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Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School

China, Hangzhou

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English, English
Fees RMB 61,600 - 150,000
Ages 11 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 1300
Type Co-educational
Opened 2008
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school
Academic offering
Curriculum Australian Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels, Chinese National Curriculum, German Curriculum, Japanese Curriculum
Taught languages Mandarin, English, German, Japanese
Typical class size 6
Strengths Languages, STEM, Performing Arts
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Cultural and Language
Stages Middle School, Secondary School, High School
Introduction

Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School (est. 2008) is a 12-year middle-and-high-school campus located in Hangzhou's Future Science and Technology City. The school's website describes three departments (lower middle school, upper school — domestic track, and upper school — overseas track), about 48 classes and over 1,300 students, and a faculty with a high proportion of teachers holding advanced degrees. The campus is presented as being close to Zhijiang Lab and Alibaba's headquarters, within the Yuhang innovation area. Entel offers multiple university pathways (Gaokao domestic track plus overseas tracks including A-Level, Australian, German and Japanese programs) and highlights multilingual teaching and a 2.5+3.5 transition pathway from middle to high school.

No. 1 Shanghe Road, Yuhang Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, China.

The Essentials

Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School has 1,300 pupils, typical class sizes of 6, instruction in English, English.

Location
Campus address: No.1 Shanghe Road (上和路1号), Yuhang Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou. The school is in Hangzhou's Yuhang/老余杭 suburban district (near the future‑tech / development areas of Yuhang) — it is reachable by Hangzhou public transport but the school's website gives only the postal/contact details; for exact metro/bus stops or driving directions contact the school or check a map app.

Stages
The school operates as a combined middle (lower school) and upper school (senior high) and publishes multiple pathways: a domestic (Gaokao) track plus international tracks (A‑Level and country‑specific programmes such as Australian, German and Japanese options).

Type
Hangzhou Entel is a private (民办) full‑time secondary school (initially founded 2008) that includes both junior‑ and senior‑middle years; the school runs international programme streams alongside national curriculum classes. Several school listings indicate on‑campus boarding is available for some students.

Additional learning support
The school's public profile highlights a low student‑to‑teacher ratio (about 1:6) and small‑class/specialized small‑class teaching (10–20 students), which can support closer teacher attention; the official site does not publish a dedicated Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy or detailed SEN provisions, so parents with specific support needs should contact the admissions office directly to discuss individual arrangements.

Country affiliation
The school is a Chinese school (located and registered in Hangzhou) offering international curricula but it is not presented as affiliated to a foreign national education authority.

Religious affiliation
No religious affiliation is indicated on the school website or in its public profile; the school is presented as secular.

School day structure
The school's website gives programme and contact information but does not publish a daily timetable (start/end times, lesson periods or exact break/lunch times). Local and provincial practice allows schools some flexibility in scheduling, so exact day structure and boarding routines vary by year group — please ask the school for a current daily timetable and boarding routines.

Bus service
The school's own site does not describe a school‑bus provider or published routes. Local school listings and parent information pages note that Entel operates coordinated student transport (school buses / weekend pickups reported by local sources), but those listings do not give route/provider details; for approved routes, pickup points, safety procedures and fee arrangements contact the school's admissions or logistics office.
Diving Deeper

Governance and Ownership
Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School was established by the Jincheng Holdings Group in 2008. It follows a 12-year education system with three departments: lower middle school, upper school (domestic track), and upper school (overseas track). It is located in Hangzhou's Future Science and Technology City.
Fees

Annual tuition at Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School ranges from RMB 61,600 to RMB 150,000 for 2026/27.

Application fees
- No specific, separate application or registration fee amount is publicly listed in the school's available admissions materials or common public summaries.

Tuition fees — by year group (amounts shown per semester unless otherwise noted)
- Primary / elementary: approximately RMB 30,800 per semester.
- Junior high (初中): approximately RMB 40,000–40,700 per semester.
- Senior high (普通班): approximately RMB 40,700 per semester. Senior-high program fees vary by curriculum track: English/US/Australia/A‑Level oriented tracks are reported higher (examples in public sources show up to RMB 50,000 per semester for some international-track cohorts), and some “foreign-language specialty” tracks are reported at a higher level (examples of RMB 75,000 per semester appear in public summaries). Exact program pricing differs by track.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Core tuition and boarding fees are charged on a per‑semester basis (学期收取). Miscellaneous service fees such as meals, insurance and uniforms are charged separately and are described as collected according to actual use. Meal charges are commonly handled via the campus IC (prepaid) system in public summaries.

