I am returning to HK (after 4 years in the US) but now with primary / elementary school age kids.
Finding an international school seems to be a nightmare!
Are there any resources out there to help me?
Like a simple list of schools, fees, application fees, ratings, location, # students, cirriculum, etc?
Or do I need to build that myself by google searching?
Thanks
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Agree. Unfortunately it's a nightmare at the moment. Here is an alternative directory of all the schools in HK
http://www.youyow.com/default.aspx?PAGE=SCHOOLS&ADVANCED=Y
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Try the following Hong Kong Education Department link which might help:
http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_4405/aprospectusofinternationalschoolinhongkong.pdf
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I heard that the acceptance rate at Chinese International School this year was 11%. In the reception class something like 60+ siblings applied for the 88 openings. And debentures (which do not guarantee placement) run in the millions. Debentures at ISF now run close to HK$5 million....they were trading at only $200,000 in 2007.
Tuition at HKIS runs from HK$178,000 to HK$202,000 per year.
Tuitionn at CIS runs from HK$137,000 to HK$164,000 per year.
Tuition at Canadian school runs from HK$102,000 to $126,000 per year.
Tuition at ISF runs from HK$127,000 to HK$160,000 per year.
So adding in bus fares, lunch fees, etc. you're talking about anywhere between $15,000 and $25,000 per year per kid.
The Wall Street Journal posted on this a couple of years ago:
http://guides.wsj.com/hong-kong/guide-to-hong-kong/education/
Good luck!
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ESF schools are a "better deal," but they'll still run you HK$75,000+ for tution plus bus fees. (more for secondary year students).
And the acceptance rate there is now under 50%.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=120729&sid=35751058&con_type=1&d_str=20120316&fc=7
Rumor that debentures to the Kellet School now sell for HK$10 million?
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/09/05/11/hks-schooling-woes-dim-citys-role-financial-hub
Once local schools were required to teach in Cantonese rather than English, local Chinese flocked to International Schools, crowding out spaces for expats and others.
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