (1859) and Methodist Boys (1878).
Baptist family priority but non-Baptist dey welcome. Christian Religious Studies na compulsory. Non-Christian pikin dem dey accommodate.
80-90% credit-pass for core subject. Science historically strong. Baptist Academy dey produce WAEC national subject prize occasionally.
Obanikoro/Fadeyi corridor for Lagos Mainland. Historically school dey Broad Street (Lagos Island); the Obanikoro site dem establish am mid-20th century.