Tenby Schools Penang is an

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in Penang,

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, and part of the Tenby International School family. It offers both British curriculum (

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) and Malaysian curriculum (

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, SPM) in the same campus for children aged 3–18 years old. It was started by the Augustin family as Sekolah Sri Inai in the early 1980s as a Malaysian private school. In 2007, it integrated a pre-existing Malaysian private school with a Tenby international school in one campus. In 2011, the school was moved to a new campus in

Tanjung Bungah Tanjung Bungah (also spelt as ''Tanjong Bungah'') is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is located along the northern coast of Penang Island between Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Tokong, and about northwest of the city centre. Tanjung ...

, Penang. The capacity of the new site was 750 children. During the

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, the school took precautions against the virus, but some students were still exposed to it.

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* {{FOBISIA British international schools in Malaysia Cambridge schools in Malaysia Schools in Penang