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Shanghai is home to 46 international schools, offering families a range of curricula and price points to choose from.
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Hiba Academy Nantong (also called Huili School Nantong) is a bilingual school on an 80,000 m² campus in the Su‑Xi‑Tong Science & Technology Industrial Park. The school offers an Hiba Early Years programme (merging EYFS and the Chinese curriculum), followed by a 12‑year pathway covering Primary, Junior High and Senior High. The website states a campus capacity of 2,000 pupils and purpose‑built boarding houses for up to 800 boarders; the school describes a co‑teaching model in Chinese and English and a compulsory wellbeing subject in the curriculum. The site also lists a teacher–student ratio (1:5) and daily school bus provision. Where the website does not give a current enrolment figure it reports the campus design capacity instead.
Jiabao Xuhui Kindergarten, located at 75 Wuxing Road in Shanghai's Former French Concession area, was established in 2007. The boutique campus operates in a neighborhood flanked by tall buttonwood trees near the junction of Wuxing Road and Hengshan Road. It serves children aged 3 to 6 years across grade levels K1 to K3. The curriculum is entirely centered on the EduDrama® Approach, a proprietary teaching methodology that integrates education with drama developed over the past 30 years. Instruction is delivered through a full-day dual-language immersion model, where each classroom is staffed by one full-time English-speaking foreign teacher and one full-time Mandarin-speaking Chinese teacher who serve as homeroom teachers. Typical classes maintain a size of 16 to 20 students. Extension programs offered by the institution include after-school holiday camps. The school focuses on building communication skills, confidence, and expressiveness in early learners within an interactive, drama-infused bilingual environment.
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Shanghai Weiyu High School is a public secondary school in Xuhui District, Shanghai, located at 1 Weiyu Road. Founded in 1943, the school has a long history and is part of the Weiyu Education Group, which also includes several affiliated primary and middle schools. Weiyu operates as a boarding school, with on-campus accommodation for students. For families considering an international pathway, the school is authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. Weiyu received IB authorisation in 2011 and teaches the programme primarily in English (International Baccalaureate Organisation). Students can choose subjects such as Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches, Economics, Physics, Environmental Systems and Societies, Chinese A Literature, and German ab. IB students sit external examinations each May, allowing graduates to apply directly to universities outside China.
Shanghai Maple Leaf Bilingual School opened in September 2013 and is located at No.1 Fengye Street in historic Fengjing Town, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The campus occupies about 150 mu and the site states the school enrolled around 1,000 middle- and high-school students and employs roughly 180 staff, including about 40 international teachers. The school is listed on the site as one of the first 21 pilot schools approved by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission to run international high‑school curriculum programs; the site also highlights regular international‑university admissions and graduation events. The school presents both Chinese-language materials and bilingual (Chinese/English) communications on its pages, notes a named international‑curriculum leadership team, and publishes news about student performances and English language events on the campus. For specific tuition, class-size or bus-service details the school site points parents to the admissions materials and contact numbers.
Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei opened in 2001 and is at 600 Gubei Road, Changning District, Shanghai. The campus delivers an English‑taught, three‑year upper‑secondary art and design programme that emphasises portfolio preparation and university guidance for overseas applications. The school website lists facilities including art and design classrooms, a fashion and textiles studio, a digital media lab, a design and technology workshop, and a multifunctional exhibition hall. Boarding is available and the site describes curriculum pathways aligned with Cambridge Pre‑A/IGCSE and AS/A Level courses, with subjects such as digital media offered. Admissions information notes applicants complete English and art assessments and a principal interview. The site also describes a Western–Chinese co‑leadership model and names the school's senior leaders. The website lists recent university destinations including University of the Arts London and Parsons; news pages describe collaborations with fashion designers and showcases student exhibitions and competition entries regularly.
Hiba Academy Shanghai is a bilingual day school for Grades 1–12 (Primary, Junior High and High School) located on Linyao Road in Pudong's New Bund area. The school opened in September 2018 and the campus was developed as part of the New Bund project. The Hiba model blends the Chinese national curriculum with elements of the English national/British approach and uses a co-teaching bilingual model (Chinese and English) across many subjects; the school explicitly describes immersive, co-taught lessons and a bilingual timetable. Fees published on the school site are shown per semester (Primary, Junior High, High School); the site lists bus, meal and uniform charges separately. The school's co‑curricular programme includes academic competitions (e.g. Model United Nations, World Scholars' Cup), sports and arts offerings and service opportunities. Where the school website does not list a specific figure (for example current total pupil numbers or exact pupil ages by grade) those items are left blank here; please let me know if you would like me to look these up outside the school site.
