Wellspring College is a mid-premium hybrid school in Omole Phase 2, one of Ikeja's established residential estates. Combines the Nigerian secondary curriculum with Cambridge IGCSE options, targeting families that want dual-certification without Chrisland or Grange pricing. The Omole location keeps it accessible from Magodo, Ikeja GRA, and the Berger corridor.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦3.0M–5.5M
/yr · 2025/2026
Estimated first-year total
₦5.5M
tuition + extras
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About this school — Wellspring College
Wellspring College Omole Phase 2 is a mid-premium hybrid school in one of Ikeja's established residential estates. Combines the Nigerian secondary curriculum with Cambridge IGCSE options at senior secondary. Founded 2005. Targets families that want dual certification without the Chrisland or Grange fee tier. The Omole location keeps it accessible from Magodo, Ikeja GRA, and the Berger corridor.
Wellspring's Omole Phase 2 location matters more than a first look would suggest. Omole Phase 2 is one of the few Ikeja residential estates that developed with premium-tier residential infrastructure but without a corresponding premium-tier school on-estate — historically, families in Omole either sent children to Grange or Chrisland Ikeja with a ~20-minute daily commute or accepted the affordable-tier alternatives. Wellspring's 2005 opening filled that specific gap, and the enrolment reflects it: heavy on Omole Phase 1 and Phase 2 residents, secondary catchment from Magodo Phase 2 and Ikeja GRA edges, plus a small commute-in cohort from Berger. Twenty years on, Wellspring is embedded in the Omole professional-family ecosystem — mid-tier bank executives, senior civil servants, medical consultants at LASUTH and adjacent hospitals, plus the small returnee cohort that chose Omole for its post-Y2K residential planning. WAEC results are consistently 85-92% credit-pass in core subjects, and the IGCSE cohort at senior secondary has been growing.
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓Newer facilities than Chrisland Opebi
✓Cambridge IGCSE at senior secondary
✓Omole Phase 2 established residential estate location
JS1 entry via school entrance examination held quarterly. Application fee ₦40,000. Sibling priority.
JS1 entrance examination held March, June, and September covering English, Mathematics, and Verbal Reasoning at end-of-primary level. Application fee ₦40,000. Sibling priority applies. Reception entry via play-based assessment and parent interview. Common Entrance results considered supplementarily. SS1 transfer entry available for pupils seeking the IGCSE pathway. Interview with the Head of Senior School for shortlisted Year 7 candidates and with the Sixth Form Coordinator for Year 12 entry. Deposit fee ₦100,000 refundable against first-term tuition.
Tuition is only part of the bill. Here's what families actually pay:
School bus₦200,000–₦450,000/yr
Uniform₦50,000–₦90,000
Books + WAEC/IGCSE₦70,000–₦200,000/yr
Lunch₦180,000–₦280,000/yr
Campus & facilities
Omole Phase 2 campus with academic blocks, four science laboratories, 200-seat assembly hall, small swimming pool, sports court, and library. Modern mid-premium mainland facilities. Day-only.
The Omole Phase 2 campus opened in 2005 and has been expanded incrementally through 2015 and 2021. Facilities include a three-storey academic block, four science laboratories (physics, chemistry, biology, integrated), a 200-seat assembly hall used for weekly assemblies and end-of-year prize-giving, a small swimming pool used for PE lessons, sports courts (basketball, netball, small football pitch), a library, a computer laboratory, an art room, and a music room. Power on grid + 100KVA generator + inverter backup. Water from onsite borehole. School buses run within a 12km radius covering Omole Phase 1 and 2, Magodo, Berger, and Ikeja GRA edges.