Boarding fees (where applicable)
- Boarding for junior-high and high-school students is reported in public summaries at approximately RMB 3,000–4,000 per semester (examples include RMB 3,000; RMB 3,500; RMB 4,000 in different years/programs).

Other costs and typical additional charges
- School meals: examples show about RMB 2,800 per semester (charged via campus meal/IC card top‑up in cited summaries).
- Uniforms: publicly cited approximate cost about RMB 2,500 (one‑off, variable by year).
- Insurance and incidental costs: items such as student safety/accident insurance and selected course materials are described as charged as required (examples list insurance ~RMB 310 in past summaries).

Refund information
- Publicly available summaries do not provide a detailed, school‑level tuition refund schedule; service items such as meal fees are described in public materials as accounted for on use and adjusted (多退少补) where applicable. No specific school refund table was located in the cited public sources.

Fee payment options
- Meal and campus service payments are reported to be handled through the campus IC/prepaid card system. Public summaries do not list a complete, definitive set of tuition payment channels (bank details, online portal or card acceptance) for tuition in the sources reviewed. For billing the school lists contact details for administrative inquiries.
Academics

Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School teaches Australian Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels, Chinese National Curriculum, German Curriculum, Japanese Curriculum for students aged 11 to 18.

Curriculum
Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School operates an integrated 6‑year lower/middle school and an upper school that runs both a domestic (Gaokao) track and an overseas track offering A‑Level, Australian, German and Japanese pathways. The lower/middle school follows a 6‑year model with small classes (maximum 36, with math and foreign‑language classes split into 18–20), a mentor system, and more than 70 elective/enrichment courses including second‑language study. The upper‑school domestic track prepares students for China's Gaokao with small‑class teaching, individualized mentoring and implementation of the “3 out of 7” subject‑choice reform. The overseas track provides distinct pathways: an A‑Level programme for UK/US/Canada/Australia/Hong Kong/Singapore admission, an Australian programme aligned to the Group of Eight (with a 2.5‑year high‑school pathway), a German programme routed via Aachen University of Applied Sciences for entry to North Rhine‑Westphalia universities, and a Japanese programme preparing students for four‑year undergraduate study in Japan. Across stages students receive transition programmes (e.g., a 2.5+3.5 transition option), university‑placement guidance and research‑oriented enrichment to support progression to domestic or international qualifications.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
The school does not publish a named Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programme or a dedicated pastoral-team page on its official website. The school's news items refer to a Counseling and Career Planning Center and a range of co-curricular activities (drama productions, study tours, sports) that the school describes as contributing to students' broader development. The Cognia accreditation report on the website also highlights the school's stated commitment to fostering well-rounded students. The site does not provide public, detailed documentation of an SEL curriculum, designated SEL staff, or specific SEL initiatives. For programme-level details or job titles of pastoral staff, parents should contact the school directly.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
The school's official website and news pages do not publish a specialist Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy or a list of specific categories of SEN that the school can support. No dedicated SEN department, specialist provision, or statement that the school is a specialist SEN institution is shown in the materials available on the site. External school-directory summaries describe the school's curriculum and pastoral aims but do not provide SEN detail either. Because the school does not make SEN provision details publicly available online, it should be treated as not publicly disclosing its SEN arrangements. For clarity on individual needs, the school's admissions or student-support office should be contacted directly.

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
The school publishes news showing strong English teaching outcomes (Cambridge Outstanding Learner awards and national English competition results) and advertises international-language programmes and foreign-teacher recruitment. However, the official site does not present a named EAL (English as an Additional Language) programme, an EAL team, or specific EAL-entry/withdrawal procedures in its publicly available pages. In other words, dedicated EAL provision is not documented on the school website. If you need information about targeted English-language support for non-native speakers, please contact the school to request their current EAL arrangements.

Mental Wellbeing
The school's website refers to a Counseling and Career Planning Center and describes student activities that foster teamwork and engagement, which the school links to holistic student development. The Cognia accreditation article on the site indicates the institution was reviewed across criteria that include student support and institutional management. The site does not, however, publish a separate mental-health or wellbeing policy, a staff list of counsellors/psychologists, or publicly available programme details for clinical mental-health support. For information about onsite counsellors, counselling hours, or referral pathways to external mental-health services, you should contact the school directly.

