Hiba Academy Hangzhou 2024-25 Admissions Announcement

Hiba Academy Hangzhou offers a world-class bilingual education promoting academic and personal development. Hiba pupils have experienced rapid progress in all areas due to our education ethos, immersive bilingual environment, and a wide range of co-curricular activities.  

The Grade 1, Grade 7, and Sixth Form enrolment process at Hiba Academy Hangzhou will officially open soon. As all schools in Hangzhou will adopt the online enrolment system, please complete the procedures within the designated time. In this article, we will answer some of the frequently asked questions.  

As of May 2024, the first group of graduates from Wellington College Hangzhou have been offered places at several highly regarded institutions across the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, and Spain. On average, each graduate received over 5 offers, with one pupil receiving an impressive 16 offers. 

We are proud to announce that 90% of WCCH’s first graduates have been accepted into the top 50 universities listed in the QS World University Rankings 2024. 60% of these have been accepted into the top 30 universities and 50%, some through scholarships, into the top 20.    

Our pupils also gained offers from many of the world's top art schools, including but not limited to the University of the Arts London (ranked No. 1 in the UK for art colleges and universities and No. 2 in the world for Art and Design), the University of Manchester, Parsons School of Design (ranked No. 1 in the USA and No. 3 in the world for Art and Design), the Maryland Institute College of Art, Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and Kingston University, covering the courses of illustration, design, pure art, visual arts, fashion management, and creative and cultural fields.  

WCCH has also achieved exceptional academic results. WCCH’s strong position in IGCSE teaching is once again confirmed as our pupils have effortlessly surpassed the global average, achieving A* and A grades in their IGCSE exams at an impressive rate. Many of them even attained multiple A*s, most notably amid a global context of significant score drops, highlighting the unprecedented rigour in grading standards applied to this year's IGCSE exams.   

The overall A* rate of our pupils is an impressive 40.6% and an A*/A rate is also high at 64.8%. It is noteworthy that the coveted A* is exclusively awarded to the top 5% of exam-takers worldwide. 

In addition, our pupils achieved 100% A*/A in IGCSE Physics, Chemistry, Drama, Chinese as a second language, and Chinese as a foreign language. Over 97% of pupils obtained A*/A in the IGCSE Mathematics examination, and 100% of pupils obtained A* in Additional Mathematics. These results fully reflect the pupils' solid foundations in various subject areas.   

As a member of Wellington College Hangzhou, Hiba Academy Hangzhou is proud to have an academic team with rich teaching backgrounds and each having an average teaching experience of over ten years, they lead a team of outstanding educators recruited from within China and around the world. We are committed to supporting and challenging our academic staff to be innovative in their work through a series of proven and robust professional learning programmes. Over 60% of the Chinese staff have a master’s degree with over 50% of them having overseas learning experience. More than 70% of the expatriate staff come from the UK. Many teachers have graduated from QS ranked top 100 universities including Harvard University, Cambridge University, King’s College London, University of Pennsylvania, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, University of Hong Kong, and Zhejiang University.  

Our own Wellington College China, The Bridge | China will deliver many of these training programmes to ensure that our teachers continue to harness their work as educators, informed by the very highest quality research and practices from around the world. 

Recognising the hard work and commitment we have put into prioritising mental health, we are proud to announce that Wellington College Hangzhou has been awarded the Silver standard for the Carnegie Centre of Excellence Mental Health in Schools “Further Education Mental Health Award”, the first award of its kind in any school in China. By embracing this award, Wellington College Hangzhou is demonstrating a commitment to working towards excellent practice by prioritising mental health and wellbeing, thereby establishing a whole school culture where all members of a school community thrive and improve pupil outcomes.     

In 2006, Wellington College introduced wellbeing as a compulsory subject alongside English, the sciences and maths as part of the core curriculum. In doing so, Wellington College became the first school in the UK to introduce wellbeing lessons for pupils and became a pioneer of positive education. As a member of the Wellington College family of schools, Hiba Academy Hangzhou has upheld this tradition and established a comprehensive wellbeing program where we adopt an approach that values young people’s happiness to the same extent as their academic success.   

We follow the PEEC course (Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum) in our wellbeing lessons. It is an explicit curriculum designed for schools that stems from the research of Martin Seligman on the PERMA model of flourishing.  

In keeping with Hiba’s commitment to a holistic education, Hiba Academy Hangzhou is situated on a purpose built, state-of-the-art campus containing all of the facilities required to provide pupils with access to the very best academic and co-curricular opportunities. The appearance and design of the building is inspired by the distinctive architecture at Wellington College in England. 

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Wellington College has a deep tradition of boarding; it is an extension of our educational model and central to becoming a Wellingtonian. In China, there is also a long tradition of boarding provision, which extends back to the time of Confucius. At Hiba Academy Hangzhou we seek to bring together the very best boarding practices to create an environment in which our pupils thrive. Our pupils will enjoy a rich and varied programme in a safe and supportive environment that serves as a family away from home.  

Boarding is led by our expatriate and local Boarding Mistresses, who hold senior positions within the College. Pupils will have access to personal and social development activities supported by the boarding mentors and housemasters, along with opportunities to enhance their studies after school, and exploration of sports and the arts. A rich and structured programme will inspire, support, and challenge pupils. They will be encouraged to develop socially, academically, spiritually and morally as they foster a culture of independence. 

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