China, Guangzhou
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The school teaches in English and follows the English National Curriculum from Early Years through IGCSE and A-levels. Mandarin Chinese is taught from day one, with Pre‑Nursery and Nursery receiving four 40‑minute lessons per week with native speakers; Reception has daily 40‑minute Mandarin lessons; Years 1–3 have four Chinese lessons per week; Years 4–6 have three hours per week. Secondary students may study Mandarin or another language. Chinese language options extend to IGCSE and A-levels, with Chinese offered as First Language (mother tongue), Second Language (near‑native), or Foreign Language; KS3 (Years 7–9) provides two 70‑minute lessons in Chinese, French, or Spanish, KS4 (Years 10–11) offers IGCSE in Chinese (First/Second/Foreign) or French/Spanish, and KS5 (Years 12–13) offers Edexcel A Levels in Chinese, French, and Spanish. Cambridge English Programme is available as a weekend course to improve English, and EAL support is provided with encouragement of home languages.
The British School of Guangzhou (BSG) is a British-curriculum day school on the shore of South Lake (Nanhu), with a single Pre‑Nursery–Year 13 campus set in a tree-lined, lakeside site. The school follows the English National Curriculum through to IGCSE and A‑levels, and is part of Nord Anglia Education; it highlights collaborations with MIT, The Juilliard School and UNICEF and uses Nord Anglia's Global Campus for international projects and STEAM learning. Campus facilities listed on the school site include multiple libraries, science and STEAM labs, music and dance studios, a theatre, sports hall, swimming pool and outdoor sports fields; the site also notes an average class size of 20 and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10:1. The school operates yellow school buses and publishes detailed tuition fees and optional bus costs on its admissions/fees pages.