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China, Guangzhou
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- Council of International Schools (CIS) — The school's website states YWIES Guangzhou became a CIS member in 2021 and subsequently achieved full CIS accreditation after a multi-year review (CIS accreditation is an international, third‑party school evaluation that examines governance, student welfare, curriculum, staffing and other whole‑school practices).
- Cambridge Assessment International Education (Cambridge) — The school website shows Cambridge branding and describes that students sit Cambridge IGCSE and AS/A Level examinations, indicating the school delivers Cambridge international programmes (Cambridge provides international curricula and examinable qualifications for secondary education).
- Boarding Schools Association (BSA) — The school's site indicates the school received BSA certification in 2021; the BSA is a UK-based association that supports boarding schools and provides membership/certification relevant to boarding provision and pastoral care.
- Approval by Guangzhou education authorities (12‑year continuous schooling approval) — The school's news pages state that in June 2025 the Guangzhou Education Bureau approved the school to operate as a 12‑year (primary through senior secondary) school and renamed it (this is an official local government authorization to operate that affects the school's legal/operational status).
Note: these items are taken from the school's own website (news pages and site footer). The site also shows school activity and results for Cambridge IGCSE/AS/A Level examinations, which supports the school's delivery of Cambridge programmes. If you'd like, I can extract the exact school pages (in English or Chinese) and provide direct quotations and dates for each accreditation/approval.
- Designated one of Guangzhou's first batch of "Education Internationalisation Window Schools" (广州市首批教育国际化窗口学校) — the school's website reports this recognition was announced in September 2023; the designation is a municipal-level recognition by the Guangzhou Education Bureau identifying schools selected for piloting and showcasing education internationalisation work.
Notes on the awards search: I searched the school's public news and information pages for awards or recognitions granted to the school in the five years before January 1, 2026 (roughly 2021–2025). The school's website documents several formal recognitions and certifications (CIS membership/accreditation, BSA certification, the municipal "window school" designation, and the June 2025 approval to operate as a 12‑year school). Other items reported on the site (for example, Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards or high exam results) are awards to individual students rather than awards given to the school; you asked I exclude student awards, so those are not listed above. If you want, I can: (a) provide the exact school website URLs and publication dates for each item above, (b) convert the Chinese news items into a concise English summary with exact dates, or (c) expand this into a short timeline of these accreditations and recognitions.
Yew Wah International Education School of Guangzhou (YWIES Guangzhou) opened in 2014 and serves local and expatriate students from age 1 up to 18 (K1 to A Level). The school operates a bilingual (Chinese–English) co-teaching model across early years, primary and secondary phases and offers Cambridge IGCSE and A Level pathways in upper secondary. The campus describes a student–teacher ratio of 5:1 and an enrolled population of approximately 550 students. The school is run with a dual (Chinese / Western) leadership team and includes a Careers & University Guidance Office and partnership programmes (for example the Somerset Yew Wah classroom link referenced on the academics pages). Parents should consult admissions or the School Fees page for tuition details; the public site's School Fees page exists but fees tables are not visible in the site HTML rendered here.