Shanghai Japanese School is a Japanese-curriculum international school in Shanghai operated by the Shanghai Japanese School Operating Committee, with support from the Shanghai Japanese Chamber of Commerce. It offers education from elementary through high school, with campuses in Hongqiao and Pudong, and a high school division established in 2011 on the Pudong campus. The school follows Japan’s national curriculum, using Japanese-language textbooks and subject structures familiar to families from Japan. Students study standard subjects taught in Japanese, ensuring continuity with the Japanese education system.
Shanghai Singapore International School (SSIS) opened on 3 September 1996 and provides a continuous K–12 pathway for expatriate children aged 2–18; the school reports a community of about 1,400 students. The campus is listed at 301 Zhujian Road, Minhang District, Shanghai. SSIS follows a blended curriculum pathway that includes the Singapore curriculum at lower levels, Cambridge IGCSE in middle secondary, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (with IBDP and IBCP authorisations noted in the school history). The school describes a bilingual approach (English + Chinese); its Chinese Language & Culture Programme provides banded classes (Advanced / Standard / Foundation) and the preschool programme indicates a roughly 70% English / 30% Chinese instruction ratio. SSIS also highlights a curriculum-integrated golf programme and an on-campus Aquatic Centre.
Canadian International School Kunshan (CISK) is a K–12 IB-continuum school located at No.555 Chuanshi Road, adjacent to Duke Kunshan University and Kunshan High School, in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province. The school offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes from early years up to grade 12; CISK was founded in 2012. The campus includes a dedicated kindergarten building, academic blocks, student dormitories and sports facilities; boarding and a school-bus network are provided. Annual tuition for 2025–2026 ranges from RMB 130,000 (Early Years) to RMB 206,000 (DP Years); additional fees apply for bus and dormitory services. Classes are small (caps commonly listed as up to 22 students per class) and instruction is in English; Mandarin is compulsory and the school runs Mandarin (MFL/MSL) and short taster programmes in Japanese, Spanish, Korean and German. Key leadership includes the Secondary Principal Christopher Hoddinott and Primary Principal Dr. Sarah Salazar.
Shanghai American School (SAS) is a non-profit PreK–12 school with two campuses in Shanghai: Pudong (1600 Lingbai Road) and Puxi (258 Jinfeng Road). The school was founded in 1912 and serves children from early childhood through high school. Early years at SAS use a Reggio Emilia–inspired approach; at high school SAS offers both Advanced Placement (AP) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as pathways. The school highlights programs such as robotics alongside sports and performing arts, and provides an optional bus service for families. SAS is led by Head of School James Nelligan. (All facts below are taken from the SAS website.)
Ulink College of Shanghai, established in 2005, operates its campus within the Songjiang District of Shanghai. The school provides structured educational pathways utilizing the Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP). The student body consists of approximately 1,000 pupils, with class sizes averaging 25 students to ensure direct faculty interaction. Campus facilities feature specialized chemistry and physics laboratories, dedicated art studios, music practice rooms, and student boarding houses. A signature feature of the school is its structured university counseling program, which assigns full-time counselors to assist students with international university choices, essay writing, and portfolio building beginning in the ninth grade. Subject instruction is delivered in English, complemented by Chinese language courses. Students participate in various weekend activities and local service projects organized directly through the school’s residential life department. This boarding framework includes full evening supervision and academic support sessions provided by resident teachers.
SMIC Private School (SMIC School) is a K–12 school founded by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation in 2001 and opened to the public in 2004. The main campus is in Zhangjiang, Pudong (Qing‑Tong Road) and the school combines a Chinese-track program with an international (American‑system) division; the international division offers AP courses and is an authorised AP and SAT/ACT test centre. Facilities listed on the school site include science labs, language facilities, AI classroom and extensive sports facilities. The bilingual kindergarten lists class sizes and age bands (P2 = 3 years; K1 = 4; K2 = 5). The school states it provides daily Chinese instruction across grades while following American‑based curricular standards in the international division. For families: tuition for the international division is published per semester on the school site (see fees page); the site also gives a school‑bus contact for routes and fees.
Morgan Rothschild Academy, established in 2005 in Shanghai, is a bilingual early childhood education program serving approximately 65 students from diverse multicultural backgrounds. The school delivers daily instruction with a 70% English and 30% Chinese language split. Its instructional framework combines the High Scope curriculum model from the United States with a Shanghai Municipal Education Commission-approved curriculum, which was developed by early childhood experts from Harvard and Stanford Universities. Housed on the first and second floors of Building 161 within the Kang Hong Garden complex, the facility includes seven classrooms, floor-heated hallways, child-level restrooms, a spacious ballet room, and two outdoor playgrounds. A key specialized offering is their Virtues Program, which actively focuses on developing positive traits like perseverance, kindness, honesty, and self-discipline alongside essential self-care skills. The academy also hosts a distinctive, seasonal summer program known as “Camp Frolic” to support children's hands-on learning and group socialization.
