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China, Guangzhou
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Britannia International School Guangzhou was founded in 2017 by Winnie Chen as a non‑profit international school within the Canadian International Education Organization (CIEO). CIEO is described on the school site as the group that oversees BIS and a number of other member schools in the region. The school's website notes its establishment as part of CIEO's wider network and frames BIS as a non‑profit member school.
BIS describes itself as a multicultural campus with students from 45+ nationalities. The school calendar includes regular large events — for example a month‑long sports program and arts opening ceremonies — which the school highlights on its events pages. Daily and weekly life at the school is supplemented by after‑school activities (ASA) such as football, dance, robotics/AI and other clubs that are open to students across age ranges.
The school's Parent Teacher Association (家委会) is presented on the BIS site as a parent‑staff community group whose stated goal is to bring families together to promote and improve the learning environment and to celebrate school culture. According to the school's information on family‑school services, the PTA works alongside established communication and engagement mechanisms such as ClassDojo, scheduled parent–teacher conferences (PTCs) at the ends of terms, and open days. The PTA page describes the group as a bridge between home and school, acting to foster parent involvement and to represent parent perspectives to staff. In practice, the school asks parents to use the regular channels (ClassDojo, email, WeChat and arranged meetings) to raise items the PTA may help coordinate or bring to school leadership. The school site frames PTA activity as collaborative and practical rather than ceremonial — focused on parent meetings, supporting open days and facilitating volunteer and liaison opportunities rather than running academic programmes.
Britannia International School Guangzhou (BIS) is a non-profit, English‑taught Cambridge school for students aged 2–18. The school was founded in 2017 and is a member school of the Canadian International Educational Organization (CIEO). BIS follows the Cambridge pathway from EYFS through IGCSE and Cambridge AS & A Level, and highlights STEAM/IDEALAB and Chinese language programmes within its K–12 offer. The published 2025–2026 fee schedule shows annual tuition ranging from RMB 127,000 (EYFS) to RMB 186,000 (Year 12–13). BIS operates as a day school (no boarding) and publishes a school bus programme and bus fees for routes around Jinshazhou, Guangzhou and neighbouring areas. Typical class sizes are given on the site as approximately 18 in Early Years (Nursery/Reception) and around 25 from Year 1 upward. Sources for the key facts above:
