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All Gifted High School

My IGCSE Results Were Not What I Hoped For. All Gifted Gave Me a Second Chance.

By pamela·September 10, 2025

Saisha D. had hoped for different IGCSE results.

When they came in below expectations, the path forward felt uncertain. Her confidence — and her sense of what she was capable of — took a serious hit.

"My IGCSE results were not what I had hoped for, and for a time I was unsure what my path forward looked like. All Gifted School gave me a second chance — and I am determined not to waste it."

At AGS, there are no labels. No permanent records that define what you are capable of. Just the chance to start again, at your own pace, in your own way.

"Since joining AGS, I have been doing well and, more importantly, I have found my confidence again. I know now that I am capable of graduating successfully and going abroad for my university studies."

Sometimes the most important thing a school can do is simply believe in a student when they have stopped believing in themselves.

"Sometimes all you need is someone who believes you can do it. AGS was that for me."

— Saisha D., Student

Pamela Lim
About the Author
Pamela Lim
Founder & Director, All Gifted School

Harvard-trained educator, former SMU full-time lecturer, and mother of five — all of whom entered university between the ages of 11 and 15. Pamela founded All Gifted School on the conviction that all children are differently gifted, and that education's job is to bring every child's potential to its fullest.

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