Serves the Abule Egba / Iju / Meiran belt in northern Lagos. Nigerian curriculum. Positioned as an aspirational school for professional families in a catchment where Tier 4 pricing dominates.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦900.0K–1.6M
/yr · 2025/2026
Estimated first-year total
₦1.6M
tuition + extras
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About this school — Queen Diana International School
Queen Diana International School serves the Abule Egba / Iju / Meiran corridor in northern Lagos — a catchment where mid-market private schools are thin on the ground and where the Tier 4 alternatives are usually the default. Founded 2000, Queen Diana was set up to give the professional families in this northern belt (mid-career civil servants, small-business owners, teachers) an aspirational school option without the two-hour Island commute that Ikeja GRA or Lekki would require. The school runs a Nigerian curriculum with optional Cambridge IGCSE at senior secondary — the IGCSE option is the practical differentiator in the Abule Egba catchment, where few Tier 4 schools offer international-university preparation. WAEC results are respectable for the fee tier (75-85% credit-pass typical). What Queen Diana does not offer is the international-tier facilities of the Island premium schools or the mission-school academic tradition of St Francis Idimu; what it does offer is a professional-family school in a catchment that otherwise has few of them.
Queen Diana was founded 2000 by professional educators who saw a specific gap in the northern Lagos residential belt: the Abule Egba/Iju/Meiran corridor had grown into a substantial mid-career professional catchment but the school options were state schools (large classes) and affordable-tier privates (basic facilities). The school was set up to give these families an aspirational option without the two-hour daily commute that Ikeja GRA or Lekki would require. Twenty-five years on, Queen Diana serves that specific catchment. The Nigerian curriculum with optional IGCSE at senior secondary is the practical differentiator — few Tier 4 schools in the Abule Egba catchment offer IGCSE. WAEC results are respectable for the fee tier (75-85% credit-pass).
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓Rare mid-market option in Abule Egba corridor
✓Nigerian curriculum with IGCSE
✓IGCSE differentiator in the catchment
✓2.5-acre campus purpose-built
✓Sibling priority
✓Christian-affiliated
✗ Trade-offs
✗Abule Egba catchment far from Island/Ikeja
✗Limited international-tier facilities
✗No boarding
✗Smaller alumni network
✗Class sizes 30+
Facilities & campus
●2.5-acre Abule Egba campus
●3-storey academic block
●2 science laboratories
●250-seat assembly hall
●Multi-court
●Small football pitch
●Library
●Computer lab
Curriculum & exam pathway
Accreditations
• Cambridge International Assessment
• WAEC
• Federal Ministry of Education
University destinations
LASUUNILAGCovenantBabcockNigerian State universitiesLAUTECH
Admission process
JS1 entry via school entrance examination held April and September. Examination covers English, Mathematics, and Verbal Reasoning at Primary 6 standard. Application fee ₦12,000, non-refundable. Common Entrance results considered supplementarily — a good Common Entrance score can waive the school's own paper. Sibling priority applies. SS1 transfer entry available for pupils with strong JS3 results seeking the IGCSE pathway. Interview with the Principal for shortlisted candidates plus a school-visit day for parents.
JS1 entrance examination held April and September covering English, Mathematics, and Verbal Reasoning at Primary 6 standard. Application fee ₦12,000 covers assessment. Common Entrance results considered supplementarily — a good Common Entrance score can waive the school's own paper. Sibling priority applies. SS1 transfer entry available for pupils with strong JS3 results seeking the IGCSE pathway. Interview with the Principal for shortlisted candidates plus a school-visit day for parents.
Tuition is only part of the bill. Here's what families actually pay:
School bus₦150,000–₦350,000/yr
Uniform₦30,000–₦60,000
Books₦40,000–₦120,000/yr
Lunch₦120,000–₦220,000/yr
Campus & facilities
The Abule Egba campus was purpose-built in phases from 2001 onward on a 2.5-acre site along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway service road. Facilities include a three-storey academic block covering primary and secondary, two science laboratories (integrated science and dedicated chemistry room), a 250-seat assembly hall, a small library, a computer laboratory, an outdoor multi-court, and a small football pitch. Power on grid + 60KVA generator + partial solar for classroom lighting. Water from onsite borehole. Day-only. School buses run within a 15km radius covering Abule Egba, Iju, Meiran, Ijaiye, Ogba (partial), and Ijoko.
The Abule Egba campus was purpose-built in phases from 2001 onward on a 2.5-acre site along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway service road. Facilities include a three-storey academic block covering primary and secondary, two science laboratories (integrated science and dedicated chemistry room), a 250-seat assembly hall, a small library, a computer laboratory, an outdoor multi-court, and a small football pitch. Power on grid + 60KVA generator + partial solar for classroom lighting. Water from onsite borehole. Day-only.
Nigerian secondary curriculum with WAEC certification. Optional IGCSE at senior secondary for internationally-bound pupils.
~400-500 pupils across JS1-SS3.
75-85% credit-pass rate typical.
The wider Abule Egba corridor is a mixed commercial-residential zone. School buses cover the immediate catchment. Traffic on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway is a factor during rush hour.
Queen Diana is priced at the top of the Abule Egba tier, with better facilities than the affordable Tier 4 schools in the corridor. The mid-market Chrisland Idimu is nearest peer.