China, Chengdu
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The Beanstalk International Bilingual School (BIBS) Chengdu Campus is located at Building 351, Honghe Road, Longquanyi (Longquanyi) District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The Longquanyi Campus was established in 2016 and sits on a large site reported to be about 30 acres, with facilities to accommodate a bilingual international program. The campus serves students aged 2 to 18.
The Chengdu Campus serves ages 2–18, covering early years through high school. It provides Kindergarten and G1–G12 offerings, aligned with BIBS' IB PYP/MYP/DP framework and related programs such as A-Levels, IGCSE, and AP.
The school is co-educational and operates as a day school.
Public materials do not list dedicated SEN/SAL provisions for the Chengdu Campus. The school broadly positions itself as an international bilingual program within the IB framework, but specific SEN provisions are not published.
There is no country-specific affiliation listed; BIBS operates as an international bilingual school accepting students from any country.
No religious affiliation is indicated publicly for the Chengdu Campus.
Start and end times for the school day are not published on the Chengdu Campus materials.
Application / registration fees
- Registration (application) fee: RMB 1,600 (one‑time per new enrollment).
- Entry/placement test fee (where applicable): RMB 500 (one‑time).
Tuition fees by year group (annual and per term)
Note: published fee schedules for the Chengdu campus are quoted as annual amounts. The Chengdu academic calendar follows a two‑semester structure for the school year; the per‑term figures below show the annual fee divided by two (one semester).
- Kindergarten / Pre‑school (学前班): RMB 100,000 per year — RMB 50,000 per semester.
- Primary School (Grades 1–5): RMB 130,000 per year — RMB 65,000 per semester.
- Lower Secondary / Middle School (Grades 6–9): RMB 140,000 per year — RMB 70,000 per semester.
- Upper Secondary / High School (Grades 10–12): RMB 168,000 per year — RMB 84,000 per semester.
- Hong Kong DSE stream (where available): RMB 120,000 per year — RMB 60,000 per semester.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Publicly available information for the Chengdu campus lists annual tuition rates; an explicit, published term‑by‑term billing calendar or fixed due‑date schedule was not located in the publicly available materials reviewed. The Chengdu school year runs on a two‑semester academic calendar; per‑semester figures above are half the published annual rate. Parents should expect official invoices to be issued in advance of each academic year or term and to be required to pay before the start of the relevant term.
Boarding fees (where applicable)
- Boarding + meals (reported figures vary between sources): commonly reported at around RMB 20,000 per year for full boarding (three meals plus snacks). Some sources report lower boarding figures (for example RMB 12,800 per year); published third‑party summaries show a range. Expect boarding to be billed separately from tuition.
Other mandatory or typical additional costs
- School uniform: approximately RMB 2,500 per full set.
- Meals for day students: reported around RMB 7,000 per year (walk‑in/part‑board meal plan for day students).
- School bus (optional, where offered): commonly reported in the range RMB 6,000–15,000 per year depending on route; a typical Chengdu campus figure reported near RMB 15,000 per year.
- Textbooks and learning materials: may be charged separately or collected as a one‑time materials fee (amount varies by year and program).
- Extra‑curricular activities, exams (external examination fees for A‑Level/IB/DSE), trips and optional summer programs: charged separately as incurred.
Beanstalk International Bilingual School (BIBS) Chengdu Campus sits in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, at No. 351 Honghe Street. The campus was established in 2016 and serves about 600 students with a teacher–student ratio of 1:5 and typical class sizes around 22. The school offers IB programmes: Primary Years Programme (PYP) accredited, Middle Years Programme (MYP) candidate, and Diploma Programme (DP) accredited, alongside A-Level and HKDSE options. The language of instruction is bilingual in English and Chinese, and English and Chinese are taught as subjects within the MYP and DP curricula. Extracurriculars span sport, performing arts, and STEM, with clubs such as Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, and Cultural and Language. The campus provides a school bus service with fixed stations across Chengdu and dormitories for boarding. The PYP Principal is Nigel Jones, supported by a senior leadership team including the Head of Schools and other international programme leads.