The Foreshore School na nursery and primary school for Ikoyi, dem found am 1996. E dey follow British EYFS curriculum through Year 6. Foreshore na one of the most-established primary school for Ikoyi with around 350 pikin and strong Mainland-to-Island commuter base. Fees dey from ₦2.5M to ₦3.5M every year.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦2.5M–3.5M
/yr · 2025/2026
First-year total estimate
₦3.5M
tuition + extras
Fees by year group
2025/2026 session — quoted per pikin per year.
Year group
Tuition
Weekly boarding
Full boarding
KG
₦2,500,000
Day only
Day only
Primary
₦3,500,000
Day only
Day only
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About dis school — The Foreshore School
The Foreshore School na the boutique Ikoyi primary wey professional family for Ikoyi/Old-Ikoyi/Bourdillon Road catchment don quietly use for three decade. Dem found am 1996 through small group of educator wey focus on early-years excellence, the 2-acre campus stay intentionally small — roll of ~350 across nursery to Year 6, class cap at 20. That small scale na the product. Where LHA dey sell scale and Meadow Hall dey sell modern facility, Foreshore dey sell attention: three-teacher Reception, individualised phonics, and multi-year relationship between class teacher and pupil. Old students dey feed strongly into LBS, BIS, Charterhouse, and increasingly into UK prep school ahead of Common Entrance to English public school. Wetin Foreshore no dey offer na wide sport, big-cohort peer option, or the aspirational-brand visibility of newer Lekki school. Na school for family wey explicitly value early-years teaching quality over facility scale.
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓3-teacher Reception model with class caps at 18
✓30 years continuous operation
✓Ikoyi location convenient for Ikoyi/VI families
✓Well-regarded feeder to LBS, BIS, Charterhouse
✓Intentionally small (~350 pupils)
✗ Trade-offs
✗Primary-only (finishes Year 6)
✗No boarding
✗Limited sports (small pool, no pitch)
✗No secondary provision
✗Very selective Reception intake
Facilities & campus
●2-acre Ikoyi campus
●20 classrooms
●2 play halls
●Small library
●Art and music room
●Outdoor playground with shade
●Small pool for PE
●Full inverter + solar backup
Curriculum & exam pathway
Accreditations
• Federal Ministry of Education Nigeria
University destinations
N/A — primary-only school
Admission process
Foreshore dey do rolling assessment. Reception na play-based with parent interview; Year 1 upward go sit written assessment. Application fee na ₦25,000 (no refund). Sibling priority dey strong.
Extracurricular
Football (off-site partner)MusicArtDramaChessDebate
School fee na only part of the bill. See wetin family dey actually pay:
School bus₦200,000–₦400,000/yr
Uniform₦50,000–₦100,000
Books₦60,000–₦140,000/yr
Lunch₦200,000–₦300,000/yr
ECAs and trips₦40,000–₦100,000/yr
Campus & facility
2-acre Ikoyi campus with 20 classroom, two play hall, small library, art and music room, outdoor playground with shade, and small swimming pool for PE. The campus get full inverter + solar backup.
No — Foreshore dey finish for Year 6. Most leaver dey transfer to LBS, BIS, Greensprings, CIS, or Charterhouse.
By design. The 2-acre campus and ~350-pupil roll na intentional cap wey the founding staff choose to preserve early-years teaching quality. Reception get three teacher per class of 18 pupil; primary class dey retain the same class teacher for two-year cycle.
Capped at 20 for primary; Reception usually dey run at 18. The small roll (~350 total) dey keep the school intimate.
LBS (~25%), BIS (~15%), Charterhouse (~10%), UK prep school ahead of Common Entrance (~10%), Chrisland Lekki (~8%), plus scattered tail into other Island and Mainland secondary. Charterhouse Reception cohort don dey draw increasingly from Foreshore leaver wey dey move directly.
Yes — before-school care from 7am and after-school care till 5:30pm, both dey charged separately. Holiday club dey run during school break.
Yes but no extensively — small pool wey dem dey use mostly for PE lesson, off-site football partnership with Lekki club for Year 3-6 pupil. Sport no be Foreshore strength; family wey want deep sport dey look LHA or Whitesands.
Foreshore dey for Ikoyi (Island) and dem dey run small bigger class (20 vs 18); Whitesands dey for Lekki and e smaller (~250 vs ~350). Both dey feed into similar senior school. Choice usually depend on location.
Only marginally. School bus dey run from Lekki Phase 1 and Oniru but Foreshore catchment genuinely Ikoyi-anchored. Lekki family typically only dey choose Foreshore when Reception cohort don commit already — cross-bridge daily commute na real.
No formal arrangement, but the school maintain strong relationship with LBS, BIS, Greensprings, and CIS. Recent Year 6 leaver don dey accepted across all four.
Highly selective for Reception because roll dey small — ~250 applicant for 40 place. Sibling priority strong; new-family Reception place competitive. Later-year entry (Year 3+) easier but subject to space.