Nord Anglia School Suzhou - Xiangcheng (NAS Suzhou) vs Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province
Nord Anglia School Suzhou - Xiangcheng (NAS Suzhou) and Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province are both in Suzhou, about 15 km apart. Both schools offer Chinese National programmes, and Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province also offers IB. Published annual fees are RMB 140,000 - 180,000 at Nord Anglia School Suzhou - Xiangcheng (NAS Suzhou) and RMB 68,000 - 163,000 at Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province, which puts Nord Anglia School Suzhou - Xiangcheng (NAS Suzhou) roughly 39% higher. Nord Anglia School Suzhou - Xiangcheng (NAS Suzhou) takes pupils from 6 to 18, and Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province from 16 to 18.
Ages 6-18; Elementary School (ages 6-12), Junior High School (ages 13-15), High School (ages 16-18). Languages of instruction: English and Mandarin.
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School type
School type
Day and boarding.
School type
Public high school with an International Division, offering the IB Diploma Programme.
Pupil nationality mix
Pupil nationality mix
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Pupil nationality mix
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Additional learning support
Additional learning support
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Additional learning support
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Country affiliation
Country affiliation
China
Country affiliation
China
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation
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Religious affiliation
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School day structure
School day structure
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School day structure
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Bus service details
Bus service details
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Bus service details
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Fees
Fees
Fee details
Fee details
Application fee - The school requires payment of application/enrolment-related fees as part of the admissions process; a specific application fee amount is not published in the school's publicly available admissions information.
Tuition fees by year group (2025–2026 academic year, charged per semester) - Primary (Elementary): Annual tuition ¥140,000. Charged by semester as ¥70,000 for Semester 1 and ¥70,000 for Semester 2. - Junior High (Middle school): Annual tuition ¥160,000. Charged by semester as ¥80,000 for Semester 1 and ¥80,000 for Semester 2. - A‑Level high school: Annual tuition ¥168,000. Charged by semester as ¥84,000 for Semester 1 and ¥84,000 for Semester 2. - IBDP high school: Annual tuition ¥180,000. Charged by semester as ¥90,000 for Semester 1 and ¥90,000 for Semester 2. - Local (普通) high school pathway: Annual tuition ¥80,000. Charged by semester as ¥40,000 for Semester 1 and ¥40,000 for Semester 2.
Billing schedule and payment terms - Tuition is stated as charged per semester. The published academic calendar shows Semester 1 running from Monday 1 September 2025 to Thursday 5 February 2026, and Semester 2 running from Monday 2 March 2026 to Friday 3 July 2026, indicating the school's billing aligns with these semesters. Payment of required fees is used to confirm and secure a student's place. Specific invoice dates, formal payment deadlines, and any early‑payment discounts are not published in the school's public admissions pages.
Boarding fees and boarding provision - The campus operates as a day and boarding school and provides full boarding facilities and 24‑hour care. Accommodation, meals, and boarding services are offered, but specific boarding tariff amounts (boarding fee per semester or per year) are not published in the publicly available school information. Tuition figures above do not include separate boarding or meal charges.
Other costs and typical additional charges - The published information specifies that tuition does not include accommodation fees, meal charges, school uniform costs, school bus fees, or fees for certain extracurricular activities; those items are billed separately. Exact amounts for uniform, meals, transport, extracurricular programme fees, textbooks, or instrument hire are not published. Parents should budget for these additional, separate charges on top of the tuition figures above.
Refund information - No detailed refund policy or schedule (for deposits, tuition pro‑rata refunds, or withdrawal penalties) is published in the school's publicly available admissions pages. The school's admissions information does state that payment of required fees is part of confirming a place, but specific rules governing refunds are not listed.
Fee payment options - The school's public admissions pages do not list specific accepted payment methods (for example, bank transfer, credit card, or local payment platforms) or invoicing details. The admissions process requires payment to confirm enrolment, but the published site does not provide the precise payment channels or banking instructions in the available pages.
