The King’s School Shenzhen International
A British independent school in Qianhai, Shenzhen, and the first overseas campus of The King’s School, Canterbury — founded in 597 AD and thought to be the oldest continuously operating school in England. Pupils are aged 3 to 18 across Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior School. The Senior School follows Cambridge IGCSE, in both two-year and one-year programmes, and A Level, with class sizes of roughly 16 to 24. Teaching is in English with bilingual English–Chinese provision, and boarding is available.
Shenzhen International Foundation College
An international senior high school in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, founded in 2004 by a team of Shenzhen University professors and among the city’s earliest providers of the AP curriculum. It serves roughly 300 students aged 14 to 18 in Grades 9 to 12, through an international high school division and an art high school division, offering AP, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE and A Level, and art pathways. Accreditations include Cognia, the College Board, Pearson Edexcel and Cambridge International.
Merchiston International School
A full British boarding school in Longhua, Shenzhen, opened in 2018 as the first overseas campus of Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, founded in 1833. Pupils are aged 4 to 18; Years 1 to 9 follow the English National Curriculum and Years 10 to 13 take IGCSE and GCE A Level. The senior school is exclusively boarding, with accommodation for around 600, and the campus was built for up to 1,200 pupils.
CBIS Bilingual International School
A private bilingual international school in the Citic Lake community, Lishui Town, Nanhai District, Foshan. It has been an authorised IB World School since April 2019, offering the IB Diploma Programme alongside Cambridge IGCSE Co-ordinated Science, taught in English and Chinese.
Shanghai Arete Bilingual School
A private, co-educational bilingual day school in Shanghai, authorised as an IB World School since June 2017. Teaching is in English, and the IB Diploma Programme covers sciences including Biology, Chemistry and Physics alongside mathematics, humanities and the arts.
Desheng School (International), Shunde
The international division of Guangdong Shunde Desheng School in Foshan, established in 2011 and among the first cohort of IB World Schools in Guangdong Province. It teaches students aged 12 to 18 in English through a three-stage route: a Foundation Programme for Grades 7 and 8, Cambridge IGCSE for Grades 9 and 10, and the IB Diploma Programme or A Levels for Grades 11 and 12.
