Vivian Fowler Memorial College na one of the oldest girls-only boarding school for Lagos, dem found am 1992 for Oregun (Ikeja). E dey follow Nigerian secondary curriculum with WAEC certification and IGCSE option from SS1. The school dey strongly Christian and intentionally single-sex, most pikin dey board from SS1. Total na around 500 girls across JSS and SSS.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦2.2M–4.0M
/yr · 2025/2026
First-year total estimate
₦4.0M
tuition + extras
Fees by year group
2025/2026 session — quoted per pikin per year.
Year group
Tuition
Weekly boarding
Full boarding
JSS
₦3,100,000
—
+₦3,100,000
SSS
₦4,000,000
—
+₦4,000,000
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About dis school — Vivian Fowler Memorial
Vivian Fowler na Lagos most popular all-girls boarding school. Dem start am for 1991 for Oregun, Ikeja. E get strong reputation for academic discipline and character building. Hybrid curriculum (Nigerian + British) prepare student for WAEC and IGCSE.
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓All-girls single-sex environment
✓Boarding tradition central to school culture
✓Strong Christian ethos
✓Ikeja GRA convenient for airport-based families
✓IGCSE add-on at senior secondary
✓30+ years continuous operation
✗ Trade-offs
✗Very strong Christian ethos — non-negotiable
✗Boarding from SS1 essentially compulsory
✗No A-Level option
✗Girls-only limits peer options for boys in family
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Admission process
VFC dey do competitive entrance exam for March and August. The exam dey cover English, Mathematics, and General Knowledge for the entry year. Sibling priority dey strong. Application fee na ₦30,000 (no refund). JSS1 and SS1 na the main entry year; mid-stage entry dey rare and competitive.
School fee na only part of the bill. See wetin family dey actually pay:
Uniform + sports kit₦100,000–₦180,000
Books and WAEC entries₦100,000–₦250,000/yr
Travel to/from school₦80,000–₦200,000/yr
Personal effects and toiletries₦60,000–₦150,000/yr
IGCSE entries (SS1–SS3)₦150,000–₦300,000
Campus & facility
The 8-acre Oregun campus na self-contained boarding facility with three dormitory block (junior, middle, senior), 200-seat chapel, four science lab, 25m swimming pool, indoor sport hall, and John Fowler Library (dem name am after the founder husband). The campus dey run on borehole water with full solar backup wey dem add 2023.
For SS1 and above, effectively yes — small day-pikin cohort dey for JSS but the school dey strongly encourage boarding from senior secondary, and most pikin dey transition to boarding by SS1.
No — VFC dey offer WAEC with IGCSE option for international application, but no A-Level. Pikin wey want A-Level dey usually transfer to Bridge House or UK sixth-form college.
Strongly Christian — daily chapel attendance compulsory, Christian Religious Studies na core subject, and the school chaplain dey run weekly Bible study. Non-Christian girls dem dey admit but no be exempt from chapel.
Three meal plus snack every day, with Nigerian-leaning menu wey include jollof rice, beans, swallow with soup, plus weekly continental option. Special diet (vegetarian, allergen-free, halal) dem fit accommodate if dem warn dem early.
Consistently strong — 90%+ A1-C6 pass rate across cohort, with mathematics and science usually average above 80% credit. The school don produce WAEC national prize-winner for chemistry and biology in recent year.