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The school follows English-style teaching and offers small class sizes with a flexible learning approach. It continues the British teaching tradition and emphasizes strong student participation and autonomy.
The school provides facilities for drama, music, arts, and other creative pursuits, including an on-site cinema and dedicated music practice rooms.
The school runs ESL English courses for non-native speakers as part of the curriculum, with additional IELTS/TOEFL preparation to support university applications.
The campus offers a wide range of co-curricular activities under its extended program, including sports and arts, with access to facilities like a university-style campus environment.
The school articulates a pastoral framework with dormitory life and a mentor system to support students beyond academics.
The school assigns a dedicated course teacher, a dorm supervisor, and a mentor to each student to guide balanced study and activities.
The school operates a 100% boarding environment with dormitory management and a family-like school culture intended to support student well-being.
Lucton School Shanghai is the Shanghai campus of the historic British Lucton school and opened in September 2018. The campus is located in Pudong New Area and is operated as a fully boarding school. The school follows an English/British curriculum offering IGCSE and A Level pathways and includes ESL support for students whose first language is not English. The website highlights a range of on-site facilities and extended programmes: a central football pitch, roof tennis and basketball courts, water-sport provision and a dedicated equestrian (马术) centre — the site notes that equestrian activity is part of the sports offering. Class-size guidance on the site states IGCSE classes are around 20 students and A Level classes around 12. The school presents a bilingual (Chinese/English) environment and lists modern foreign languages such as French, Spanish and German among its extended language options.