China, Tianjin
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71 Third Avenue, Tianjin TEDA (Economic-Technological Development Area), Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China. The campus is in the Tianjin TEDA development zone, an area known for international education resources. The Maple Leaf Education District in Tianjin encompasses Maple Leaf schools in the region, including the TEDA campus.
The school serves students from Kindergarten through Grade 12, with a structure that includes elementary, middle, and high school divisions. The Tianjin TEDA campus explicitly notes programs across these three levels within the Maple Leaf system.
The campus is part of a private international school network; it operates as a co-educational institution. Maple Leaf International Schools provide a boarding option, with on‑campus housing and meals; the TEDA campus follows the same model.
ESL is a core component of Maple Leaf's curriculum, with dedicated ESL instruction and materials for elementary, middle, and high school levels. The school also provides full-time counsellors and student-support staff to assist with independent study and overall student well‑being.
The school is not government‑affiliated; it is part of Maple Leaf Educational Systems, a private international school group. Maple Leaf International School–Tianjin TEDA is described as an international boarding school within the Maple Leaf Education Group.
No religious affiliation is indicated.
Start and end times are not published publicly; families receive the daily schedule as part of admissions materials.
Public information on a school-provided bus service for the TEDA campus is not published.
Application fee
- Application / registration: The school issues an offer and requires payment of tuition at the time of registration. A separate, fixed ‘application fee' amount is not published in the school's admissions materials; tuition is collected when an offer is accepted.
Tuition fees by year group (programs and common figures reported)
- Kindergarten (early years / 保教费): RMB 28,000 per term (semester). Tuition for kindergarten is stated on a per-term basis.
- Primary school (domestic Chinese-curriculum / day- and boarding-models reported): published and commonly-cited figures vary by program and by source. Examples reported are:
- Day student / Chinese-curriculum primary: around RMB 40,000 – RMB48,000 per year.
- Boarding-primary figures reported in some school profiles are slightly higher (examples cited around RMB 43,000 – RMB 48,000 per year).
- Middle school / junior secondary (domestic Chinese-curriculum): figures reported in school profiles include amounts in the mid-RMB 30,000 – RMB 40,000 per year (examples reported ≈ RMB 35,000 – RMB45,000 per year).
- High school / senior secondary:
- Chinese-curriculum high school program: some sources show mid-five-figure annual tuition (examples around RMB 55,000 per year).
- International / international-high-school-style programs (Maple Leaf international high school / international track): published figures in recent school-profile reports and education portals list annual tuition around RMB 90,000 – RMB 93,000 per year for the international/high-school programme.
- Summary note on multiple program streams: the school operates both domestic (Chinese-curriculum) and international-program tracks; published fees differ by track and by source, producing a typical overall range reported of approximately RMB 48,000 – RMB 90,000 per year for school programs beyond kindergarten.
Fees per term / payment cadence
- Billing schedule: Tuition is collected by semester (per term) at registration following issuance of the school's offer; kindergarten fees are explicitly shown as per term. Families are required to pay full tuition for the term/semester as part of enrolment.
Boarding fees (dormitory)
- Boarding fee: A standard boarding / accommodation fee is repeatedly reported in school profiles as RMB 3,000 per year for boarding students. This boarding charge is shown separately from tuition in published school profiles.
Other costs and typical additional charges
- Meals / catering: some school profiles report a student meal fee (example figure reported: RMB 6,600 per year in one program description). Meal charges are typically listed separately from tuition.
- Textbooks, consumables and extracurriculars: school profiles and admissions notes indicate that expenses such as textbooks, stationery, uniforms, optional activities and personal items are additional to tuition and boarding, but no single, school-wide flat amounts for uniform, textbooks or activity fees are published in the available admissions materials.
- Deposits / registration sums: the school's admissions information requires payment of tuition at registration; a distinct refundable or non-refundable separate deposit amount is not published in the admissions material that details payment timing.
Refund information
- Refund policy: specific, itemized refund rules (for example: how tuition is refunded if a student withdraws before term start, prorated refunds, or penalties) are not published in the admission pages and school notices reviewed. The school's admissions guidance states the billing/payment timing but does not publish an explicit, itemized refund schedule in the accessible admission notes.
Fee payment options and terms
- Payment timing / terms: Tuition is payable on the schedule set by the school at the time an offer is accepted (payment by semester at registration is required).
- Payment methods: explicit, published lists of accepted payment channels (for example: bank transfer, credit card, WeChat Pay, Alipay, in-person cash/POS) are not stated in the admission pages and school notices reviewed. Parents are instructed to pay tuition at registration according to the school's invoicing instructions.
Practical summary
- Kindergarten: RMB 28,000 per term (semester).
- Domestic (Chinese-curriculum) primary and secondary: commonly-cited annual ranges appear approximately RMB 40,000 – RMB 55,000 per year depending on level and whether boarding applies.
- International/high-school programme: commonly-cited annual tuition around RMB 90,000 – RMB 93,000 per year; boarding fee commonly cited as RMB 3,000 per year.
Maple Leaf School – Tianjin TEDA is a full-time, boarding-inclusive international school that offers Kindergarten, Primary, Middle School and High School. It operates under the Maple Leaf Education Systems and participates in the Maple Leaf World School Curriculum (MWSC). The campus is part of the Tianjin Maple Leaf Education District, which includes the TEDA campus and other Maple Leaf campuses in Tianjin.