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Welcome to Harrow Beijing

A Harrow Beijing Education embraces the challenges of pursuing academic excellence, participation and fulfillment through a broad range of extra-curricula activities, and developing strong values to help guide our students in an increasingly complex world.

At the heart of our unique educational philosophy is the importance of sympathetic and committed relationships, led by the expertise of our teaching staff. We aim to ensure every student is known, nurtured, and encouraged to turn their abilities into achievements. Whether you are looking for a day school or a residential learning experience for your child, everything we do at Harrow Beijing encourages our students to develop themselves holistically, so they become rounded and balanced, ethical, moral and involved citizens.

Be inspired by what a Harrow education can do for your child.

Stet Fortuna Domus,

Mr. David A. Shinkfield

Head Master

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History and TraditionEvery student is part of a global Harrow family.

Every student has the opportunity to contribute to the tradition of Harrow.

We honour our connection to the Harrow family through shared symbols,

terminology and a commitment to a high quality education.

We are an Academic SchoolWe are academically selective.

We support every student in achieving academic excellence.

Our students go on to the world’s top universities.

We celebrate academic achievement.

All English as additional language learners will achieve native English fluency levels.

Holistic EducationEvery student will develop a portfolio of participation, passions and interests

through our Leadership in Action activities.

Every student will be encouraged to develop values, morals and conduct

in line with the traditions of Harrow and befitting global citizenship.

Every student will be encouraged to be an active and concerned member of

our school, local and global communities.

Close Personal TutoringEvery student will be known by a key staff member.

Every student will have a personalized academic profile to support

academic achievement.

Every student will develop leadership attributes through

an extensive range of activities.

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i. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India

ii. Lord Rayleigh, the physicist and Nobel prize-winner

iii. Nicholas Patrick, NASA astronaut

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right.

Sir Winston Churchill

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A ll of the Schools that are proud to bear the name Harrow

are also proud that there is no “typical Harrovian”. A favourite School song celebrates the fact that “the range of Harrow” is a broad one: “Welcome poet and statesman too...”

A list of famous Old Harrovians might indeed name many statesmen, including Sir Winston Churchill, Jawaharlal Nehru, and King Hussein of Jordan; poets and writers as diverse as Byron, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anthony Trollope; Lord Rayleigh, the physicist and Nobel prize-winner; Fox Talbot, the inventor of photography; the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans and James Bruce the explorer; Sir William Jones, father of philology and twenty winners of the Victoria Cross.

i. John Galsworthy, Dramatist and Nobel Prize–

winning novelist

ii. Benedict Cumberbatch, actor

iii. James Blunt, musician

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

Lord Byron

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University Destinations

S tudents from Harrow Beijing command places in top

world universities, particularly in the United Kingdom, North America as well as in the Asia Pacific region.

University of Cambridge

University of Oxford

Imperial College London

University College London

The London School of Economics and Political Science

King’s College London

University of Manchester

University of Edinburgh

University of the Arts London

University of Warwick

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Los Angeles

Carnegie Mellon University

University of Southern California

University of Pennsylvania

Duke University

Pennsylvania State University

United States Naval Academy

University of British Columbia

McGill University

Ontario College of Art & Design

Johns Hopkins University

Seoul National University

Korea University

Yonsei University

University of Sydney

University of New South Wales

University of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

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United Kingdom North America

Asia Pacific

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The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Harrow Beijing encourages students to be happy, independent and motivated. The teachers plan for learning using the Early Years Curriculum Guidance for England and Wales. Alongside normal classroom activities, Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception children enjoy lessons from subject specialists in Physical Education (PE), Music and Mandarin.

Early Years

In Years 1 to 5, children continue to develop essential literacy and numeracy skills. Great emphasis is placed on the enjoyment of books and the teaching of reading and writing.

As they progress through the school, students are also introduced to a greater element of specialist teaching including Mandarin, Music, PE, Computing, Drama and Spanish.

Pre-Prep Phase(Years 1 to 5)

Academic Progression Lower School

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Modelled on the best practice of British Preparatory Schools and International Middle Schools, the Prep Phase is a blend of specialist-based subject teaching within the security of the Upper School. At the core of the Prep Phase are the subjects of English, Mathematics and Science. The students are also exposed to a wide and varied curriculum including: Art, Drama, History, Geography, Computing, Design and Technology, Mandarin, Music, PE and Sports, as well as the Modern Foreign Language of Spanish.

