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• Cambridge International (IGCSE authorisation) — YK Pao School is authorised to offer Cambridge IGCSE qualifications; this authorisation indicates the school meets Cambridge International's requirements to deliver their secondary curriculum and examinations.
• International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme authorisation) — the school is authorised as an IB World School to offer the IB Diploma Programme (DP); IB authorisation confirms the school has met the IB Organisation's standards for curriculum, assessment and school support for the Diploma.
• Council of International Schools (CIS) accreditation/membership — YK Pao School completed CIS accreditation (and is recorded as a CIS member); CIS accreditation is an external school-evaluation process that reviews governance, teaching, student support and continuous improvement against internationally agreed standards.
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC / ACS WASC) accreditation — the school holds accreditation from WASC; WASC accreditation recognises that an institution has the policies, resources and practices to support student learning and continuous school improvement, and it can facilitate recognition of the school's secondary diploma internationally.
I searched the school's website and found the following awards (2021–2025) that are described as being awarded to the school or its teams (not individual students). Each item below is taken from the school website and dated on that site:
• Virtuoso Music Teaching Centre Award (New Talent Festival) — YK Pao School was awarded the Virtuoso Music Teaching Centre Award by the New Talent Festival (reported in the school's 13 Oct 2023 highlights); this recognises the school as a centre for music teaching in that festival's awards.
• Shanghai International Schools Sports Association (SSSA) swimming league — Pao School reported winning the overall SSSA swimming championship (combined team score) in the SSSA event reported on 21 July 2023; this is a school-level team championship.
• Shanghai Sports League Championship — the school's Girls Basketball Varsity team is reported as having won the Shanghai Sports League Championship (reported in Pao Highlights, 2023); this is a team trophy won by the school's team.
• Girls U15 Shanghai Schools Sports Association Volleyball League — Pao Middle School's Girls U15 team won the U15 championship (reported 20 Jan 2025); this is recorded on the school website as the team (school) bringing home the trophy.
Notes and limitations:
- I only used information that appears on YK Pao School's public website (as you requested). The site primarily lists student and team results; many items are student awards (which you asked me to exclude). The four items above are the school- or school-team-level awards I could identify on the school site between Jan 1, 2021 and Dec 31, 2025. If you'd like, I can (a) search external sources for other institutional awards or rankings mentioned elsewhere, or (b) expand the time window to include earlier institutional recognitions listed on the school site (e.g., CIS/WASC authorisations in 2017, Cambridge in 2013, IB in 2015) — though those are already covered under accreditations.
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.
