Hiba Academy Shanghai

Hiba Academy Shanghai teaches a compulsory “幸福课” (wellbeing/SEL) for all students that covers six areas: self-identity, emotional and spiritual health, social skills, physical wellbeing, global citizenship, and health and safety. The primary programme is team-taught by two homeroom teachers to create a supported classroom environment, and key themes continue and deepen through the secondary years. The school runs workshops and lessons to develop empathy, self-awareness, resilience and independent learning, and integrates these topics into other activities and clubs. The school also operates a peer-psychology/peer-support system (心理同伴辅导员) with monthly training led by the psychology team.

The website describes a student support team that provides learning support in individual and group formats, works with teachers to set personalised goals and support plans, and records individual student needs in dedicated files. The school conducts entrance psychological screening and maintains ongoing psychological health records for students identified as needing extra support. The site does not list specific categories of special educational needs (for example, dyslexia, ADHD, or other labelled conditions) nor does it identify the school as a specialist SEN institution. For details beyond the general learning-support provision described on the site, the school does not publicly specify which exact types of SEN it accepts or the full scope of specialist services.

The school presents a bilingual/dual-language educational model and examples of English curriculum activities (e.g. workshops and English department events), but the website does not publish a dedicated EAL programme or explicit EAL provision for learners of English as an additional language. There is no clearly signposted EAL policy, specialist EAL team, or language-entry support described on the public site. Therefore, the school does not publicly disclose specific EAL support details on its website.

Hiba Academy Shanghai has a named wellbeing/psychology team and a counselling studio; the site describes daily availability of the counselling space (open five hours per week for drop-ins) and both one-to-one and group counselling options. The school runs classroom-based mental health education using locally approved materials, operates an online counselling channel and provides a dedicated psychology email (xinli.has@hibaacademy.org) for students and parents. The school also runs peer-support counsellor training, carries out routine psychological screening for new entrants, and keeps individual psychological records to guide follow-up support.

The school states that child protection and campus safety are priorities, and it operates formal safeguarding policies and procedures that cover campus facilities, security, catering and transport. All staff undertake annual child-protection training and sign the school's safeguarding policy and staff code of conduct each year; recruitment includes background checks in line with International Task Force recommendations. The school cites its commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and describes ongoing policy and training work to maintain safeguarding standards.