A private school on the Tuzla campus: kindergarten, primary school, middle school and an Anatolian high school on 25,000 square metres of greenery next to the campus of Istanbul Okan University. The school began work in the 2011-2012 academic year and describes itself as one structured model running from kindergarten to university. Its programme was put together with the university's academic staff and takes in the ministry of education's requirements along with what the school calls twenty-first century skills. English follows the European framework with preparation for TOEFL and similar examinations; from grade three a student takes a second foreign language, Chinese or German, and the school says it holds the only Confucius classroom in Turkey, with its Chinese programme written by the university's Confucius Institute. Separately the school builds preparation for the national LGS and YKS examinations and promises every student a form teacher, a counselling psychologist and a coach.
Key facts
Programmes
Pearson Edexcel · National programme
Languages of instruction
Turkish
Languages taught
English, Chinese, German
About the fees The site publishes no figures: the admissions page speaks only of favourable enrolment terms for the 2026-2027 year and of donations to the Okan Culture Education Sport Foundation, out of which the school awards scholarships.
Admissions Admission differs by stage. Kindergarten intake goes by age group within the quota, after a meeting with a counsellor and the school management. Grade one goes by order of application and school readiness, grades 2 to 4 by order of application, quota and a preliminary interview. Grades 5 to 8 are admitted on the result of the school's own OGS entrance examination. The preparatory year and grade nine go by OGS or by the central LGS score, grades 10 to 12 by LGS or OGS. For grades 4 to 12 the school runs a separate scholarship examination, and transfers from other schools are accepted within the quota on the same conditions.
Stages and year groups Grades Hazırlık, 9-12. The campus runs four stages: kindergarten, primary school, middle school and an Anatolian high school. The high school has a preparatory year and grades 9 to 12; by grade 12 a student is expected to handle academic English freely, in articles, research projects and literary analysis.
Address Tepeören Mah. Bilek Sok. No:5, 34959 Akfırat - Tuzla, İstanbul
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Pearson · authorised programmeThe school appears in the list of Pearson centres for Turkey as LCCI centre TURK1010. Neither Pearson nor LCCI is mentioned anywhere on the school's own site: of external examinations it names only preparation for TOEFL and the like. The name Okan is also carried by Istanbul Okan University, owned by the same founder and standing on the neighbouring plot in Tuzla.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
PearsonPearson Edexcel, a British exam board
It gives a school approved centre status: that means Pearson exams can be sat in the school itself. What is checked is the premises, the equipment, the secure storage of papers and the presence of trained invigilators.
What the badge means for this school. The school can run Pearson exams on its own premises. The status says nothing about teaching, about results or about the school itself: any school able to run an exam securely holds it. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Which Pearson qualifications this school is approved for is not stated here.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: A 25,000 square metre campus in greenery next to the university campus: a conference hall, a sports hall, a semi-Olympic swimming pool, a tennis court and gymnastics halls. The library holds 10,000 books and periodicals with access to digital resources and e-books. Teaching also runs on the O'Learn digital platform, through which the school switches to a blended format when it needs to.
Teaching staff
There is no data for this section yet.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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Academics and programmes (16%)60 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%)no datathe criterion switches on once there is data about the teachers Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored at the median70 Value for money (6%) scored at the median65 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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Istanbul, Turkey · est. 2011 · Private