Safeguarding
The school's website lists contact information and regulatory filings (site contact details and ICP/public-security registration numbers) but does not publish a standalone child-protection or safeguarding policy on its public pages. The Cognia accreditation report indicates the school has undergone a comprehensive institutional review, which includes aspects of management and student support, but the site does not provide a named safeguarding officer or the school's formal child-protection procedures. Because a specific safeguarding policy is not available on the website, parents or inspectors should request the school's safeguarding/child-protection documentation and the names of designated safeguarding leads directly from the school. Contact details are provided on the site for such requests.
Parent Experience

History
Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School was established in 2008 by the Jincheng (金成) Group; the school is a privately run institution operated in collaboration with Hangzhou Foreign Languages School as the entrusted manager. It has developed as a 12‑year (K‑12/middle & high school) institution with multiple academic tracks and a growing middle/high‑school campus since its founding. Over the years the school has signed international cooperation agreements (for example with the Goethe‑Institute PASCH) and been recognized in provincial and municipal international‑education initiatives.

Community
The school community comprises students, Chinese and foreign teachers, and families, and it regularly hosts international exchange visits and collaborative projects with partner schools and universities. Entel runs a broad calendar of curricular and extracurricular activities that include multilingual theatre productions, STEM teams (including iGEM participation), study tours and university fairs that engage both students and visiting scholars or admissions officers. Local and cross‑regional cultural events (for example exchange visits with Hong Kong schools and seasonal community festivals) are used to connect students and families with the wider Hangzhou education community.

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
The school organizes regular home–school activities such as Open Days, class‑level parent meetings and family festivals; these events are used for academic briefings, curriculum consultation and community building. Examples include an annual Open Day and themed family events (the elementary “双倍爱” family celebration and accompanying food‑festival activities), which bring together parents, school leaders and students. School leadership frequently holds information sessions and Q&A meetings with parents (principal briefings and enrollment consultations have been reported in local coverage), and the school invites parent representatives to participate in class‑level coordination and volunteer activities. In practice, parent engagement at Entel spans formal parent‑teacher meetings, family‑school performances and community volunteer roles that support single‑day events and exchanges.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School is located in Hangzhou's Future Science and Technology City. It was established in 2008 by Jincheng Holdings Group and sits near Zhijiang Lab and Alibaba Headquarters. The middle/high school campus covers about 60,000 square meters and comprises three departments: lower middle school, upper school (domestic track), and upper school (overseas track). The school serves more than 1,300 students across six grades and 48 classes, supported by over 200 teachers. Over 70% of faculty hold master's degrees or higher, and about 50% have overseas study backgrounds; 35% have various academic honors. The curriculum emphasizes arts and sciences, multilingual teaching, and an international learning atmosphere, with four languages (Chinese, English, German, Japanese) and multiple university pathways (Gaokao, A-Level, Japanese, German, Australian programs). The school has earned recognitions such as Goethe-Institut PASCH cooperation (2014), membership in the One-thousand Overseas Partner Schools project (2015), and honors for international education in Hangzhou and related initiatives.

Sports Facilities
The school operates a competitive sports program, including a rugby team. The Entel Rugby Team placed third at the first Yuhang District Championship.

Academic Facilities
The school follows a 12-year education framework with three departments and six grades, supported by 48 classes and more than 1,300 students. The Curriculum System includes Lower School (Middle School), Upper School (Gaokao Curriculum), Japanese Program, German Program, Australian Program, and A-Level Program. Admissions outcomes show 90+% of international-track graduates are admitted to globally renowned universities, with 200+ graduates entering QS Top 30 universities in the past five years; the student-to-teacher ratio is 1:6, and over 70% of faculty hold master's degrees or higher. About 10–20 students per class are taught in specialized small-class settings. The school has 17 years dedicated to international education. The four languages used for university pathways are Chinese, English, German, and Japanese. The overseas pathways include Gaokao domestic track, A-Level, Japanese, German, and Australian programs.

