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China, Hangzhou
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Accreditations listed on the school's website (Wellington College International Hangzhou and the Wellington College Education (China) network):
- COBIS (Council of British International Schools) — Wellington College International Hangzhou is a COBIS Patron's Accredited member; COBIS membership and accreditation indicate the school has been inspected against a UK/British-international set of standards for governance, safeguarding, teaching and school management.
- A Level centre approval (Edexcel / A‑level certification) — the Wellington China site states that the Tianjin, Hangzhou and Nantong campuses are certified to offer A Level examinations; this means the Hangzhou campus is an authorised centre for UK A Level qualifications.
- LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) centre approval — the Wellington China accreditation information notes that Tianjin and Hangzhou campuses are certified to deliver LAMDA drama courses and examinations, which allows pupils to take recognised external drama qualifications on campus.
Notes on other accreditations shown on the Wellington College Education (China) accreditation page: the network site also lists International Baccalaureate (IB), Council of International Schools (CIS), Cambridge Assessment (including Cambridge Assessment English), Pearson Edexcel approval, the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), FOBISIA and the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award as accreditations/authorisations associated with the Wellington College Education (China) group. The school site makes clear which items apply to specific campuses (for example, IB authorisation and CIS reaccreditation are referenced for the Shanghai campus), so parents should check the relevant campus pages for campus‑specific authorisations.
Awards and external recognitions (from the school's website) awarded to the school (or the Hangzhou campus) in the past five years:
- COBIS Patron's Accredited membership with three Beacon Status awards (Governance, Values and Wellbeing) — awarded to Wellington College International Hangzhou as part of the COBIS accreditation process (August 2023); the Beacon Status awards recognise areas of outstanding practice identified in the COBIS report.
- Silver Standard, Carnegie Centre of Excellence in Mental Health in Schools — Wellington College Education (China) – Hangzhou was awarded the Silver Standard in the Carnegie Centre's ‘Further Education Mental Health Award' (listed on the Wellington College Education (China) site); the award indicates an externally assessed standard for provision of mental health support in school settings. (2022).
- Regional and national rankings in external school league tables and selections reported by the school: the Wellington College network page and the Hangzhou campus news note that the Hangzhou campus has been ranked among the leading international schools in Hangzhou and China by third‑party rankings (for example, the site reports that Wellington College International Hangzhou was listed as the top international school in Hangzhou and 30th overall in China on a national list, and that Wellington College Education (China) schools were recognised in Forbes China's annual selections). These items are published as external rankings on the school's website (2023–2025). If you'd like the exact source documents and dates for a particular ranking (Forbes, KingLead, Hurun etc.), I can extract those specific press items.
Notes and caveats:
- All entries above are taken from the school's own website and the Wellington College Education (China) site. Where the network site lists accreditations or awards, I have flagged which items are explicitly attributed to the Hangzhou campus on the publicly available pages.
- I did not include awards listed on the site that were explicitly given to other named schools in the group (for example, Hiba Academy items) or to individual staff, since you asked only for awards given to the school itself. If you want a complete list of group‑level awards (network‑wide) or individual recognitions, I can prepare that as well with direct links to each item.
Wellington College International Hangzhou opened in 2018 and is located in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou (2399 Xue Zhi Road). The school follows a British-style curriculum: the Primary phase uses the English National Curriculum with international elements, pupils move to IGCSE courses (Years 10–11) and then to a two‑year A Level Sixth Form (Years 12–13). The campus includes a dedicated programme of co-curricular activities (the Wellington Academy Programme) and runs the Duke of Edinburgh's Award; the school also publishes a downloadable bilingual fee schedule and an admissions contact for visits and enquiries. The school publishes an on-site nursery link for early years and identifies English-language teaching with weekly Chinese lessons across Key Stages; the campus and programme information (including bus service details and the fee schedule) are available from the school site.
