ICSE Secondary School (Grade VI–X), Chennai | Darwin
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ICSE · Grade VI–X

Depth, character and a voice of their own.

From Grade VI, ICSE. Structured exams, no homework and real ownership of learning, alongside leadership, sport and life skills, preparing students for the board years and beyond.

The Programme

Well-rounded, not just well-prepared.

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Curriculum

ICSE subjects & assessment.

From Grade VI, students move from continuous assessment to a structured exam year, building steadily towards the ICSE board. ICSE affiliated up to Grade X. ISC for Grades XI and XII follows as our first students move up. Five exams spread across the year keep each one small, so no single paper carries too much weight.

  1. IFirst mid-term
  2. IIQuarterly
  3. IIISecond mid-term
  4. IVHalf-yearly
  5. VAnnual

There is no set homework. Instead, a three-hour learning session on two Saturdays a month and one-to-one SEL (social-emotional learning) time give students guided time to revise, practise and ask for help, so board preparation happens with a teacher beside them.

Subjects include English, a second language (Tamil or Hindi), Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography and Commercial Applications, with lab work and SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work).

A Week at Darwin

A rigorous week, with room to breathe.

Board subjects get the time they need, and the week still includes protected time for sport, arts and other pursuits.

The school day
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Whole-Child Learning

Part of every Secondary week.

All activities & facilities
In the school week
Theatre, art & danceMusic: keyboard, guitar, drums, vocalDebate & elocutionBasketballFootballPickleballTable tennisYogaFitnessAI + Coding (term course, VI–VIII)Youth ParliamentLab & SUPW
Facilities
STEM labMaths labEnglish labFootball turfSports academyMusic roomLibrary

Talk to us about the Secondary years.