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Suzhou Science and Technology Town Foreign Language School

China, Suzhou

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The school at a glance
Instructs in Mandarin, English
Fees Fees not listed
Ages Not listed
Pupil numbers 3000
Type Co-educational, Co-educational (boarding)
Opened 2016
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school
Academic offering
Curriculum Chinese National Curriculum, IB (PYP), IB (MYP), Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels, Advanced Placement (AP), Japanese Curriculum, Bespoke Curriculum
Taught languages Mandarin, English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian
Strengths STEM, Languages, Sport
Clubs Arts and Creative, Social and Hobbies, Lifestyle and Wellbeing
Stages Infant/Toddler Care, Early Years, Kindergarten, Primary School, Middle School, High School, Senior Secondary School
Introduction

Located in Suzhou High‑tech Zone, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Foreign Language School is a co‑educational day and boarding campus that opened in 2016. The 78‑acre site houses about 60,000 square meters of built space, serving kindergarten through junior high for about 3,000 students with a staff of over 550, including 80 foreign teachers and about 20 multilingual teachers. The school delivers the Chinese National Curriculum alongside international pathways: IB PYP and MYP, Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels, AP, the Japanese Curriculum, and a Bespoke Curriculum. The Rongyue system blends national standards with international strands; language offerings include German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Russian, with Cognia accreditation and partnerships with the Intelligent Science and Technology Institute and Frontier Science Institute developed with Nanjing University. Beyond academics, the campus supports more than 100 clubs and 10 school teams; Swimming Club; Arts programs with student symphony orchestra; and libraries for student learning.

No. 180, Jialing River Road, Suzhou High‑tech Zone, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

The Essentials

Suzhou Science and Technology Town Foreign Language School has 3,000 pupils, instruction in Mandarin, English.

Location
180 Jialingjiang Road, Suzhou High-Tech Zone, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The campus sits in Suzhou Science and Technology Town, within the Suzhou High-Tech Zone. The school is accessible by local roads and is served by campus bus routes.

Stages
Primary School (1–6); Junior High School (7–9); Fusion Departments offering IB PYP (Fusion Department) and IB MYP (Fusion Department).

Type
Co-educational with boarding facilities.

Bus service
Bus routes cover Suzhou New District,园区,姑苏区,吴中区,相城区; each bus has a supervising teacher on board.
Diving Deeper

Boarding Arrangements
Boarding facilities are mixed (co-educational).

Uniform Requirement
The school issues a unified uniform. On Mondays and Fridays students wear formal attire with black leather shoes; from Tuesday to Thursday they wear sportswear with black sneakers.

Food Options
The school cafeteria operates with an open, transparent kitchen and invites parents to act as food-safety supervisors and partners in nutrition education. Nutritionists design a nutritionally balanced weekly menu, with ingredients sourced through formal channels and inspected; ingredients are stored with labeling. The cafeteria follows hygiene and safety standards, including temperature checks to ensure cooking temperatures exceed 70°C.

Governance and Ownership
The school is the core entity of the Lunhua Education brand.
Fees
Summary statement
- The school does not publish a public, itemised fee schedule containing numerical amounts for application, tuition by year group, boarding or other recurring charges for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic year in its publicly available materials.

Application fees
- No specific application or registration fee amount is published publicly. Parents should obtain the current application/registration fee from the school's admissions office.

Tuition fees by school year / programme
- No per-term or per‑year tuition figures for kindergarten, primary, junior high or senior high (including the school's different programme tracks) are published in the school's public materials. The school operates multiple programme tracks (national curriculum, bilingual/integrated tracks and international paths such as Cambridge/IB/AP/A-Level options) and programme fees can differ by track; numeric tuition rates are not listed publicly.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- The school publishes academic calendars and term dates, but it does not publish a public, itemised billing schedule (for example: whether tuition is payable annually, per term, or by instalments) or standard payment deadlines for tuition in its public notices. The student apartment/boarding guidance does specify deadlines for boarding registration and payment timing for boarding places.

Boarding fees (where applicable)
- The school operates student apartments/boarding and requires parents to pay accommodation fees; the exact boarding fee amounts are not published in the publicly available materials. The boarding regulations set application procedures and payment timing for boarding places. Refund rules for boarding are published: if a student applies to leave boarding within the first month of term, the remaining boarding fee is returned the following month; requests submitted after the first month are not eligible for refund; students who are required to leave for disciplinary reasons are not eligible for a refund.

