Swiss School Beijing

The Swiss School Beijing is a German-language section of the Western Academy of Beijing (WAB); WAB's counseling team describes a comprehensive, developmental counselling model that promotes students' personal well‑being, healthy relationships and social-emotional growth across Elementary, Middle and High School. WAB states counselors work with teachers, families and student‑support specialists and that the Middle School has a named SEL & Belonging Lead on the counselling team. The Swiss School's Early Years and Kindergarten pages also state they value emotional well‑being and social skills as part of their curriculum. These services are delivered through WAB's integrated Student Support model rather than as a separate Swiss‑School‑only programme. Sources: WAB counselling pages and the Swiss School Beijing ‘Learn'/About pages.

WAB's Learning Support team supports students with learning diversities and specific literacy needs using a range of inclusive strategies, targeted interventions (for example Individualised Literacy Support), individualized education plans and progress monitoring; supports include in‑class accommodations, small‑group pull‑out work, after‑school academic coaching and targeted workshops. The Learning Support page also says the school coordinates access to external specialists and therapy services (speech, language, occupational) when required. The Swiss School Beijing is a section of WAB and therefore refers families to WAB's Student Support services for SEN provision. The public information describes WAB as an inclusive mainstream school that offers targeted support rather than as a specialist special‑needs institution; the school's pages do not present the Swiss School as a specialist SEN institution.

English‑as‑an‑Additional‑Language provision for students on the WAB campus is described on WAB's EAL pages and includes Emergent and Bridging English programs, in‑class co‑teaching, English for Academic Purposes, Day‑9 workshops, and individual support for older students. WAB uses WIDA descriptors and IB MYP language‑acquisition criteria to track language progress and lists named EAL teachers and learning leaders for each school section. Because the Swiss School Beijing operates as the German‑language section within WAB, its public pages direct families to WAB's EAL services rather than describing a separate Swiss‑School EAL programme. If you need confirmation about EAL access for a specific Swiss‑School cohort, the school advises contacting admissions directly.

WAB's counselling and psychological services describe direct support for student mental wellbeing, including individual and group counselling, developmentally responsive crisis support, and programmes aimed at coping, stress management and positive relationships. WAB names an Educational Psychologist and Head of Student Support (Dr. Christin Topper) who provides psychoeducational assessment, coordinates external therapy services, and can deliver individual or group psychotherapy as needed. The counselling pages state the team works with teachers and families to support students' social‑emotional needs across all phases of school. Swiss School Beijing refers families to these WAB services for wellbeing and psychological support available on the shared campus.

WAB states it is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students and aligns its approach with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Chinese law on the protection of minors. The WAB safeguarding page names Mr Todd Hutchinson as the designated safeguarding officer and gives a contact email (safeguarding@wab.edu); it also states that applicants undergo child‑protection screening, background checks and mandatory ECIS child‑protection training. The Swiss School Beijing is a section of WAB and refers to WAB's safeguarding arrangements and policies for child protection on the shared campus. WAB publishes a link to its Safeguarding Policy on its site for further detail.