Brief summary of what is published and what is not published - Published and specific: tuition amounts by school category for 2025–2026 and the semester dates / billing cadence. - Not published (no specific amounts or formal policy text found in the publicly available admissions materials): precise application fee amount, boarding fee amounts, uniform cost, meal/meal‑plan prices, school bus fees, detailed refund policy, formal payment deadlines, and the list of accepted payment methods. The school confirms these items are separate from tuition and handled through admissions/fee administration but does not publish the numeric values or full payment procedures on the publicly available admissions pages.
Fee details
Application / Entrance Fees - An entrance examination fee is charged for applicants; published admission materials list an entrance/exam fee of RMB 200 for the admission test. - Standard municipal registration and testing fees for public-school admissions processes (small administrative/exam charges such as RMB 12 for registration and per-subject exam fees) apply where relevant under local admissions rules.
Tuition fees — annual by programme and year group (published amounts) - A‑Level programme: RMB 138,000 per academic year. - Canadian OSSD programme: RMB 148,000 per academic year. - China–Japan (中日) programme: RMB 68,000 per academic year. - North American / US‑track (published per‑grade examples for international pre‑university pathways): typical published examples show tuition varying by grade in the North American direction (for example: Grade 10 ≈ RMB 100,000; Grade 11 ≈ RMB 138,000; Grade 12 ≈ RMB 163,000 in the published school materials for the international pre‑university programme). Parents should use the programme‑specific year‑group figure shown above for budgeting.
Per‑term / per‑semester billing - Annual tuition is published as a yearly amount by programme. The school's published materials specify annual programme fees rather than a fixed breakdown per term; boarding and some ancillary charges are shown on a per‑semester basis. Parents should expect the school to bill tuition on the academic cycle (annual or semester) used by the school's finance office.
Boarding / accommodation fees - Boarding (dormitory) fee for residential students is published as RMB 150 per student, per semester for standard school dormitories. This follows local public‑school boarding fee standards for general dormitories.
Other compulsory and likely additional costs - Meals: daily cafeteria meal charges are collected separately and are not included in the programme tuition; published examples for the school or comparable public international divisions have shown cafeteria rates in the region of RMB 30 per school day. - Uniform / clothing: a uniform fee has been listed in past school fee schedules (example figure shown in published materials: RMB 1,180). Uniform charges are collected in addition to tuition. - Textbooks, learning materials and course‑specific resources: these are generally charged separately and are not included in the headline international‑programme tuition. - External exam and testing fees: fees for AP/IB/SAT/托福/雅思/日本留考 and other external examinations are charged separately and should be budgeted as additional items. - Optional items and co‑curricular costs: field trips, certain project courses, summer programmes, special workshops, or externally‑provided after‑school activities may incur separate charges.
Billing schedule and payment terms - Tuition and other charges are invoiced through the school's official payment channel after admission and confirmation of place; families are required to settle the invoiced amounts by the deadlines stated in the admission/registration notice to confirm enrollment and guarantee place. - The school's payment platform supports online payments and related receipt upload functions; the payment portal has supported bank receipt upload and digital payment methods (including digital RMB in recent platform updates). Parents receive instructions after admission on how to log into the payment portal and complete payment.
Fee payment options - Online payment via the school's designated payment portal (the school's official finance/payment platform) is supported; the platform includes mechanisms to upload bank payment receipts and to use supported online payment channels. - Domestic bank transfer / in‑country RMB payment to the school's official account is a routinely used method for schools in the region; parents commonly pay via bank transfer through a designated school collection account when instructed. International payment agents or third‑party school payment services are also available for cross‑border payments where needed.
Refunds and withdrawal charges - Refund and refund‑calculation rules follow public‑school and local education authority regulations for placement and tuition where applicable: for example, placement fee refunds and partial refunds in the event of withdrawal before study commonly follow local rules (published local guidance describes refunding a portion of placement fees if a student withdraws before starting, and prorated refunds in some circumstances after study has begun). Specific refund amounts, deadlines, and required procedures are determined by the school's finance office and local education authority rules. - For ancillary items (external exam fees, uniforms, one‑off activity fees), refundability depends on the supplier and timing; many of these charges are non‑refundable once services have been provided or external exam registrations have been processed.