Prep Phase(Years 6 to 8)

Our curriculum in Year 9 is designed to build on the learning and skills students have developed in the Prep Phase, and equip them for success in public examinations. Many of our courses take themes and skills from International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and introduce them early to students. This provides a strong bridge into Year 10 and ensures students are well prepared to follow the courses of their choice. In Year 10 and Year 11 students follow the GCSE and/or IGCSE courses.

The Senior School(Years 9 to 11)

After IGCSE, students move into the next phase of the School and prepare themselves for life at University. This is a two-year programme in Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS Level) and Advanced Level (A Level) study.

The Sixth Form(Years 12 & 13)

Academic Progression Upper School

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A s members of FOBISIA (Federation of British

International Schools in Asia) and ISAC (International Schools Athletic Conference), we are able to offer students a diverse range of competitive opportunities throughout Asia.

We have had recent sporting trips to Thailand, Malaysia and within China, as well as hosting International Schools from Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong at our campus.

All students from the Pre-Prep Phase to the Sixth Form successfully compete on a seasonal basis in football, volleyball, basketball, netball, rugby, track & field athletics, swimming and tee ball as well as handball, tennis, table tennis, badminton and cross country running.

Sports

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The school has an active Drama Enrichment programme which teaches students performance skills and exposes them to other important aspects of production such as lighting and sound design, stage management, costume and set design, writing and direction.

MusicEvery child is offered the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. Over 10 instruments are taught in several dedicated practice rooms, supporting a number of instrumental and vocal ensembles.

Drama

Students are given the opportunity to explore a wide variety of media and techniques as a vehicle for expression, passion and emotion, and a means of challenging themselves and the world around them. In addition to practical skills, students will gain an appreciation and understanding of art, design and craft from the past and present and from a range of cultures.

Art

The Arts

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A notable part of Harrow education is

the annual week long Personal Development programme in the Lower School and the Expeditions week in the Upper School.

These programmes are planned to give our students growing levels of skills and experiences, from the younger years through to the Sixth Form. Expeditions give the students an opportunity to pursue the themes of Challenge, Service, Creative Expression, Teamwork, Leadership and Charity in unfamiliar environments.

Expeditions S tudents take part in activities four times each week.

Some of the activities offered across the School include: cricket, cross-country running, jazz band, rock climbing, student magazines, tennis, touch rugby, yoga, DJ club, International Award, musical theatre club, ukulele club, chess, choirs, community outreach, orchestra, cooking, dance, golf, debating, drama clubs, environmental club, Chinese art and painting, psychology club, Chinese drums, steel pans and martial arts; as well as the chance for students to train and practise for school teams, musical ensembles and drama productions.

Regular Critical Lunches are held across the School, where we encourage students to partake in a discussion with a visiting expert, such as a novelist, diplomat or human rights specialist.

Enrichment Activities

Holistic Education

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S tudents at Harrow Beijing develop an understanding of

service and individual responsibility to others through a range of school experiences. The International Award for Young People, School programmes for personal, social and health education, and the inter-House Charity fundraising events all provide realistic opportunities for individual engagement with relevant world issues. Each of the School Houses focus on a particular charity to support, both with fundraising and with time and activities.

Community Service

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O ur mission statement is “Leadership for

a better world”. It is defined by six attributes that we expect for our students to increasingly demonstrate during their time in our school and beyond. The leadership attributes are:

Contributing positively to community

Applying knowledge with compassion

Solving problems collaboratively

Solving problems creatively

Making just choices

Facing challenges with determination

Leadership for a better world

T rue to the tradition of all Schools in the Harrow Family,

the House system at Harrow Beijing is central to our students’ wellbeing and personal development as they journey through their school career and progress onto life beyond school. The House system is a fundamental ingredient in providing a personalised learning environment in which each child is personally known by a key member of staff.

Harrow Beijing has six Houses. Each House is named after a leader who is known for having courage and determination.

House System

Churchill

Song Qing Ling Kong Zi Curie

John Lyon Ju Ching Chu

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W e enjoy a very close relationship with our

parents, and keep in touch through our digital platforms, termly tutor consultations and reports, and whole School events.

Importantly, every parent and staff member is automatically a “Friend of Harrow” when they join the School.

Through the Friends of Harrow, parents hold events to welcome new parents, help organise the School fairs, and more formal events, run cultural visits for parents and staff, and facilitate communication with all the different communities of the school.

Although at core a parent and staff body, the term “Friends of Harrow” extends to the many professionals in the wider community who support the School.

Engagement with Parentsand the Wider Community

For further information and to arrange a visit to the School, please call the Admissions team on (+86 10) 6444 8900 or email admissions@harrowbeijing.cn

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