Vanke Bilingual School

Address: No. 80 Huanan (Huánán) Road, Minzhi Sub-district, Longhua District, Shenzhen. The campus is in Longhua and is served by Shenzhen Metro Line 10 (Guangyayuan 光雅园 station) and nearby bus stops such as 龙岸花园; the school lists the district contact phone number for inquiries.

Vanke Bilingual School is a nine‑year (小学 + 初中) school — primary and junior‑secondary (Grades 1–9) are offered on the same campus. The site describes small‑class teaching (小学 ~24–25 per class; 初中 32 per class).

The school is a private (民办) nine‑year bilingual school founded by the Vanke Education Development Foundation and operated under the Meisha Education group. The school provides day education for primary and junior secondary; optional boarding and evening‑study/after‑care services are offered as selectable options.

The school describes a student assessment system, mandatory growth/planning courses and close‑support programmes aimed at monitoring student development, plus after‑school/托管 services; however, the website does not publish a detailed Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy or a list of specific SEN accommodations. Prospective parents should ask admissions directly about formal SEN provision, therapists or individual education plans.

The school is Chinese‑based and was established by the Vanke Education Development Foundation; it is part of the Meisha Education group (no foreign government or country affiliation is stated).

No religious affiliation is indicated on the school website or official district listing; the school is run as a secular private school.

The school publishes that it offers a full‑day programme with optional three‑meal service, after‑school care/托管 and evening study/boarding options (boarding fees are shown for junior‑secondary in published fee schedules). The website does not list exact daily start/end times or the detailed daily timetable, so contact admissions for the current daily schedule.

The school operates a school‑bus service; the admissions FAQ states buses use qualified drivers and that each bus is accompanied by a bus‑teacher who is responsible for student discipline and safety. Bus transport is charged separately (school fees shown on the site exclude bus fees). For routes, pick‑up/drop‑off locations and current pricing, ask the admissions office or the school transport coordinator.

Vanke Bilingual School is a nine‑year (primary + junior secondary) school that delivers China's compulsory national curriculum integrated with international‑quality courses, immersive bilingual instruction, project‑based learning (PBL) and STEAM components. Core national subjects (Chinese, history, geography, politics) are taught by Chinese teachers using internationally informed methods, while English, mathematics, science, arts and PE are supplemented by foreign‑teacher–led ESL, Drama, Science, Art and PE modules. The school's VBS school‑based curriculum includes required modules (History, Life Planning, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence), a broad elective menu across science, visual arts, music, sport and life skills, plus whole‑school offerings such as swimming and architectural education. In curriculum sequencing, series one and two are compulsory in Grades 1–7; from Grade 8 some series‑two content becomes elective and students follow one of two progression channels (domestic senior‑secondary or overseas preparation) to align with their senior‑study plans. In short, VBS provides the full scope of the state compulsory curriculum across Grades 1–9 while layering international courses, cloud courses, PBL projects and elective pathways to prepare students for either domestic or overseas senior‑secondary study.

VBS teaches social and emotional skills through a school-wide “life planning” (人生规划) programme and related activities that are delivered across grades and involve classroom work, teacher-led training and parent workshops. The school runs regular projects and events that reinforce social skills and empathy, for example E_Talk sessions, student video contests on “friendliness,” group activities and a “warm current” peer-support wall described during the school's Mental Health Month. The curriculum and teaching approach reference project-based learning (PBL) and a growth-mindset classroom culture that aim to support collaboration and self-regulation. These provisions are described in the school's news and curriculum pages.

VBS describes itself as an immersion bilingual school with a teaching team that includes internationally experienced teachers and foreign staff; the school highlights “沉浸式双语教学” and an international/external teacher cohort. Those statements indicate a bilingual delivery model and access to English-medium teaching, but the site does not publish a separate, named EAL (English as an Additional Language) programme or targeted EAL intervention details (for example, pull-out EAL classes or staged EAL levels). In short: bilingual/immersion instruction and international teachers are stated, but no specific EAL support programme is publicly described.

