China, Shanghai
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Campus: No.1 Fengye Street (枫叶街1号), Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai — a suburban location at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta. The school campus is a large estate (about 150 mu) in historic Fengjing; road and regional rail connections serve the town but the campus is outside central Shanghai so expect longer commute times from the city centre.
The Shanghai campus operates middle and high school divisions (junior and senior secondary), serving approximately grades 6–12 (ages roughly 12–18). The school's official description and third‑party listings refer to an active initial middle‑ and high‑school enrolment.
Private, co‑educational international school operated by Maple Leaf Educational Systems; the campus runs bilingual/‘world school' international programmes for secondary students. A boarding programme is available (the campus operates as a boarding school but day‑student places are also possible); boarding rules and routines are set out in the student handbook.
The school's official website and public campus pages do not provide a clear, published description of specific Additional Learning Needs / SEN (learning‑support) services. Some third‑party profiles note no formal special‑education programme is listed for this campus; if ALN/SEN support is important for your child, contact the admissions office to request current, specific information (individual education plans, specialist staff, assessment process and extra costs).
The school is part of the Maple Leaf Educational Systems group (枫叶教育集团) and implements the group's ‘Maple Leaf World School' international curriculum, which developed from the group's earlier Canadian (British Columbia) programme. The campus is a Chinese‑based school operating under that Maple Leaf group framework.
No religious affiliation is listed on the school's official materials; Maple Leaf schools are presented as non‑sectarian / non‑denominational.
Typical published schedules for the campus show a daytime teaching block and an evening study period: reported school hours are about 08:00–17:00, with evening self‑study / supervised study around 18:30–20:30; boarding students follow dorm rules (return times, lights‑out) set out in the student handbook. Confirm exact daily times with admissions as schedules can change by year and by grade.
The school website's public pages and admissions listings do not publish detailed school‑bus routes or a contractor name. Because the campus is suburban, families commonly ask about bus options — contact the Shanghai admissions office (phone numbers listed on the school site) to request current information on whether the school runs official bus routes, route maps, pick‑up points, costs and capacity.
Application / registration fees
- No fixed application amount is published in the school's standard admissions notices. Recruitment materials reference a registration/enrolment fee as an additional charge, but a specific published figure is not provided.
Tuition fees (detailed by year group and per term)
- High school (international / senior secondary program, typical intake Grades 10–12): RMB 57,500 per term; RMB 115,000 per year (two terms). Fees are commonly quoted on a per-term basis in admissions materials.
- Junior high / lower secondary (typical intake for Grades 7–9 where offered): RMB 19,000 per term (RMB 38,000 per year) for the standard junior-high program as published in recruitment summaries.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Tuition is publicly advertised in admissions notices on a per-term basis; some published summaries also present an annual total (two terms). Specific invoice timing, deadlines and any late-payment penalties are not itemised in the publicly available recruitment documents.
Boarding / accommodation fees
- Boarding (four-person room): RMB 2,500 per term; RMB 5,000 per year (two terms). Accommodation charges are listed separately from tuition. Room types (two-person, four-person) and associated rates may vary.
Other costs and typical additional fees
- Additional, separately charged items commonly referenced in admissions materials include: registration/contract fees, school uniform costs, textbooks and consumable learning materials, meals/boarding meal plans, extracurricular/activity fees and occasional excursion costs. Published notices list these items as extra but do not always give fixed public amounts.
Refund information
- No detailed, public refund/withdrawal policy (for tuition, registration or boarding) is published in the standard admissions summaries reviewed. Public recruitment material lists fees and chargeable items but does not include a comprehensive refund schedule or timing; parents should note that detailed refund terms are not evident in the published notices.
Fee payment options (commonly used methods for Chinese international schools)
- Common payment channels for international-school fees in China include domestic/international bank transfer, onshore online payment (Alipay/WeChat) or dedicated cross-border payment platforms (Flywire, other remittance services). The school's online application presence indicates electronic enrolment/payment workflows, while specific payment channels and instructions are not itemised in the public admissions summaries reviewed.
Summary of findings: published admissions materials and school recruitment notices consistently list tuition and boarding levels (per term and per year) and note other chargeable items; however, a specific published application fee amount, a detailed refund schedule and a complete list of accepted payment methods were not available in the public summaries reviewed.
Shanghai Maple Leaf Bilingual School opened in September 2013 and is located at No.1 Fengye Street in historic Fengjing Town, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The campus occupies about 150 mu and the site states the school enrolled around 1,000 middle- and high-school students and employs roughly 180 staff, including about 40 international teachers. The school is listed on the site as one of the first 21 pilot schools approved by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission to run international high‑school curriculum programs; the site also highlights regular international‑university admissions and graduation events. The school presents both Chinese-language materials and bilingual (Chinese/English) communications on its pages, notes a named international‑curriculum leadership team, and publishes news about student performances and English language events on the campus. For specific tuition, class-size or bus-service details the school site points parents to the admissions materials and contact numbers.