Extra Curricular Facilities
International exchanges and global understanding are active features. Cambridge Assessment experts visited Entel to explore UK-US program development (2025). Entel hosted a U.S. youth cultural exchange in 2025, and students participated in events such as the Global University Fair connecting to 43 overseas institutions and the Soilless Cultivation elective named Hangzhou High School Elite Elective. Autumn Study Tours promote nature, culture, and team spirit, and the Entel Rugby Team has competed in district championships. The school also publishes international newsletters and hosts ongoing global university engagement.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
Overseas study/exchange programs are available, with 100+ students participating annually. Entel offers the Soilless Cultivation course as a Hangzhou High School Elite Elective. Cambridge Assessment experts visited Entel to explore UK-US program development, Australian education experts visited to deepen cross-border collaboration, and admissions officers from U.S. liberal arts colleges visited to discuss admissions pathways and partnerships.

Cultural & Language
International exchange activities connect students with global education partners. Cambridge Assessment experts visited Entel to explore UK-US program development. Australian education experts visited Hangzhou Entel to promote China-Australia educational exchange. U.S. liberal arts college admissions officers visited Entel to learn about admissions pathways and overseas partnerships.

Social & Hobbies
Autumn Study Tour Brings Nature, Culture, and Team Spirit. Entel Rugby Team Clinches Double Third at First Yuhang District Championship.
Languages

Language Provision
The school provides Japanese Program, German Program, Australian Program, and an A-Level Program under its Curriculum System. Lower School (Middle School) and Upper School (Gaokao Curriculum) structure the grade levels.

Immersion Programs
Overseas study and exchange programs are offered as part of Entel's Global Understanding Program. The Global Understanding Program has 11 partner institutions in 8 countries. About 100+ students participate in overseas study or exchange programs annually.
Reputation

Awards
(Only school‑level awards listed on the school website and dated within the past five years—2021 through Jan 1, 2026.)

- 2023: Recognized as a “Yuhang Model Campus” by the Yuhang District Education Bureau — a district education bureau designation reported on the school's honors page, indicating the school was selected as a model campus within Yuhang.

- 2022: Awarded the title of “Green School” by the Hangzhou Municipal Education Bureau and the Hangzhou Ecology Bureau — listed on the school's honors page as a municipal recognition for environmental/green campus work.

- 2022: Honored as an “Experimental School for the Reform of Compulsory Education in Zhejiang Province” by the Yuhang District Education Bureau — recorded on the school's honors page as a provincial/ district reform pilot designation.

- 2021: Designated a “STEAM Project Learning Seed School in Yuhang District” by the Yuhang District Education Development Research Institute — listed on the honors page as a district designation tied to STEAM project learning.

- 2021: Acknowledged as a “New Era Sports and Aesthetic Education Base School” by the China National Institute of Education Sciences — included on the school's honors list as a national‑level base designation for sports and aesthetic education.

Accreditations
- Cognia accreditation (awarded February 17, 2025): Cognia is an international non‑governmental accrediting body that evaluates schools against a global set of quality standards; the school's Cognia accreditation indicates it completed Cognia's institutional review process and meets those external quality criteria.

- Member of the “One‑thousand Overseas Partner Schools” Project (recognized 2015): listed on the school's profile as a provincial‑level partnership program administered by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education's international exchange association; this membership reflects formal participation in a provincial network for overseas collaboration.

- Cooperative project with the Goethe‑Institut PASCH (established 2014): recorded on the school's profile as a formal cooperation with the Goethe‑Institut's PASCH initiative, which connects schools worldwide to German language and cultural resources; this is a named institutional partnership on the school website.

- Designated a demonstration school for education internationalization and a pilot school for International Understanding Education in Hangzhou (2016): the school's site lists these municipal‑level designations, which indicate the local education bureau selected the school to pilot or demonstrate internationalized curriculum and cross‑cultural education work.

- Named one of the first “Famous Schools in Yuhang” (2017): the school's honors page records this district‑level designation, a formal recognition by Yuhang District authorities.

- Talent base for the University of New South Wales Torch Innovation Park (2019): the school lists a relationship with UNSW's Torch Innovation Park identifying the campus as a talent base, indicating a formal partnership for innovation and talent development.

