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China, Shanghai
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Below are the accreditations and formal memberships Hiba Academy Shanghai lists on its website (each entry includes what the accreditation/membership is and why it matters):
- IB World School — The school is authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP); this indicates the school meets the IB Organisation's standards for delivering the two‑year pre‑university Diploma curriculum.
- Cambridge International School (Cambridge Assessment) — Hiba states it is a Cambridge International School and offers Cambridge IGCSEs; this shows the school is approved to deliver Cambridge secondary qualifications (IGCSE) that are used by many international schools worldwide.
- Council of International Schools (CIS) — the site lists membership of CIS (sometimes described as being a CIS school); CIS is an international membership organization that supports school improvement and runs a school accreditation process (membership indicates engagement with CIS standards and networks).
- WASC (ACS WASC / Western Association of Schools and Colleges) — the school's news page reports it received official WASC accreditation in mid‑2025; WASC is a U.S. regional accrediting body whose accreditation confirms a school has met independently assessed standards of institutional quality and continuous improvement.
Note: the school's website also shows links and partnerships with other external organisations and examination services (for example DofE, ACT, College Board, GL Assessment) but those appear on the site as programme affiliations or partner links rather than explicitly described on the site as separate accreditations. Where the site explicitly states an accreditation or official authorisation, I have listed it above.
From the school website (past five years, school‑level recognitions awarded to the institution rather than to individual students):
- 2024 “惠立杯” (Hiba Cup) Long‑Yangtze (Yangtze Delta) Youth Swimming Invitational — school group (school team) finished first overall (team / school‑group champion; Shanghai Youth Swimming League & Hiba Cup event), with the school reported as taking the school‑group top score and winning the team trophy on 26 May 2024. This is a competition trophy awarded to the school's team performance rather than an individual student award.
No other school‑level awards (that were explicitly described on the Hiba Academy Shanghai website as awards given to the school itself) were found in the site's news and accreditation pages within the past five years. If you would like, I can broaden the search to include external sources (local news, competition organisers or accreditation bodies) to confirm whether the school has additional institutional awards or recognitions beyond what the school website publishes.
Hiba Academy Shanghai is a bilingual day school for Grades 1–12 (Primary, Junior High and High School) located on Linyao Road in Pudong's New Bund area. The school opened in September 2018 and the campus was developed as part of the New Bund project. The Hiba model blends the Chinese national curriculum with elements of the English national/British approach and uses a co-teaching bilingual model (Chinese and English) across many subjects; the school explicitly describes immersive, co-taught lessons and a bilingual timetable. Fees published on the school site are shown per semester (Primary, Junior High, High School); the site lists bus, meal and uniform charges separately. The school's co‑curricular programme includes academic competitions (e.g. Model United Nations, World Scholars' Cup), sports and arts offerings and service opportunities. Where the school website does not list a specific figure (for example current total pupil numbers or exact pupil ages by grade) those items are left blank here; please let me know if you would like me to look these up outside the school site.
