On September 10, 2010, Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom came to Tianjin to inaugurate the Wellington International School in Tianjin.
In August 2011, KS Wellington opened its first Chinese campus in Tianjin. David Cook, Principal of Wellington International School Shanghai, said in a speech on the day that he was eager to establish a school in Shanghai that integrates the cultures of a diverse ethnic community.
Tianjin Wellington's 15-year tuition fee is $2.7 million
A-Level experimental classes are required to take IELTS or TOEFL in the first year of high school
Annual cost of $140,000 for students aged 3-4
Tianjin Wellington International School's official website shows that for the 2012-2013 school year, the school can admit students aged 3-18, and, according to China's relevant laws, it only admits foreign students.
In terms of admissions testing, language proficiency requirements for preschoolers are secondary; before the third grade of elementary school, admissions testing favors language and self-care skills, among other things; after the fourth grade, applicants are required to participate in English, math, and reasoning tests, as well as interviews; and when they enter the upper grades, which are the equivalent of middle school and high school in China, the language of instruction will be predominantly English.
The cost is 140,000 yuan per year for pre-school 3-4 years old, 169,000 yuan per year for 5-6 years old, and then increases year by year to 198,500 yuan per year for the 14-17 years old stage. A reporter did some rough calculations and found that if a student were to attend the school for 15 years from age 3-17, the tuition alone would amount to 2.7 million yuan, not counting the additional costs of school lunches, uniforms and school bus transportation.
Tianjin Wellington International School, an enrollment brief, the school A-Level experimental class enrollment object for the current junior high school graduates. The program is subject to a test, which is divided into two parts: a written test and an interview. The written test subjects are English and math. The language requirement for both the written test and the interview is English. Candidates' results in the Chinese Language Examination will be used as a reference in the admission process. Candidates are also required to pay an application fee of 2,000 yuan for the exam.
A-Levels are taught externally
The A-Level experimental class is based on the British A-Level curriculum, supplemented by Chinese high school literature and history courses. "The A-Level program is the UK's national high school curriculum, and is the main test course for UK students before they enter university. The curriculum and assessment system has been widely promoted around the world, and students can apply for admission to thousands of universities in more than a hundred countries, including Harvard, Yale, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Oxford and other top universities in the world, after studying the A-Level program and obtaining the certificate of the program.
The A-Level teachers are all current foreign teachers at Wellington International School in Tianjin. Many of the teachers of Geography, English and Biology have obtained their diplomas and teaching certificates from prestigious universities such as Cambridge, Oxford and Manchester University. At present, the experimental classes are small, with no more than 24 students in each class.
In addition, the school's principal, Devin Cole, is the former founding principal of the Lepton School in Dubai, and before that was also the principal of the Dewi International School in Thailand, the Lewis Grammar School in the UK, and the Qatar Academy. On February 28, 2013, Wellington Public School, founded by Queen Victoria herself, officially signed a contract to move into Shanghai. The "Wellington International School Shanghai" will be the second branch campus of Wellington School in China after Tianjin. The British Wellington School and the Shanghai Lujiazui Group signed a contract here to become strategic partners, according to which the two sides will work together to build a school in Shanghai's post-World Expo development of the key areas - the Bund International Business District, is expected to be able to enroll in August 2014 the first batch of students. The school is expected to enroll the first batch of students in August 2014. The enrollment targets are mainly children of expatriates living and working in Shanghai, and the tuition fee is expected to be no less than 200,000 yuan per year.
Shanghai Wellington International School has a total floor area of about 36,000 square meters and is expected to accommodate a total of 1,500 students from kindergarten to high school. Yang Xiaoming, general director of the Shanghai Lujiazui Group's Foreshore Command, said he hoped the school would provide an excellent brand of prestigious schools for international families living in Shanghai, as well as for the headquarters of international corporations developing in the city.
Shanghai Wellington International School, which is located north of Xiaohuangpu River Road in the Foreshore International Business District, is the first functional project in the Foreshore. The Foreshore area is one of the six key development areas in Shanghai during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The area will also continue to improve supporting functions, including the introduction of Singapore's large medical group, the opening of compulsory education schools.