- Zhejiang Province Junior High School Classroom Teaching Reform Alliance School (2012): included on the school's honors list as a provincial‑level alliance/school for classroom teaching reform, showing earlier provincial recognition of its teaching practice.
Admissions

Admissions
1. Confirm eligibility and key dates. Parents should first check whether their child meets the school's geographic /学籍 requirements (the school's published guidance has historically given priority to students with Zhejiang /余杭区 or 临平区学籍 or qualifying local residency status); eligibility rules and the specific registration window are set each year by the school and district — for example the 2025特色班 published timeline used mid-May online registration and school recommendation steps.

2. Online registration and school recommendation. For specialty/high‑track places (e.g., the 2025 语言特色班) parents must complete the online registration form during the stated window (in 2025 that was May 17–20) and the student's current school must complete and submit the official recommendation form and supporting paperwork by the school deadline; the recommendation form is required and each student may normally only be recommended to one specialty class. Parents should note the exact online time window and keep copies/screenshots of submissions and QR codes used to register.

3. Prepare and submit documents for qualification review. After online registration, the school's admissions team performs a materials check and qualifies candidates before they progress; required paperwork (per the published process) includes the signed recommendation form, photocopies of relevant award certificates or special‑talent proofs, and whatever identity /学籍 documents the district requires. Parents should confirm early with the child's current school which paper documents must be delivered to the receiving school by the stated deadline (the 2025 process required the home junior high to forward verified paper materials).

4. Attend the school's entrance assessment and interview. For the 2025 language‑specialty intake the school organised a school‑run language assessment (pen‑and‑paper English test plus an oral interview) on a stated date (May 25, 2025); the written paper in that instance was 120 minutes and the oral interview was scored separately. Admissions are then based on a combined score (in 2025 the weighting was 50% school test and 50% the junior‑high academic exam), with explicit cutoffs and publicised ranking — parents should make sure the student brings required ID (ID card or citizen card) on test day and understands the test format in advance.

5. Offer notification, fees and financial‑aid notes. When offers are made the school publishes the admitted list through the district process; the school's 2025 specialty‑class page lists tuition and boarding as reference figures (for 2025 the published figure was RMB 40,700 per semester for tuition and RMB 3,500 per semester for boarding for the specialty/high track) and specifically notes that tuition does not include meals, uniforms, certain elective costs and external exam fees. The same admissions notice also states the school will provide financial support for families in difficulty and awards scholarships to academically excellent students — however the published procedure gives limited public detail about application steps for those supports, so parents who may need aid or who expect merit awards should contact the school's admissions office early for exact criteria and deadlines.

6. Final registration, supervision and appeals. After an offer is accepted families complete final registration and payment as directed by the school and the district; the 2025 guidance also described oversight (district education bureau supervision) and published complaint / supervision phone lines for the admissions process. If a family has questions about placement, eligibility, or a disputed result the published admissions materials list the district admissions office and the school's admissions supervision telephone numbers — contact those numbers rather than relying on informal channels.

Scholarships
The school's official admissions material for recent intakes states two things about financial support: the school will provide funding support for families with genuine economic difficulty and will award scholarships to students with strong academic performance. The admissions notice for 2025 specifically says the school will provide '经费支持' to families in need and '奖学金' for academically outstanding students, but it does not publish a detailed, public step‑by‑step application process or fixed scholarship amounts in that notice — parents should contact the admissions office for the current scheme, eligibility criteria and application deadlines. Separately, the school's programme pages report that graduates in certain overseas tracks have received full university scholarships (for example the Australian programme page notes some students received full scholarships totalling roughly AUD 100,000–200,000 annually), which describes external university scholarships obtained by students rather than an internal tuition‑waiver programme administered by the school. If you want exact, current details (types of school awards available, whether awards are renewable, application deadlines, means‑testing requirements, and how scholarship decisions are made), I can contact the admissions office for you or provide the school's published contact points so you can enquire directly.

Waitlist
The school's published admissions procedures for the 2024–2026 cycles (as presented in the school's 特色班 /招生简章 materials) do not describe a separate, formal public “waiting‑list” process; instead, the process ranks candidates by the stated combination of the school assessment and the district examination and then fills the planned places in order. The 2025 specialty‑class guidance makes clear that students who are not admitted in that round may continue to fill later district application rounds (i.e., submit first/second‑batch preferences) rather than being automatically held on a school‑level waiting list. Because the school and district sometimes handle residual places or mid‑year openings differently, parents who want to know whether a formal school waitlist exists in a given year should confirm directly with the admissions office (the school publishes admissions contact and district supervision numbers).
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