The school runs an annual Mental Health Month with structured activities such as psychological group counselling, resilience and anti-anxiety workshops, student mental-health creative projects, and parent workshops (Parent Growth Academy). The school's news articles describe in-class group counselling, themed events (e.g., “Sunshine Mindset, Positive Life”), warm‑current peer-support initiatives and family–school activities focused on students' emotional development. The school's leadership and some staff are listed with psychological counselling qualifications, and life-planning staff are involved in psychological guidance work, as shown on the staff pages. These programmes and staff qualifications are described on the school website.

VBS reports a multi‑faceted campus safety programme that includes training and education on bullying prevention, food safety, fire safety and traffic safety, and states it has established a broader school safety management system. The school also notes it was recognised as a higher-level “Safe and Civilized Campus” (平安校园) by Longhua District authorities following external assessment.

1. Read the school's public admissions information and eligibility first. Vanke Bilingual School (VBS) publishes an “Admission Information” page and a “How to Apply / Reservation” page that state the school runs Grades 1–9 and that the school accepts pre‑registration; the site also says to treat each year's official recruitment brochure as the final source for fees and specific enrollment rules.

2. Pre‑register (预约报名). VBS asks families to make a reservation through the school's admissions assistant on WeChat (VBSAO2018) or by calling the admissions numbers listed (0755‑66866333 or 191‑6622‑1886) to start the process and book any assessment/experience activities; parents should save those contact details and confirm available dates because places for small‑group assessment activities are scheduled and capacity is limited.

3. Attend the assessment / activity experience. The school's published process describes a small‑class activity plus a face‑to‑face conversation (an “activity experience”) rather than a single large written exam; parents should prepare the child for a short classroom‑style activity and plan to attend the conversation with school staff so the school can observe learning behaviour and family‑school fit.

4. Know what the school looks for in the assessment. For incoming primary (Grade 1) children VBS emphasises understanding‑ability and attention (理解力潜能与专注度), while for incoming junior high (Grade 7) it highlights thinking ability and attitude toward knowledge; bring any school records or samples the school requests and arrive ready to demonstrate basic oral expression and cooperative behaviour during small‑group tasks.

5. Offer, acceptance and registration steps (what to expect). VBS's public pages describe the pre‑registration and assessment activities but do not publish a detailed, step‑by‑step timeline for offer letters or deadlines on the site; after the activity families should expect communication from admissions with the school's decision and any next steps (offer, deposit, forms). Because the exact timing and required documents (identity, hukou/household registration where applicable, previous school records, health check) are not fully listed on the public pages, parents should ask admissions for the current offer timeline and a complete enrolment checklist when they book.

6. Fees, deposit and payment at enrollment. The school's published tuition reference (see Tuition Details) gives example tuition levels (primary and junior high per semester) and notes which items are included or excluded; parents should get the current year's enrolment brochure for exact amounts, deposit policy and refund rules before making any payment.

7. Final administrative steps and day‑to‑day items. After acceptance, expect to complete enrolment paperwork, pay the tuition/deposit per the school's instructions, and arrange or purchase anything excluded from tuition (uniforms, school bus, meals, boarding where applicable, off‑campus trips or camps). The school's tuition page explicitly notes that the published tuition does not include items such as uniforms, bus fees, meals, boarding or certain activity fees—plan a separate budget for those.

The VBS public website pages examined (admissions, reservation and tuition/notice pages) do not publish a school‑level scholarship or means‑tested financial‑aid programme for Grades 1–9. The site gives tuition and fee guidance but does not list scholarship types, eligibility criteria, or application steps; similarly, the official notices about fees and refunds do not describe scholarship awards. If scholarship assistance, merit awards, sibling discounts or other fee concessions are important to your decision, contact the admissions office directly to ask whether any internal scholarships, grants, or fee‑reduction policies exist in the current admissions cycle and request any written policy or application form. For contact use the school phone and the admissions WeChat/phone listed on the reservation page.

Public pages on VBS's official site (the reservation and admission‑information pages and the school's notices) do not describe a formal waitlist or “admissions pool” mechanism. The school's materials point families to pre‑registration and to scheduled small‑group assessment experiences but do not explain a published waitlist ordering, timeframe for moving students off a waiting list, or automatic rollover rules. If you expect demand in the grade you're applying to, ask the admissions contact at reservation time whether they maintain a waiting list and, if so, how offers from that list are prioritized (for example: by registration timestamp, assessment result, or special criteria).