Other costs and ancillary fees
- Uniforms: the school publishes a uniform purchasing/ordering guide; specific prices for uniform items are contained in that guide rather than in a central fee table.
- Meals / canteen: the school publishes menus and meal information, but no public, central price list for daily/term meal charges is published.
- Transport / school bus: the school publishes bus timetables and a bus registration guide; bus service is run with registration procedures, but bus fares or service charges are not listed publicly in the school's notices.
- Exam, external assessment and examination fees (where applicable) and fees for optional overseas study services or agency services are not published as fixed amounts in the school's public materials; the school notes that some classes or external services may incur additional voluntary charges or agency service fees.

Refund information
- Boarding refund rule: if a student submits a boarding withdrawal request within the first month of term, the remaining boarding fee is refunded the following month; after the first month no refund is given; students who leave for disciplinary reasons are not eligible for boarding refunds. This boarding refund policy is published in the school's student apartment/boarding regulations.
- No publicly posted, itemised general tuition refund policy (amounts, pro‑rata tuition refunds, or standard tuition refund deadlines) is available in the school's public notices. Information on tuition refund rules or exceptions (including scholarships or fee waivers) is handled through admissions or scholarship notices and individual agreements.

Scholarships, fee waivers and reductions
- The school publishes scholarship and fee‑reduction programmes in its notices: selected students may receive tuition reductions or full tuition waivers under scholarship programmes (the school publishes examples where high‑performing students can receive partial or full tuition remission). Specific eligibility, scope and the monetary value of scholarships are announced in scholarship notices rather than in a central fee table.

Fee payment options and practical payment notes
- The school publishes contact details (phone and email) for admissions and finance inquiries, but it does not publish a public list of accepted payment methods (for example: bank transfer details, online payment gateway, credit card acceptance) in a single public fee schedule. Parents should use the school's published contact channels to request official invoicing and bank/payment instructions when offered an admission place.

What is provided here
- This overview records which fee categories and administrative rules the school publishes publicly (application, tuition, boarding, uniforms, meals, transport, scholarships and refunds) and where numeric amounts and a central, itemised fee table are not published in the school's public notices. For numeric fee amounts (application fee amount, tuition per year or per term by programme, boarding fee amounts, bus fares, uniform prices and accepted payment channels) contact the school's admissions or finance office using the published contact details.
Academics

Suzhou Science and Technology Town Foreign Language School teaches Chinese National Curriculum, IB (PYP), IB (MYP), Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels, Advanced Placement (AP), Japanese Curriculum, Bespoke Curriculum.

Curriculum
Kindergarten provides a loving, free environment for children to learn. Elementary education centers on Bo Hui literacy—a foundation-plus integrated curriculum; Bo stands for openness and accumulation of heritage, Hui for refinement, agility, freedom, completeness, and happiness. Bo Hui guides the primary program across six years, forming initial Bo Hui values and cultivating the 6C character and abilities to establish a Bo Hui-based life foundation. The elementary program embeds socialist core values and deep roots in Chinese traditional culture. Junior High uses a National Standard + Expansion core fusion curriculum, combining solid academics with multilingual study, AI, STEAM, and PBL, and offers dozens of clubs and teams to broaden horizons and foster innovation. The Fusion Department cultivates Bo Hui elites who integrate Chinese and Western cultures and pursue progress; the school renewed its partnership with Nanjing University to expand the Intelligent Science and Technology Institute and the Frontier Science Institute, and the sanctity of education lies in its respect for the equality of every life.
Parent Experience

History
SSFLS opened in September 2016. It is the core entity school of Lunhua Education and is located at No. 180 Jialingjiang Road in the Science and Technology Town area of Suzhou High-tech Zone. The campus covers about 78 acres with a construction area of nearly 60,000 square meters. From kindergarten to junior high, the school offers a variety of characteristic classes, serving more than 3,000 students and employing over 550 staff, including more than 80 foreign teachers. More than 35% of faculty hold master's degrees, more than 30% are graduates of 985/211 universities, and there are nearly 20 multilingual teachers including German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Russian.

Community
The school has a diverse international community with foreign teachers from multiple countries. The school serves students from kindergarten to junior high with language and cultural programs that broaden global perspectives. The founder and General Principal, Cao Lunhua, provides leadership and a guiding message to the Lunhua Education community. The school offers immersive overseas study tours for students, including trips to the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Nordic countries, and Canada.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
The campus covers about 78 acres in Suzhou High-tech Zone, located at No. 180 Jialing River Road. It opened in September 2016 and contains nearly 60,000 square meters of built space. The school serves kindergarten through junior high, with more than 3,000 students and over 550 staff, including more than 76 foreign teachers. More than 20% of backbone teachers are at district level or above, and the faculty includes nearly 20 multilingual teachers speaking German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Russian. The Rongyue curriculum system blends the national standard curriculum with international strands, and the school offers multiple language programs in German, Spanish, Japanese, French, and Russian, among others; the school has IB and Cognia certifications and is connected with other international curricula.

