China, Hangzhou
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Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou is in Daicun (戴村镇), Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou — a semi-rural campus beside Xiannu (Fairy) Lake with hills nearby. The school's address and campus setting are listed on the school site. The campus is described in local and partner profiles as a purpose-built, lakeside site about an hour from central Hangzhou by road.
WAS Hangzhou is an all-through school for pupils aged 3–18 (kindergarten through senior school / sixth form). The school programme references EYFS/early years, primary, middle (preparing for IGCSE) and high school offering IGCSE and A-Level pathways.
The school is a co-educational day and boarding school for Chinese and international students. The campus offers boarding provision alongside day places and describes a boarding model with resident tutor/house staff living on site.
The website emphasises pastoral provision through an “All‑Round Care” system, a house & tutor structure and small tutor groups (each tutor responsible for about 8–10 pupils). The site does not publish a detailed Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy online; parents seeking specific ALN/SEN provision, assessments or external-therapist arrangements should contact the admissions team to discuss individual needs.
WAS Hangzhou is part of the Wycombe Abbey Schools group and operates under the Wycombe Abbey International partnership (a UK-origin school group).
The school website does not state a religious affiliation for the Hangzhou campus; there is no religious character listed in the public school pages.
The boarding page gives an example day for middle-school boarders with timetabled activity from about 08:00 to 22:00 (classes, evening study and activities) to reflect the boarding routine. The school does not publish a single, public day schedule for all age groups on its website, so for precise start/end times and day-student timetables you should request the current daily timetable from admissions.
The school website does not list a regular daily school-bus schedule or provider. An external article about the school noted a weekly social bus into Hangzhou for staff/families; for details about daily student transport, routes, pick-up points, pricing or private-provider arrangements contact the admissions office (listed on the school site).
Application / registration fee
- No publicly posted, fixed application or registration fee amount was found on the school's public pages.
Tuition fees — annual and per-term (by year group)
- The most detailed public breakdown located from independent school directories (past published / ‘‘previous year'' figures) shows:
- Kindergarten / Early Years: RMB 224,500 per year (RMB 112,250 per term).
- Primary (Years 1–6): RMB 190,000 per year (RMB 95,000 per term).
- Lower secondary / Middle school (Years 7–9): RMB 220,000 per year (RMB 110,000 per term).
- Upper secondary / High school (A‑Level years): RMB 260,000 per year (RMB 130,000 per term).
Boarding fees (where applicable)
- Published past-year figures from school-directory listings indicate annual boarding charges as follows:
- Primary boarding: RMB 40,000 per year (RMB 20,000 per term).
- Middle / lower secondary boarding: RMB 50,000 per year (RMB 25,000 per term).
- The school operates a formal boarding system; boarding provision is an established part of school life.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- The school publishes a school calendar but a public, itemised billing schedule and explicit payment deadlines or installment policy were not posted on the publicly accessible pages reviewed. Fees in the directories above are shown as yearly amounts and corresponding per‑term splits, implying termly billing is used in practice, but exact invoice dates, deposit requirements and late-payment penalties were not publicly available.
Other costs and extras
- Other typical costs referenced by third‑party listings include meals, uniforms, activity or enrichment fees and occasional excursion charges; specific public line‑item amounts for these extras were not found. Scholarship and fee‑remission programmes are advertised for eligible students (including multi‑level scholarships for A‑level entrants).
Refunds and fee‑change policy
- No publicly posted, detailed refund policy or formal fee‑change timetable was located on the school's public pages during the review.
Payment methods
- Specific payment channels (bank transfer, credit card, Alipay/WeChat, etc.) and bank details were not published in the public pages and directories consulted.
Summary of findings and limitations
- Available public information gives reliable past / directory figures for annual tuition and term splits and for boarding charges (listed above). The school's own public pages describe boarding and publish the academic calendar but do not present a full, itemised fee schedule, formal billing timetable, explicit application fee amount, payment channels or refund policy in the publicly accessible material reviewed. The tuition and boarding amounts above are drawn from independent school-directory summaries and aggregated market listings.
Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou (WASHZ) opened in 2021 and is located in Daicun town, Xiaoshan District, beside Xiannu (Fairy) Lake with hills to the rear. The campus footprint is given on the school site as about 33 acres with a built area of roughly 84,000 sqm; the school plans for a full roll of around 1,500 pupils and boarding space for up to 960 students. WASHZ offers a blended programme that draws on the Chinese National Curriculum together with British-stage programmes (including EYFS, IGCSE and A‑Level) and describes itself as a bilingual environment with strong English immersion. The school highlights extracurricular pathways such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Model United Nations, robotics and arts programmes as regular out‑of‑class opportunities. The school website lists admissions contact details for enquiries; the site does not publish tuition figures or an explicit statement about a daily school bus service.