Dulwich College Beijing

Dulwich College Beijing (Simplified Chinese: 北京德威英国国际学校, Traditional Chinese: 北京德威英國國際學校, Pinyin: Běijīng Déwēi Yīngguó Guójì Xuéxiào "Beijing Dulwich English International School") is a British international school with campuses in Beijing, China. It is a branch of Dulwich College,[1] and opened in August 2005. As of 2013 it has over 1,450 students from 12 months to 18 years.[2]

The Legend Garden Campus serving 1–18-year olds is in Shunyi District. The Riviera Main Campus serves 1–6-year olds and is in Chaoyang District.[3]

In 2006, The Guardian listed Dulwich College as one of the best international schools in the world, the only school in its list to be located in China, citing "excellent music and sports facilities" and a majority English speaking faculty.[4] In 2009 the school's Chinese department director, Chen Xialin, said that the school teaches English and mathematics in small classes divided by different levels so that students may study in a "confident environment".[5]

Students of Dulwich College Beijing's Senior School begin their high school curriculum in Years 10 and 11, where they follow an internationally recognised version of the British GSCE's, dubbed (I)GSCE's.[6] They then transition into the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme during Years 12 and 13 (the US equivalent of grades 11 and 12.) [7] In 2015, 3 students from the school received maximum IB scores of 45 points, which was only achieved by 146 students around the world. The Class of 2015 had an average IB score of 37.5 points, of which 36% scored above 40 points.[8]

Facilities

In 2013 Dulwich College opened a dome for athletic facilities in order to protect students from pollution in Beijing.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Spencer, Richard. "Slow boater to China." The Telegraph. 2 December 2006. Retrieved on 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "An Introduction." Dulwich College Beijing. Retrieved on 12 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Contact & Visitor Info." Dulwich College Beijing. Retrieved on 12 October 2013. "Legend Garden Campus[...]89 Capital Airport Road Shunyi District Beijing 101300 PRC" and "Riviera Main Campus[...]1 Xiang Jiang Bei Lu Jing Shun Lu Chao Yang District Beijing 100103 PRC" – Chinese addresses: Legend Garden: "北京德威英国国际学校 北京市顺义区首都机场路89号丽京花园7区 邮编：101300" Riviera Main Campus: "北京德威英国国际学校 北京市朝阳区京顺路香江北路1号香江花园 邮编：100103"
  4. ↑ Anastasia, Moloney (12 December 2006). "The best international schools around the world". The Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Liu, Anqi. "Student life at international schools." (Archive) China Central Television. 20 November 2009. Retrieved on 12 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Dulwich College Beijing http://www.dulwich-beijing.cn/page.cfm?p=396. Retrieved 17 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Dulwich College Beijing http://www.dulwich-beijing.cn/page.cfm?p=397. Retrieved 17 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ Herbert, Simon. "Senior School". Dulwich College Beijing. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Wainwright, Oliver. "Inside Beijing's airpocalypse – a city made 'almost uninhabitable' by pollution" (Archive). The Guardian. December 16, 2014. Retrieved on October 19, 2015.

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