Guanghua Cambridge International School (GHCIS) is a private international high school in Pudong, Shanghai. Established in 2011, it offers Cambridge international pathways, including International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and Advanced Level (A Level) programs, with opportunities such as the Cambridge IPQ and additional academic enrichment resources. The campus hosts over 100 student-initiated clubs and nine sports teams, supporting a broad extracurricular life alongside formal study. The Class of 2025 included multiple Oxbridge offers, reflecting a track record of university admissions to top global programs. The school operates with bilingual instruction and combines expatriate and local teachers to support a diverse learning environment. The main campus is located at 2788 Chuanzhou Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai 201319, China. GHCIS emphasizes English and Chinese language study and university-preparatory pathways through Cambridge curricula and related programs.
Sino European International Private School (SEIPS), established in 2008, is a bilingual preschool and kindergarten situated at its Lujiazui campus in Pudong District, Shanghai. Serving children aged three months to six years, the school delivers instruction in both English and Mandarin. SEIPS implements its signature initiative: the exclusive "Stepping Stones" curriculum. This educational program incorporates European and American early learning models aligned with the Chinese National Curriculum framework. Children learn in small groups to build foundational skills in Chinese and English literacy, mathematics, science, physical development, art, social development, emotion, and design and technology. The program focuses on concrete outcomes, enabling students to gain independence, social responsibility, and environmental awareness through practical exploration, problem-solving, and creative inquiry. The school operates with an explicit emphasis on child health and safety across its daily routines. Families exploring options from overseas can coordinate enrollment directly with campus customer service or admissions teams.
Established in 2001 in Shanghai’s Xuhui District, Shanghai Nanyang Model Private School serves students from Grades 7 to 12. For families unfamiliar with international systems, the school provides bilingual pathways combining Chinese standards with the Canadian British Columbia (BC) curriculum, A-Levels, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Instruction is delivered in both Chinese and English, helping students adapt smoothly. The campus features specialized facilities to support student interests, including AI labs, carbon-neutral practice bases, and an 11v11 football field. Beyond the classroom, the school is uniquely known for its historic traditions, most notably its symphony orchestras and national-champion basketball teams. Students also engage with the local community through volunteering initiatives, environmental projects, and hospital partnerships. Boarding facilities are available on-site, and a 10:1 student-to-teacher ratio ensures close individual attention. Examinations are handled via Cambridge Assessment, Oxford AQA, and Pearson Edexcel boards, providing clear paths to international universities.
Harrow International School Shanghai opened in 2016 and is located on Gaoxi Road in the Pudong district of Shanghai. The school website states it educates pupils from 18 months to 18 years and follows a Harrow curriculum rooted in the English National Curriculum, preparing students for IGCSE and A Level examinations; the site also notes the school has launched AP courses and a U.S. university pathway. The school lists an optional school-bus service, a full extra‑curricular programme (including sport, performing arts and leadership/service opportunities such as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award), and that its Mandarin programme is compulsory through Year 9 with different pathways at IGCSE and A Level. Where the website does not give a specific figure (for example typical class size), the entry reflects that omission rather than an assumption.
The British International School Shanghai, Puxi (BISS Puxi) is a Nord Anglia school established in 2004 on a campus in Huacao, Minhang District. The school follows the National Curriculum for England through Primary and Lower Secondary, offers IGCSE in Upper Secondary and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and A levels for 16–18 year olds. BISS Puxi publishes average class sizes by phase (Early Years ~15; Primary and Secondary ~21) and lists over 300 after‑school clubs and activities, plus collaborations with MIT, The Juilliard School and UNICEF. The campus address and admissions contact details are given on the school site; the school also publishes a downloadable 2025/26 fees schedule showing annual tuition (listed in RMB) by year group.
The Lycée Français de Shanghai (LFS) is a French-curriculum school operating two Eurocampus sites in Shanghai: Qingpu and Yangpu. It serves children from age 2 up to the terminale (around 18 years) and reports about 1,530 students of some 60 nationalities. The LFS is conventionné with the AEFE and follows the French national curriculum while offering several language pathways, including Section Internationale Américaine (SIA), Section Internationale Chinoise (SIC) and a Section Européenne (English). The school runs a Français Langue de Scolarisation (FLSco) programme for non‑French-speaking entrants and a large extra‑curricular programme (ASC) with sports and cultural activities. The school publishes its annual tuition tables and practical information (campus addresses, admissions contacts) on its website.
Lucton School Shanghai is the Shanghai campus of the historic British Lucton school and opened in September 2018. The campus is located in Pudong New Area and is operated as a fully boarding school. The school follows an English/British curriculum offering IGCSE and A Level pathways and includes ESL support for students whose first language is not English. The website highlights a range of on-site facilities and extended programmes: a central football pitch, roof tennis and basketball courts, water-sport provision and a dedicated equestrian (马术) centre — the site notes that equestrian activity is part of the sports offering. Class-size guidance on the site states IGCSE classes are around 20 students and A Level classes around 12. The school presents a bilingual (Chinese/English) environment and lists modern foreign languages such as French, Spanish and German among its extended language options.
Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi is a co-educational day school on the Puxi (west) side of Shanghai, located in South Minhang at 2000 Qian Pu Jing Road. The Puxi campus opened in August 2016 and sits on about 40,000 sq. metres of green space. Students follow the English National Curriculum through Year 9, take IGCSEs in Years 10–11 and the IB Diploma in Years 12–13; Mandarin is taught daily with three streamed pathways (native, second-language and foreign-language). The campus includes a 50m Olympic pool, a triple gymnasium and a 500-seat theatre; classes are typically small (around 10 students in most lessons). The school publishes an annual tuition fee schedule on its site (lowest annual fee shown: RMB 141,900; highest: RMB 399,750). If you would like the campus GPS coordinates (from Google Maps), I can fetch those for you.
Dipont Huayao Collegiate School Kunshan presents a blended Chinese–American curriculum and describes its approach as an integrated, Sino‑American program that runs from preschool through Grade 12. The school website states children may start in preschool at age two, boarding is introduced from Grade 6, and the programme culminates in Upper School (Grade 12). The academic pages highlight an emphasis on a ‘Sino‑American Integrated Curriculum', an iSTEAM–PBL approach, and a Dual Language Immersion programme using Chinese and English. The site also notes that approximately 30% of educators are English speakers. The website lists the campus address and contact details but does not publish tuition, class‑size figures, total pupil numbers or campus coordinates. Where the site does not state an item explicitly, that detail is omitted here rather than assumed.
Yew Chung International School of Shanghai (YCIS Shanghai) opened in 1993 and now operates multiple campuses in both Puxi and Pudong, serving expatriate children aged 2–18. The school uses a bilingual approach (English and Chinese) across Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary sections and runs an adapted English National Curriculum in Primary, Cambridge IGCSE courses in lower secondary and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in upper secondary. YCIS describes its provision as a network of campus-based Learning Communities (Puxi, Pudong and Lingang), and highlights practical STEM projects — including student work in robotics and collaborations with external research partners — alongside regular service-learning activities embedded in the programme. The school lists over 90 co-curricular activities across its campuses and reports a school-wide student–teacher ratio of 7:1.
Nord Anglia Chinese International School (NACIS Shanghai) opened in 2016 and is located in Minhang District's Huacao area (华漕镇). The school's website states the campus sits in a suburban riverside/park environment and is split into primary and secondary areas. NACIS Shanghai offers bilingual (Mandarin–English) teaching that combines the Shanghai National Curriculum with international programmes, and lists partnerships such as the MIT–Nord Anglia STEAM collaboration and a Juilliard-linked performing-arts programme on its site.
Ulink College of Shanghai (领科教育上海校区) is an independent campus in Songjiang District (address: 涞亭南路559号). The school was founded in 2005 and the Shanghai campus later received IBDP authorization in 2018; since 2022 it also runs the SABIS®ULINK programme in partnership with SABIS® International Education. Ulink offers Cambridge (IGCSE and A Level) and IB Diploma programmes and lists a SABIS/US-pathway option; the site shows specific course lists for IGCSE, A Level and IBDP for AY2024–25. The campus is described on the school site as occupying about 100 mu with sports facilities (400m track, grass football pitch, indoor sports hall), libraries and science labs, and the site also gives a dedicated boarding-life page describing on-campus and off-campus dorms. The school site publishes a domestic-bilingual high‑school fee of RMB 90,000 per semester (which would be RMB 180,000 per year if two semesters are counted); overall current total enrolment and a general annual fee range for all international programmes are not published on the website. (Sources: school pages for About/History, Curriculum, Facilities, Boarding life and the domestic‑high‑school announcement.)
Shanghai Singapore International School (SSIS) is an international K–12 school established in 1996 and located at 301 Zhujian Road in Minhang District, Shanghai. The school provides a Singapore-based programme in Preschool and Primary, Cambridge programmes in the middle years and IGCSE, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma for Grades 11–12. SSIS operates a bilingual early-years model with English–Mandarin co-teaching and a dedicated Chinese Language and Culture Programme that places students in Advanced, Standard and Foundation streams. On-campus facilities listed by the school include an indoor Aquatic Centre, STEAM maker spaces and a Performing Arts Centre, and the school highlights niche offerings such as a curriculum golf programme. After-school options include sports, arts and academic clubs, and SSIS runs an extensive optional school-bus network for families. The school website reports about 1,400 students and publishes the 2025/2026 tuition range from RMB 130,000 to RMB 300,000.
