About us
Fairview International PLC was established to acquire two companies which owned two private independent schools in Malaysia that offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme.
About Fairview
One of our schools is located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and the other is located in the southern state of Johor close to the border with Singapore. These schools trade under the Fairview brand which was founded in 1978, and was subsequently acquired by Agodeus, a company wholly owned by the Chian family, in 2012.
There are three other schools in Malaysia and one in the United Kingdom that also trade under the Fairview brand, which are outside of the Enlarged Group. All schools in the FIS Network are individually recognised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation as fully accredited to offer the IB programme across the primary and middle years; ages 5 to 16, with Fairview KL also offering the diploma programme for 16 to 19 year olds. Daniel Chian, who chairs the Company’s Board, has served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the FIS since 2001. Each of the schools not owned by the Enlarged Group will continue to operate independently from the Enlarged Group following Admission but will continue to use the Fairview brand under licence from the Group, accessing the resources of the FIS Network.
Fairview International PLC acquired the school in Kuala Lumpur as it is the largest and flagship school that uses the Fairview brand, whilst the school in Johor was acquired as it focuses on the expatriate market in Singapore and so is more internationally focused than the remaining schools which are more focused on the domestic Malaysian market. By leveraging the Fairview Network’s existing infrastructure and resources, the capacity for organic growth at Fairview KL and Fairview Johor without further capital investment positions these schools with strong potential for margin expansion to drive higher incremental profitability.
Fairview’s growth trajectory is very likely to be designed around a strategic acquisition model, primarily focusing on the revitalisation of underperforming private educational institutions across UK and Asia. The Board will seek to leverage the proven efficacy of the Fairview educational model to significantly enhance both the academic outcomes and financial performance of targeted institutions. While there is no restriction as to the geographical location of the targets, Fairview will primarily search for immediate acquisition opportunities in the UK and Asia which, in the opinion of the Directors, has potential for long-term growth and value to the network.
Background
Fairview KL was founded in 1978 by a group of parents and after more than 20 years of delivering the IGCSE O Levels, the original school experienced financial difficulties. With the possibility of falling into administration, advice was sought from parents with a known financial background, including the now Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Fairview Network and Chairman of the Company, Daniel Chian.
After undergoing a financial restructuring including appointment of a new Board of Governors, Fairview KL changed its product offering to offer the three International Baccalaureate programmes in 2010 for students aged 5 to 18. Over the next 10 years, the Fairview Network expanded and now has six private independent international schools, a university college and an outdoors education centre each operating under the Fairview brand.
After this accelerated growth period, the Fairview Network scaled back on operations to refine its product offering and quality, and its operational efficiency and efficacy. Now with an established business model behind it, Fairview is in an opportunistic position to resume expansion, focusing in particular on its international growth strategy of acquiring underperforming schools.
With each of the three IB programmes required to be individually authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation in each school to be recognised as an IB World School, Fairview KL and Fairview Johor have extensive IB experience with all of its programmes being IB authorised. Academically, the schools have also excelled in their student outcomes with Fairview KL attaining IB scores ranking the schools in the top 1% of IB World schools globally for four consecutive years; this is equivalent to an average score of more than 3A*’s in the Cambridge International A Levels (utilising the UCAS Tariff Points calculator).
The Fairview network compromises of board of directors and governors’ council, responsible for formulating the Fairview Network's policies, providing strategic leadership to all six schools, and administering the university college and the outdoors education centre on business and academic matters. Through acquisition, Fairview has access to centralised facilities that range from curricula and operational leadership, training for teachers, and sourcing and procurement of goods and services where required to leverage on economies of scale. This allows each school to focus on their respective market segments whilst benefiting from shared experiences, resources and collaboration across the Fairview Network.
1978 Fairview Kuala Lumpur Founded
Initially offering the IGCSE O Level qualifications
2006 Second Campus Opened
2008 Third Fairview Campus Opened
2010 Fourth Campus Opened
2011 Fairview Kuala Lumpur IB Continuum
Fairview's flagship school at Kuala Lumpur is the first school in Malaysia to offer an uninterrupted IB continuum of all three programmes for ages 5 to 18.
2012 Fairview Johor Authorised
Fairview Johor is authorised as an IB World School
2013 Fairview Subang Authorised
Fairview Subang is authorised as an IB World School
2014 Fifth Campus Opened
2015 Fairview University College Founded
2016 Outdoor Education at Port Dickson
The Outdoor Education facility opens at Port Dickson for Fairview students.
University College Fairview Masters
University College Fairview is approved to run the Masters in Education and Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
Jeffrey Beard joins the Fairview Board
Jeffrey beard, Director General Emeritus of the IBO, joins the Board of Governors of the school operated by Fairview KL
2017 Fairview Ipoh Authorised
Fairview Ipoh is authorised as an IB World School
2019 Sixth Campus Opened
Fairview Bridge of Allan opens in Scotland, United Kingdom, the first Fairview campus outside of Malaysia.
First UCF Bachelor intake
University College Fairview has its first intake of Bachelor of Education Students and is certified and accredited as an IB-reconised university to deliver the IB educator certificates for teachers
2020 UCF Launches Doctorate
University College Fairview is authorised to launch a Doctorate in Education
2022 Fairview Bridge of Allan Authorised
Fairview Bridge of Allan (FBA) is authorised as an IB World School.
Fairview Virtual School Launches
2023 Fairview Bridge of Allan Continuum
Fairview Bridge of Allan becomes the first school in Scotland to offer an uninterrupted IB continuum of all three programmes for ages 5 to18