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Yew Chung International School of Beijing — accreditations listed on the school website:
- Council of International Schools (CIS) — The school is accredited by CIS; CIS accreditation means an external, multi-year review has found the school meets internationally recognised standards for governance, teaching and learning, student welfare and continuous improvement.
- International Baccalaureate (IB) World School — The Secondary School is authorised as an IB World School to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP); IB authorisation indicates the school has met the IB Organisation's requirements for curriculum, teacher training and assessment for the Diploma Programme.
- Cambridge International Examinations Centre (IGCSE/ICE) — The Secondary School is an authorised Cambridge centre for IGCSE/Cambridge examinations; this authorisation allows the school to enter students for Cambridge qualifications and shows it follows Cambridge's administrative and examination centre standards.
Awards the school has won (as listed on the school website) in the past five years (Jan 1, 2021–Jan 1, 2026):
- Forbes China Outstanding International Schools Award (2023) — YCIS Beijing reports receiving the 2023 Forbes China Outstanding International Schools award; the school's news item describes the award as recognising performance across operations, teaching standards, financial strength and certifications.
- 2023 Tencent International School Comprehensive Strength Benchmark Award — YCIS Beijing reports receiving this Tencent award in December 2023; the school's announcement indicates the award recognises overall institutional strength across academic, operational and programme dimensions.
Note: the school website also references older recognitions (for example, a Cambridge ‘‘Award for Excellence in Education'' received by the YCYW/YCIS network in earlier years), but that award falls outside the 5‑year window you specified and therefore is not included above. The network's and campus pages refer to that historical recognition.
Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing) is an international day school for expatriate children aged 2–18, located on the edge of Honglingjin Park in Chaoyang District. The school uses a bilingual co-teaching model (English and Chinese) and structures early years and primary learning around shared Learning Communities; the Early Childhood Centre was renovated and re-opened in 2015 to support that approach. YCIS Beijing runs a British-style pathway through IGCSE and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Upper Secondary. The school publishes a school-wide student–teacher ratio of 7:1 and describes a multi-level Chinese language programme in Secondary (from beginner CAL levels through IB Chinese options). For admissions, the site directs families to contact the Admissions Office and the published pages do not list a public annual fee table; families are asked to contact Admissions for the current fee schedule.
