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The Swiss School Beijing opened in August 2017 as the German-language section of the Western Academy of Beijing. It is operated by the Association Swiss School Beijing, a non-profit organisation registered in Switzerland that was established to run the school. The school is recognised by the Swiss federal authorities within the framework for Swiss schools abroad and is linked to a Patronatskanton; the Canton of Zürich provides curricular and quality-support functions. An agreement with WAB assigns educational responsibility to the Association while WAB supplies campus infrastructure and administrative services.
The school presents itself as a multilingual, multicultural learning community serving Swiss and other nationalities within WAB's international campus. Students and families take part in shared campus activities and use WAB facilities—such as the library and sports amenities—which link the Swiss section into broader school events and extracurricular programmes. The school emphasises values including participation, respect and identity, and frames student life around Swiss educational traditions alongside Chinese and international cultural encounters.
The Association Swiss School Beijing functions as the school's governing body; every parent or guardian of an enrolled student automatically becomes a member for the duration of enrolment. It is a Swiss-registered non-profit and publishes statutes that define membership, governance and the Association's remit. The Association's board (Schulrat) includes parent representatives alongside the principal, a teacher representative and external partners such as a Swiss Embassy representative and a WAB representative. Because the Association holds educational responsibility while WAB provides campus services, parents can influence curricular and policy matters through the Association's governance structures. The school website also notes parent-facing resources tied to campus services, for example a parent paperback swap and a parenting-resource section in the library; operational details and opportunities to participate are set out in the Association statutes and board contacts.
Swiss School Beijing opened in August 2017 as the German-language section of the Western Academy of Beijing (WAB). The school follows the Swiss curriculum (Lehrplan 21) taught primarily in German while students also take daily Chinese lessons and access WAB's English-medium programmes. French is introduced from Grade 5. Classes run from Early Years and Kindergarten through Primary (Grades 1–5) and Middle School (Grades 6–9). The school operates on the WAB campus and students use WAB facilities such as the library and sports areas. Transportation within the WAB bus network is included in tuition. The Association Swiss School Beijing is a Swiss-registered non-profit and the school is recognised under Switzerland's framework for Swiss schools abroad. For families relocating from overseas, the school offers a German-language Swiss curriculum inside an international campus context and daily access to Chinese language teaching plus English immersion at WAB.