Shanghai Weiyu International School, established in 2014 in Shanghai's Xuhui District, provides full-time secondary education across its middle and high school campuses. The high school implements the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) alongside China's core compulsory courses in Chinese, moral education, history, and geography. Instruction is primarily in English, with additional language choices including German and Spanish. A distinctive feature is the school’s '4+3' customized pathway connecting middle and high school tracks, where middle school pupils spend one to two days weekly at the high school campus engaging in science experiments, economics, and critical thinking. Campus facilities feature specialized environments equipped with air ventilation systems, alongside sports setups for activities such as curling and tennis. Students choose from over 60 clubs, including the Model United Nations and the '1:68' autism care initiative, ensuring practical engagement outside regular classrooms. On-campus boarding options are provided to support student residential life.
Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School (SSBS) is a private bilingual school in Minhang District, Shanghai, established in 2012. It serves students from Grade 1 through Grade 12. In the lower grades (1–9), SSBS delivers the national compulsory education curriculum with bilingual instruction in mathematics, science, physics, chemistry and biology, and offers a range of elective courses to develop student interests. In the upper grades (10–12), the high school program centers on Chinese core courses taught in Chinese, such as Chinese, Politics, History and Geography. It also adds international-style electives, including Sino-US integrated courses and Advanced Placement (AP) courses under the College Board, with more than 30 AP subjects available (including Capstone). The school's guiding philosophy is “global education with the Chinese core,” emphasizing national identity, international perspective, innovation, collaboration and social responsibility.
Yew Wah International Education School, Shanghai Lingang opened in 2015 and offers education from primary through high school on a single campus in the Nanhui / Lingang New Town area. The school combines the Chinese national curriculum at primary and lower-secondary levels with international programmes in senior secondary (two-year IGCSE followed by two-year A Level), and describes its classroom language environment as Chinese–English bilingual with collaborative Chinese and international teaching teams. The campus materials on the school website note campus size (~60 acres), boarding provision, on‑site sports and arts facilities, and a student–teacher ratio of 6:1. (All items above are taken from the school's official pages and the school's 2025 admission brochures.)
Shanghai Jincai High School International Division (JCID) was established in 2000 and is located at No. 26 Eshan Road in Pudong, close to Century Park; the international division is part of the larger Jincai High School campus. JCID operates a Chinese section (using the national curriculum) and an English section (using original US materials) and is authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization; it offers the IPC in primary grades, the MYP (authorized 2006) and the IBDP (authorized 2015). The international division is reported on the school site as having about 400 students; the wider Jincai High School enrolment is given as about 2,100 students. JCID's site notes a Co-Principals and co-teaching model and identifies the school as a Base School for international promotion of Chinese (Hanban). For transport, the school publishes a paid school-home bus service with several route/price bands.
Deutsche Schule Shanghai (DSS) operates two Eurocampuses in Shanghai: the Hongqiao campus in the western Qingpu district and the Yangpu campus in the north‑east of the city. The school accepts children from 18 months through secondary graduation and offers the full range of German school certificates including the Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA). DSS runs kindergarten groups, primary classes and a Sekundarstufe with G8 gymnasialen Bildungsweg; the school publishes a single annual tuition schedule and separate conditions for DaF/DaZ language support and optional services such as the school bus. Cohorts are organised in class groups with a stated maximum class size of 24 in the Sekundarstufe; overall enrolment is around 1,100 children and young people across both sites. Admissions information, registration fees, deposit and the current annual tuition rates are published in the school's payment conditions. For campus contact details and admission steps see the school's admissions pages.
Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong is an international day school for children aged 2–18 that opened in 2003 and now educates over 1,600 students. The College groups younger children in DUCKS (Toddler to Year 2), a Dual Language early years programme based on the U.K. Early Years Foundation Stage, then follows the English National Curriculum in the Junior School and IGCSE leading into the IB Diploma in the Senior School. The school publishes a detailed annual fee schedule and a separate fee PDF shows the 2025–26 tuition bands by year group. Mandarin is offered through multiple pathways (native, second-language and foreign-language routes) from early years through to IGCSE/IB, and the school runs a large co-curricular programme including STEAM, sports, music, drama and community/service activities. The College also operates an optional school bus service and offers a termly residential Ignite and a Switzerland programme for older students.
Shanghai Livingston American School (SLAS) opened its original campus on August 26, 2003 and moved to its current Ganxi Road site in Changning District in January 2005. SLAS follows an American curriculum that aligns with California public-school standards and offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the high school program. The school publishes age cutoffs from Nursery (age 2) through Grade 12 and provides a door-to-door school bus service for Shanghai addresses (with published semester rates). SLAS also lists a community-service programme and foreign-language classes (students have taken French, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese), and the school highlights school libraries and arts/music offerings as regular parts of its programme. All facts above are taken from the school website.
Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong (NAIS Pudong) opened in 2002 and is located in the Pudong New District of Shanghai. The school follows the English National Curriculum through Early Years and Primary, offers IGCSE at Years 10–11 and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for Years 12–13; age range is 2–18. Campus facilities include an MIT Maker Space, indoor swimming pool, two sports halls and both grass and artificial-turf football pitches — the site notes it has one of the few natural grass football pitches in Pudong. NAIS Pudong lists over 140 co-curricular activities and partnerships with organisations such as The Juilliard School, MIT and UNICEF; the school also highlights its Model United Nations and Social Impact Programme. For families relocating from overseas, key practical details (address, tuition by year group, transport options) are published on the school website and the Admissions team is listed for enquiries.
Soong Ching Ling School (SCLS) was founded in 2008 and combines a Domestic Division and an International Division on a single campus in Zhaoxiang, Qingpu District. The website states the campus covers roughly 150 acres (near 100,000 m²) and lists a wide range of facilities including bilingual libraries, the Soong Ching Ling Theatre, a Technology & Art building, indoor sports halls and a year‑round heated swimming pool. The school reports about 1,700 students across its divisions and runs regular, school-wide programmes such as an annual Science Fair, TEDx events and an active student council (the HS Student Council has received external recognition). The site also publishes the school's tuition schedules (examples: Domestic primary Yearly tuition RMB 84,000; International Division G6–G8 RMB 180,000/year, G9–G12 RMB 200,000/year). The school's web pages are available in English and Chinese and present the International Division (Grades 1–12) and Domestic Division (Primary, Middle, High) separately.
Concordia International School Shanghai opened in 1998 and is a co-educational day school serving Preschool through High School students in the Jinqiao area of Pudong. The school follows an American-style curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) course offerings and membership in Global Online Academy; it also highlights a multi-level Mandarin program from preschool to grade 12. The single-campus site in Jinqiao reports energy-saving campus systems (including geothermal heating/cooling) and provides optional bus transport and school lunch options. Concordia publishes tuition by grade band (tuition listed in RMB) and reports PS–12 enrollments in its school profile. The Head of School is Dr. Eric Semler.
Founded in 2001 by the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, SMIC Private School International Division in Shanghai provides an American-style K-12 curriculum for foreign passport holders. The school prepares students for overseas universities through its extensive Advanced Placement (AP) courses, including AP Calculus, AP Statistics, and AP Computer Science. The campus features specialized facilities such as seven computer labs with thirty computers each, an artificial intelligence robotics lab equipped with 3D printers, a design technology lab with mechanical construction tools, and a dedicated broadcast room for school television production. A unique signature initiative is the school's graduation requirement that high school students complete one hundred hours of community service and one credit of extracurricular activities. Families utilize the Canvas online learning system to track progress. Students also participate in the Shanghai International Schools Activities Conference (SISAC) sports, competing in volleyball, basketball, and soccer, alongside elective subjects like French and Spanish courses.
Established in 2008, the International Curriculum Teaching Center of Shanghai Jianping High School (ECIC) is a public institution located at 517 Gushan Road in Pudong New District, Shanghai. Serving over 500 international students with small class sizes of 15 to 20 pupils, the campus provides a blend of Chinese domestic core courses and the American Curriculum. Students choose from more than 20 Advanced Placement (AP) elective subjects spanning mathematics, sciences, and arts. The school is particularly known for its signature STEAM initiative, which features hands-on projects in aerospace, civil engineering, drone operation, and oceanography research. For extracurricular options, ECIC partners with global institutions to offer academic exchanges with overseas universities like Stanford. Campus facilities support a student orchestra, a drama club staging full-length theater productions, and competitive sports teams that participate in basketball, track and field, and swimming competitions. Additionally, the school offers residential boarding availability for its student body.
Wellington College International Shanghai opened in August 2014 and is located in the Qiantan / New Bund area of Pudong, next to the Huangpu River and close to the Oriental Sports Center and the metro (Oriental Sports Center station). The College serves children aged 2–18 and offers a bilingual model with English as the official language of instruction and Mandarin taught throughout the school. The campus is described on the school site as the largest in the greater downtown area of Shanghai and includes extensive sports and arts facilities, two pools and a 400m running track. The school publishes its yearly tuition schedule on the website (2025–26 fees shown) and a prospectus with class-size details (Pre‑Nursery/Nursery 20; Reception and Years 1–6 typically 22; Years 7+ typically 22) and enrolment of 1,600+ pupils. If you'd like the campus latitude/longitude, I can look this up on Google Maps (the school website gives the postal address but does not list coordinates).