Summary of items parents should budget for (in addition to headline tuition) - Entrance/exam fee (example published amount RMB 200 or standard municipal registration/exam charges). - Annual programme tuition (see programme list above: A‑Level RMB 138,000; OSSD RMB 148,000; 中日 RMB 68,000; North American direction may vary by grade). - Boarding (RMB 150/semester for standard dormitory). - Meals, textbooks, uniform, AP/IB/exam fees, transportation (school bus), extra‑curricular programme charges and occasional project/field‑trip fees.
For payment questions, invoicing details, and the exact billing calendar for a confirmed offer, contact the school's admissions or finance office by the listed school contact channels (admissions email and telephone) to receive the official invoice and payment instructions.
Diving deeper
Diving deeper
Boarding arrangements
Boarding arrangements
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Boarding arrangements
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Uniform requirement
Uniform requirement
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Uniform requirement
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Food options
Food options
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Food options
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House system
House system
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House system
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Governance and ownership
Governance and ownership
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Governance and ownership
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Academics
Academics
Curriculum details
Curriculum details
The school follows the Chinese National Curriculum; languages of instruction are English and Mandarin.
Curriculum details
The school's curriculum is an integration of the Chinese national curriculum, the Chinese Wu culture, and the IB education.
Student teacher ratio
Student teacher ratio
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Student teacher ratio
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Exam results
Exam results
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Exam results
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Higher education progression
Higher education progression
Graduates earn places at top 100 universities in China and around the world.
Higher education progression
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Gifted and talented
Gifted and talented
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Gifted and talented
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Academic calendar
Academic calendar
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Academic calendar
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Wellbeing & support
Wellbeing & support
Social & emotional learning
Social & emotional learning
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Social & emotional learning
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Special educational needs (SEN)
Special educational needs (SEN)
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Special educational needs (SEN)
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English as an additional language
English as an additional language
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English as an additional language
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Mental wellbeing
Mental wellbeing
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Mental wellbeing
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Safeguarding
Safeguarding
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Safeguarding
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Safeguarding policy
Safeguarding policy
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Safeguarding policy
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Facilities
Facilities
Facilities overview
Facilities overview
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Facilities overview
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Sports facilities
Sports facilities
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Sports facilities
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Academic facilities
Academic facilities
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Academic facilities
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Extra curricular facilities
Extra curricular facilities
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Extra curricular facilities
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Parent experience
Parent experience
History
History
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History
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Community
Community
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Community
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Parent teacher association
Parent teacher association
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Parent teacher association
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Extra-curricular
Extra-curricular
Academic & intellectual
Academic & intellectual
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Academic & intellectual
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Arts & creative
Arts & creative
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Arts & creative
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Cultural & language
Cultural & language
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Cultural & language
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Social & hobbies
Social & hobbies
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Social & hobbies
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Community & service
Community & service
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Community & service
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Leadership & professional
Leadership & professional
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Leadership & professional
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Lifestyle & wellbeing
Lifestyle & wellbeing
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Lifestyle & wellbeing
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Language provision
Language provision
Language provision
Language provision
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Language provision
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Bilingual teaching
Bilingual teaching
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Bilingual teaching
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Immersion programs
Immersion programs
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Immersion programs
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Reputation
Reputation
Awards
Awards
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Awards
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Accreditations
Accreditations
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Accreditations
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Admissions
Admissions
Admissions
Admissions
Online or on-campus visit: Attend a parent information session or campus tour to learn about NAS Suzhou, Xiangcheng. The admissions team will answer questions and assist with the application. They can talk you through the application process and explain the school's entry requirements. Submit application: Complete the online application form and provide the required documents. The admissions team offers highly personalized support, including one-to-one guidance and professional admissions guidance. They also note the option to apply for scholarships. Face-to-face interview: After the application is complete, the admissions team will contact you to conduct an in-person interview. Receive admission letter: If admitted, an official admission letter will be emailed. Confirm enrollment: Pay the relevant fees to confirm enrollment and hold the place. Alumni resources: Meet our alumni. Our graduates go on to study at world-renowned universities.
