ACS new Bali campus opening in July 2025

Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) is set to open its newest Bali campus in July 2025.

The campus will be based on Kura Kura Bali, an up-and-coming island development in Bali, which is slated to have a marina with 200 berths, six-star hotels and a luxury shopping hub.

The 500-hectare island “merges sustainability and contemporary living amidst a variety of marine environments ranging from picturesque beaches to lush mangroves”, according to the school's website.

Kura Kura has been declared as a special economic zone by the Indonesian government dedicated for tourism and creative enterprises to aid the development of the country's economy.

The school is linked by a causeway to mainland Bali and will be a 20-minute drive from Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport.

Students will be able to reach local destinations like Sanur, Seminyak, Kuta Beach, Nusa Dua, Ubud, and Uluwatu within 15 to 45 minutes.

The campus

According to the school website, the ACS Bali campus has been designed by "world-class master planners and architects involved in the Kura Kura Bali development" and is envisioned to "create a sustainable, inclusive community that fosters creativity, innovation, and collaboration."

It also includes a dormitory for students.

Here are some artists' impressions of the campus:

2nd ACS campus in Indonesia

The Bali campus was set up by Singapore-based ACS (International), which has a campus at Holland Village, The Straits Times reported.

ACS Bali principal, Rob Burrough, said in a message to prospective applicants:

"We see ourselves as an ‘Asian international school’ catering for Indonesian and overseas students who are interested in an international curriculum in an Asian context, combining academic rigour with a broad holistic education, that is, the 'ACS brand of education'."

Classes in Grades 1 to 9 will open in July 2025.

Grades 10, 11 and 12 will be progressively opened in subsequent years, he added.

Burrough served as the principal for ACS (International) for about eight years from 2013 to 2020.

ACS Bali is the second Anglo-Chinese School campus to be opened in Indonesia, after ACS Jakarta in 2006.

Plans to set up another campus in north Jakarta are still in the initial stages of planning, according to chairman of ACS (International's) board of management Tan Wah Thong, as cited by ST.

Top image from ACS Bali website