Adcote School Shanghai, situated on a 90,000-square-meter campus at the foothill of Sheshan Mountain, offers the Cambridge IGCSE, A-Levels, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). The campus features specialized physical infrastructure including libraries, an auditorium, football fields, a climbing wall, a golf platform, innovation labs, and a black box theater. Students choose from 30 different IGCSE and A-Level courses to align with future university specializations, complemented by nearly 40 quality expansion courses spanning sports, languages, and arts. A distinctive feature of the school is the Adcote Genius Program (AGP), which includes the 'Think Ivy Project.' This initiative provides targeted skill enhancement, original English reading, critical thinking courses, and access to a resource pool of Ivy League mentors from the top ten United States universities for one-on-one tutoring. Instruction is delivered in English and Chinese, with students participating in a traditional British-style four-house system. Boarding options are available on campus with an experienced student life team providing daily guidance.
Shanghai Community International School (SCIS) is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum World School founded in 1996 and operating three campuses in Shanghai: Hongqiao Early Childhood (ages 2–6), Hongqiao Main (Grades 2–12) and Pudong (Nursery–Grade 12). SCIS offers the IB Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. The school's tuition is all‑inclusive (examples: school-issued MacBook for Grades 6–12; bus service; school lunches for full-day students are included). Campuses include facilities such as 25m, 6-lane pools, a 700-seat auditorium and a 10,000 sq ft Black Box theatre. SCIS publishes average class-size ranges (Early Childhood 14–18, Lower School 18–20, Upper School 20–22) and highlights language learning (English instruction with Mandarin, EAL, French, Spanish, Korean and Dutch curricular provision and additional extracurricular languages). SCIS also notes recent recognition as an Apple Distinguished School. All points above are taken from the SCIS website.
Britannica International School, Shanghai is a British-curriculum all-through school for students aged 18 months to 18 years; it opened in August 2013. The campus is listed at 1988 Gubei Road (near Wuzhong Road) in the Gubei residential district of Shanghai. The school follows the English National Curriculum and prepares students for IGCSE and A‑Level examinations in partnership with Cambridge (CAIE) and Edexcel. Britannica publishes its annual tuition table (2025–26): annual tuition ranges from RMB 252,300 (Pre‑Nursery) up to RMB 356,700 (Years 12–13). The school describes itself as smaller than many Shanghai international schools, with a current student population of over 400 and class sizes “all under 22 pupils”. A distinctive, named offering is its extensive Native Language Programme (Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew and others), delivered by specialist native-speaking teachers.
Shanghai High School International Division (SHSID) is the international section of Shanghai High School, founded in 1993 and providing education for Grades 1–12 across multiple campuses (Xuhui/Puxi plus Pudong/Zhangjiang, Lingang and Hongkou campuses). SHSID operates a US-based primary curriculum and offers AP courses, the IB Diploma and international A-level options; it is authorized for IB, AP and A-level examinations and is a TOEFL test centre. The Xuhui (Puxi) campus address is 989 Baise Road (north gate) with a south gate at 400 Shangzhong Road in Xuhui District, and the school reports roughly 3,500 students, an average class size of about 18 and a reported 1:5 teacher–student ratio. SHSID also runs STEAM/innovation programmes and a broad world‑languages programme (French, Japanese, Spanish, German, Korean among options) alongside music, drama and visual‑arts provision. (All details from the school website.)
Dehong Shanghai International Chinese School opened on 1 September 2017 in the Qizhong villa area of Maqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai. The campus delivers a twelve-year education (Grade 1–12) that blends the Chinese National Curriculum with international elements, guided by Dehong's holistic, inquiry-based framework and the Dulwich College International pedagogical approach. The school emphasises bilingual education, with roughly 50% Chinese-medium and 50% English-medium teaching in Elementary and Middle School, and a shift to predominantly English instruction (about 85% of teaching and learning in English) from Grade 10 onward to support global university pathways. The Dehong curriculum consists of three strands: the CNC content, extended inquiry-based learning (including STEAM, SE21, service, sustainability, and cultural activities), and the international perspectives offered through Dulwich-inspired practice. The enrichment programme (Qidi) covers Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts, Entrepreneurial Practice, Sports, and Music, and the school participates in Worldwise events that connect students with a global network. The campus is designed to support language development, cross-cultural understanding and holistic growth.
Shanghai Gold Apple School is a private, all‑through boarding school founded in 2000 by the Yalong Group. It sits on a campus in Pudong, with green space and more than 100,000 square meters of buildings. The school comprises of Kindergarten, Primary Department, Secondary Department and International Department, with a strong international orientation across its centers. The International Department includes the American High School Center (US curriculum with AP), the Cambridge Center (IGCSE/A‑Levels), a Mandarin Center (for international students and Chinese learners), and WA International Center and Hidaka/Nihon‑ga Center. Curricula include K‑12 Chinese system, Chinese‑global curriculum for foreign students, US high school curriculum with AP and Cambridge IGCSE/A‑Levels. The school reports about 3,000 students and over 400 staff with more than 1,600 graduates have studied abroad, with a 99% admission rate to top universities. Facilities include the Apple Classroom, a wildlife bird observatory, and a digital immersive future classroom.