Sports Facilities
The school supports a broad range of sports, including basketball, football, badminton, table tennis, rowing, boxing, fencing, swimming, and general fitness training. Students participate in multiple school teams and have earned numerous sports honors, including 57 sports-related awards. The campus hosts a Swimming Club with professional coaches providing layered instruction from beginner to advanced levels and opportunities to compete. The school also has programs and achievements across tennis and other athletic disciplines.

Academic Facilities
The school offers STEAM education with four tracks: Smart Hardware (open hardware and programming), Computational Thinking Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Vision Design. Rongyue curriculum integrates the national standard curriculum with international brand curricula and multilingual offerings. The school features over 100 school-level associations, 10 school teams and 14 teacher‑student research programs across disciplines. The Cambridge and IB pathways are part of the program mix, with overseas teachers contributing to Library, ICT and performing arts instruction. The SSFLS Library system includes a Primary School Library (923 square meters) opened in 2016 with about 45,000 multilingual books and various zones, and a High School Library (1,800 square meters) opened in 2020 with about 75,000 planned volumes, service desks, reading areas, seating for 140 on the first floor and 160 on the second, 20 computers, and 24-hour self-service book lockers.

Extra Curricular Facilities
There are more than 100 school-level associations and 10 school teams offering a wide range of extracurricular activities. A Swimming Club operates with professional coaches and participates in local competitions; other clubs include Drama Club and Badminton Club, among many student organizations. The library hosts reading-related activities and provides multiple zones and resources to support learning outside class. School news and student growth pages showcase ongoing clubs and activities spanning arts, languages and science.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
The school runs a cross-disciplinary club program with 156 clubs and 66 featured projects spanning arts, sciences, and technology. There are 12 interdisciplinary project clubs that blend multiple subjects. Clubs cover music, language, information technology, science, and more, with cross-disciplinary projects that fuse disciplines. Club activities reach 100% of classes across the school.

Arts & Creative
Arts programs are central, including music and visual arts, with a student symphony orchestra and other performing groups. The orchestra stages major concerts, including a 2026 program titled “Symphony Dreams, Music Starts a New Journey.” Art clubs include embroidery, weaving, painting, papercutting, and ceramics, with weaving workshops that integrate traditional craft with modern technique. The school's weaving workshop preserves traditional crafts while enabling creative expression.

Cultural & Language
Language and cultural clubs support multilingual performances, cross-language collaboration, and international exchange. A少年英语记者俱乐部 (Young English Reporter Club) and other language groups offer opportunities for bilingual or multilingual performances and cross-language expression. Students engage in multi-language performances, bilingual interpretation, and cross-cultural communication through drama and music, among other activities. Cross-cultural events and theatre help bridge Chinese and foreign cultures on campus.

Social & Hobbies
There is a broad menu of clubs spanning arts, science, language, and sport, including cross-disciplinary programs and large-scale club showcases. Sports and performance clubs include volleyball, soccer, basketball, swimming, dance, martial arts, and fencing; examples include a Volleyball Energy Station and other athletic teams. Cross-disciplinary and performance-oriented clubs blend music, language, IT, and arts, with exhibitions and competitions that showcase student creativity.

Community & Service
Charity and service are integral to club life, including charity sales where students and teachers contribute handmade items for sale; proceeds support charitable initiatives and spread the message of small art, big charity. The events foster a sense of social responsibility and community engagement among students and staff.

Leadership & Professional
A Student Congress serves as the student government, providing leadership opportunities for students to organize activities and represent peers. From clubs to school teams, leadership development is woven into the program, with pathways that encourage students to lead projects and coordinate events. Students participate in international forums and youth leadership summits to broaden their global outlook.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Sports teams compete at the provincial, city, and district levels, with swimming, martial arts, and wushu producing notable results; other teams include football, basketball, and tennis. Dance teams such as Latin dance and cheerleading are active, and martial arts and other fitness clubs support physical well-being. The school emphasizes a healthy, active lifestyle through a wide range of athletic and performance activities.
Admissions

Admissions
1. Open Day on March 29, 2026 invites you to explore SSFLS. You will hear each department explain the essence of holistic education. You will enter the 'one life, one timetable' personalized teaching and feel the spark of thinking. In academics, science and technology, and arts clubs, you will see the children's light. 2. During Open Day, an admissions planning exchange lets you customize an exclusive route for your family. You will take an in-depth guided tour of learning spaces and read the children's ideas on display. The experience helps illustrate how SSFLS supports individual growth. 3. For admissions inquiries or to book visits, contact the admissions hotline at 0512-69370111 or 69373003. 4. You can also email the school 24 hours a day at ssfls@szlunhua.com. 5. The campus address is 180 Jia Lingjiang Road, Suzhou High-tech Zone, Suzhou.
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