Whitesands School

Whitesands School, a project of Ikota Educational Foundation (IEF), is a boys’, day secondary school, open to students of all backgrounds, without religious, cultural or ethnic discrimination. The school began its first classes on October 2, 2000. The school follows the educational model of successful, parents-promoted educational institutions that have been in existence in many parts of the world for over four decades. Our educational model is based on the set of principles that ensures adequate training for each student, both at school and in the family. At the request of IEF, the Prelature of Opus Dei, an institution of the Catholic Church, provides spiritual and doctrinal formation to the students, staff, and parents of the school, without assuming legal or moral responsibility for the school. Whitesands School follows the Nigerian National Curriculum for secondary schools which consist of three years of junior secondary and three years of senior secondary schooling which qualifies the students to sit for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (WASSCE) examinations. This curriculum is widened to accommodate the Cambridge IGCSE and the SAT. The school places a lot of value on personal formation. By personal formation, we refer to the entire education that a student receives at Whitesands School. The academic programme, extra and co-curricular activities, advisory system and spiritual means of formation, and even the facilities all contribute to the formation of a person with intellect and will. Everything done in Whitesands is done for the sake of the total personal development of the students. Over 70% of the graduates pursue their university studies abroad mainly the UK, US and Canadian universities including the top universities like Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College, Oxford University, University of Toronto, etc.