Tiny Tots International Pre-School & Kindergarten in Shanghai serves children aged 2 to 6 years and offers an early years programme based on the Wonders and World of Wonders curriculum from McGraw-Hill, a structured early childhood syllabus supporting literacy, numeracy, and developmental skills. Teaching is primarily in English, with Chinese also included, and learning is guided by the school’s Sequential Step System, which places children according to developmental readiness. Weekly activities include phonics, reading, mathematics, science exploration, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, baking, and physical play, alongside themed studies related to world topics and seasonal celebrations. Founded in 1997, Tiny Tots has a long history in Shanghai and typically organises classes in small groups of around 12 children, allowing close teacher interaction. Many teachers come from English-speaking countries. The school places particular emphasis on helping children feel confident and comfortable as they learn and adjust to an English-language classroom environment.
Wycombe Abbey School Nanjing is a co-educational day and boarding school located on a 20-acre campus in Tangshan, Jiangning District. The school combines the Chinese National Curriculum requirements with the British educational framework, offering a through-train pathway from toddler and kindergarten up to IGCSE and A-Levels. A hallmark of the upper school is that the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a compulsory subject for all A-Level students to cultivate independent research skills. The campus spans a built-up area of 112,250 square meters, featuring specialized facilities including a 600-seat theatre, a professional black box theatre, and accommodation for 1,028 boarders from Grade 1 to Grade 12. Its specialized sports programme offers training in rowing, rugby, fencing, golf, and horse riding led by professional coaches. The language environment emphasizes bilingual immersion in both English and Chinese across all learning stages.
Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) is an IB Continuum school on an 18-acre campus in Xujing (New Hongqiao). WISS opened on 6 September 2006 and offers the full IB continuum: PYP, MYP, DP and the IBCP. The school publishes annual tuition in RMB and includes lunch, textbooks, student support and a complementary uniform allowance in its fees. The campus is described by the school as a short drive from the Hongqiao transport hub, Hongqiao Airport and the NECC, with about 30 minutes to downtown Shanghai. WISS lists four institutional pillars—Academics, Sports, Arts and Community Service—and runs an after-school activities programme that includes orchestra and choir, debate, robotics and a broad athletics programme. The school operates a paid bus service and accepts students from Pre-Nursery (age 2.5) through Grade 12 (secondary).
Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School (QDHS) is presented on the school's library site as a dedicated high school campus located at No. 3233 Hongxin Road in Minhang District; the library pages are used to host subject guides, Extended Essay guidance and Grade 10 summer-work materials. The school's online materials on the QDHS library reference both IGCSE (Grade 10 IGCSE Math materials) and the IB Diploma (Extended Essay guidance), and subject guides list Visual Art, Music, Theatre and sciences as supported disciplines. The library pages are written in English and include Chinese-language subject guides, and they are the school-hosted resource used here for factual details (address, subject/assessment resources and Grade 10–11 DP references). Where the main public website does not state an item explicitly (fees, overall pupil numbers, class sizes, principal on the public pages accessed), those fields are left blank in this profile.
Vanke Bilingual School (VBS) in Shenzhen is a nine-year (primary + junior middle) private bilingual school run by the Vanke Education Development Foundation and managed under Meisha Education. The school website states it opened in September 2018 and is based at No.80 Huanan Road, Minzhi Sub-district, Longhua District, Shenzhen. VBS describes a blended curriculum: the Chinese national curriculum is taught alongside international-quality courses (ESL, Drama, Science, Art, PE and STEAM elements), delivered through immersive bilingual instruction and project-based learning (PBL). The campus pages and admissions information note small class sizes (primary 24 per class, plus 1 reserved seat for staff children; middle school 32) and facilities that include a heated indoor pool, climbing wall and dedicated STEAM / maker spaces. For fees the school gives 2021 reference figures: primary RMB 58,000 per semester and middle RMB 64,000 per semester (the site says to refer to the current year's admissions brochure for up-to-date rates). All items above are taken from the school website.
YK Pao School is a non-profit bilingual (Chinese–English) school founded in 2007 that offers a Year 1–12 programme across three Shanghai campuses. The Primary School is located on West Wuding Road in Changning District (city centre); the Middle School is in Changning (near the Xijiao State Guest Hotel / Metro Line 10 area); and the High School is on the Songjiang (Thames Town) campus with a residential programme. The High School follows IGCSE and the IB Diploma (DP) alongside core components of the Chinese National Curriculum; Primary and Middle combine the Chinese National Curriculum with selected international syllabuses. The website lists about 1,600 students and provides a 2024/25 tuition table (fees shown per semester). For map links the site points to external map viewers rather than publishing Google Maps coordinates.
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