About us

Excelsior Horizons

Exam preparation that ends in a clear next step

Excelsior Horizons is an education platform in Nairobi. We teach seven exam tracks online and in person, starting with IELTS and other tracks like TOEFL, IGCSE, GED, GMAT, UCAT, PTE, and SAT.

Talk about admission
Learners collaborating around a table with laptops and study materials

Leadership

Joy Kimotho

Founder and CEO

Excelsior Horizons is led from Nairobi. Joy Kimotho sets how the seven exam tracks are taught, online and in person, and how enrolment starts on WhatsApp.

Online classes and on-site sessions from Ikigai, Lower Kabete.

Joy Kimotho, Founder and CEO of Excelsior Horizons

Brand story

One school. Clear product destinations.

Excelsior Horizons is the parent school. Exam products sit under it. Excelsia Savants is the IELTS product brand: Academic, General Training, and UKVI preparation live there today.

8 further tracks (IGCSE, PTE, TOEFL, GED, GMAT, UCAT) are taught online and in person today. Their dedicated product websites are still shipping. Start on WhatsApp with the exam name prefilled.

We teach from Ikigai, Lower Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya. Every track is available online (call) and in person.

Classroom at Excelsior Horizons, Ikigai, Lower Kabete

How we work

Preparation that ends in a real next step

Match the goal, start online or in person, and open a product site when that exam has one, starting with IELTS and IGCSE.

  • Right exam track

    University, migration, secondary, or graduate admissions. We point you to the exam that matches the goal.

  • Taught online and in person

    All seven tracks run from Ikigai, Lower Kabete. WhatsApp starts enrolment; classes continue online (call) or on site.

  • Product sites as they ship

    IELTS already has a full site under Excelsia Savants. Other product websites are still shipping. The courses are open now.

What we do

Exam tracks under one school

  • Eight tracks taught

    IELTS, IGCSE, PTE, TOEFL, GED, GMAT,SAT and UCAT: online and in person under one school.

  • IELTS product site

    Academic, General Training, and UKVI preparation on the Excelsia Savants site, plus school-based formats.

  • Product sites shipping

    IGCSE, PTE, TOEFL, GED, GMAT, and UCAT keep school pages until each dedicated site launches. Start on WhatsApp today.

  • Pathway matching

    Goal to exam routing for university, migration, secondary, and graduate admissions.

  • Diagnosis and feedback

    Preparation starts with where you are, then a plan with marked practice. Not a content dump.

  • WhatsApp enrolment

    Talk to the school on WhatsApp for timing, format, and the next step on any track.

At a glance

What we can state today

Catalogue and place facts only. Growth numbers stay placeholders until the business verifies them.

  • 8 Exam tracks taught
  • 2 Modes on every track: online and in person
  • 1 Dedicated product site live (IELTS)
  • Nairobi Ikigai, Lower Kabete base

Voices

Where students started, and where they finished

Named results across exam tracks. Each quote includes the track and the before-to-after move.

  • IELTS Academic

    Balancing clinical shifts in Nairobi while trying to study for migration seemed impossible. The timed mock exams and AI essay breakdowns pinpointed my exact grammar weaknesses, saving me months of guesswork.

    Dr. Amina Mohamed

    Medical / professional migration

    Band 6.5 (previous attempt) Band 8.0 (target achieved)

  • IGCSE

    The platform made transitioning from the local curriculum to Cambridge standards so structured. Having every subject track laid out clearly with practice modules gave me the confidence I needed for my finals.

    Ethan Kiprop

    International secondary education

    Grade C predicted Grade A* in core subjects

  • GMAT

    GMAT quantitative reasoning used to completely overwhelm me. The step-by-step problem breakdowns and high-level strategy drills completely shifted how I approach complex data sets under time pressure.

    Brenda Ochieng

    Graduate business school

    540 mock score 710 official GMAT score

  • UCAT

    The UCAT is a brutal test of time management and situational judgment rather than just raw intellect. The timed interactive drills mirrored the real exam environment down to the second.

    Dr. Tariq Al-Mansoor

    UK clinical admissions

    2200 Band 3 2910 Band 1 · UK medical school interview

Ready for the next step?

WhatsApp us about admission, or open the course that matches your goal.