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The languages taught are Chinese and English. The curriculum blends the Chinese National Curriculum with international curricula in Primary and Middle School, and in High School offers IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme alongside CNC core courses. The program emphasizes a bilingual and bicultural perspective in its approach.
The school offers a Chinese-English immersion bilingual programme for Year 1 through Year 12, with instruction delivered in both Chinese and English. The programme fosters bilingual and bicultural competence across core and specialist subjects. English is integrated across the curriculum, with five hours of English instruction per week in the primary years. The school serves around 1,600 students.
The dual-language learning environment features lessons delivered in Chinese and English. Students are immersed in both languages in core subjects and in specialist subjects such as Art, Music, Physical Education and ICT. This immersion supports bilingual literacy and intercultural collaboration.
YK Pao School is a non-profit bilingual (Chinese–English) school founded in 2007 that offers a Year 1–12 programme across three Shanghai campuses. The Primary School is located on West Wuding Road in Changning District (city centre); the Middle School is in Changning (near the Xijiao State Guest Hotel / Metro Line 10 area); and the High School is on the Songjiang (Thames Town) campus with a residential programme. The High School follows IGCSE and the IB Diploma (DP) alongside core components of the Chinese National Curriculum; Primary and Middle combine the Chinese National Curriculum with selected international syllabuses. The website lists about 1,600 students and provides a 2024/25 tuition table (fees shown per semester). For map links the site points to external map viewers rather than publishing Google Maps coordinates.
