Major international schools and kindergartens in Futian

Futian has abundant educational resources with a total of 294 schools in the district. International kindergartens and schools play an important role in Futian’s educational resources.

Here, you can find international schools in Futian that are aligned with international education standards yet have their own distinctive styles. Currently, Futian has four kindergartens offering bilingual services including Basis Bilingual Kindergarten, Victoria Kindergarten, and Shenzhen College of International Education, Basis International School, Green Oasis School, and Shenzhen Yunding School for primary and secondary education.

Schools

Shenzhen College of International Education

Shenzhen College of International Education (SCIE) is a U.K. curriculum school that teaches IGCSE, AS and A-level courses to predominantly Chinese students. Overseas students can also get enrolled in the school.

The college's primary purpose is to educate students in a challenging and creative international environment, thereby enabling them to attain a high level of achievement in secondary education. The SCIE strives to open the minds of students to knowledge, to encourage creativity and curiosity, and to enable students to take the best advantage of their future educational opportunities. The SCIE is modeled on a Sixth-Form college, and students are treated as adults, allowed to make their own choices, with guidance, with an emphasis shared respect.

The college is selective and its mission is to prepare students to enter competitive universities in U.K., the U.S. and elsewhere.

In the 2023 university application season, the SCIE’s students maintained their strong performance in global undergraduate admissions with outstanding academic achievements and comprehensive qualities. They have received offers from numerous top universities in U.K., the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, etc., achieving remarkable results.

Add: 1st Huanggang Park Street, Futian District, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-83495025/83495014

Website: http://www.scie.com.cn

Basis International School Futian

Basis International School Futian was established in 2020, located in the core area of Futian Central District. The school has rich and complete teaching facilities, making it one of the excellent private international schools in Shenzhen in terms of hardware facilities.

The environment of Basis International School Futian is exceptionally beautiful, with a simple and modern style using white to create a clean architectural space. The school boasts 80 standard classrooms, 12 functional rooms for experiments, art, music, dance, as well as facilities like a library, small theater, black box, sports center, football field, and other sports facilities.

The school integrates a rigorous and in-depth learning curriculum philosophy into the national compulsory education curriculum to ensure that children can absorb the essence of Chinese and Western education from multiple perspectives and cultivate an international view.

Emphasizing on nurturing a deep understanding of cultural differences between China and the West and fostering a global citizen with dual-core thinking rooted in Chinese culture, the school uses Chinese textbooks to introduce English, humanities, mathematics, and science subjects for students at all levels, tailored to be highly challenging, diverse, progressive, and lead each student to excellent growth.

Address: No. 2 Xinsha Street, Futian District, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-82989780/82989773

Website: https://www.ascend-global.com/#/projects/bbsz?lang=cn

Green Oasis School

Green Oasis School (GOS) is an international school, a unique school where the best of the East meets the best from the West, creating a dynamic, high achieving ethos unique to Shenzhen.

GOS is a primary school running from years 1-6 that is open to both local and expatriate children aged 5 to 10. The school follows an adapted version of the UK National Curriculum for England. The study of Chinese language and culture is prioritized.

Students in Year 6 may transfer to Shenzhen Oasis International School, a dedicated middle school with the same vision and mission as Green Oasis School, that continues to teach the UK National Curriculum for England in addition to Chinese curriculum mathematics.

Green Oasis teachers hail from a wide range of backgrounds and are all qualified with much international classroom experience. Its foreign and Chinese teachers work side by side in order to deliver a high-quality bilingual education with an emphasis on English as the main language of instruction.

The school provides a student-centered curriculum. Its pedagogy emphasizes the facilitation of student learning via a process called differentiation which aims to support the varying learning needs and learning styles a teacher is likely to encounter in any one class. This process is supported through the world class facilities and resources it has at Green Oasis including fully interactive classrooms.

Although the school aims to provide students with the linguistic, scientific, and mathematical skills to graduate into the top colleges and universities, it also aims to cultivate students’ artistic, athletic, and social skills by facilitating students' understanding in social ethics, teaching them to appreciate and respect life, to develop their capacity to judge between right and wrong, and to be responsible citizens. Thus, Green Oasis graduates are equipped with foresight and understanding as they enter an increasingly competitive global world.

Address: Tianmian, No. 4030, Shennan Middle Road, Futian, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-83959000

Website: http://www.greenoasis.org.cn

Shenzhen Yaohua Experimental School

Founded in Futian in 2004, Shenzhen Yaohua Experimental School is a K-12 private school and has been certified as a Shenzhen Tier-1 school, a Shenzhen international curriculum experimental school and one of Shenzhen’s best preparatory schools for higher education.

The school is located in the central area of Shenzhen and covers an area of 31117 square meters and a construction area of 43897 square meters, with the construction area expected to expand to 120000 square meters in the future.

The initial goal of Yaohua is to establish a school with strong Chinese characteristics and international eminences. It aims at cultivating minds with creativity and of talents to answer the call of development in the 21st century.

Yaohua is actively conducting international course experiments. The school boasts a 12-year international curriculum experiment system from elementary school to high school, combining Chinese basic education courses and the international education curriculum, integrating learning with social practice. Moreover, the school has built a good rapport and has conducted cooperations with well-known Singapore Raffles College, the Claremont College in America and other world-renowned schools. Yaohua students also regularly carry out domestic and foreign activities, leaving footprints throughout the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea and other countries.

Address: South 5 Street, No. 99, Jingtian, Futian, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-83928531

Website: http://www.szyh.org/

Shenzhen Yunding school

Shenzhen Yunding school is a full-time 12-year private school. The school was established in 2004 and is located in Futian.

There are 70 teaching classes in total in primary school, junior middle school, senior high school and international curriculum experimental class (senior high school), with nearly 2800 teachers and students. For the international high school program, Yunding has partnered up with North Cedar Academy in the U.S. to get the American high school diploma.

The Yunding international high school offers experimental courses in STEM/AP for four grades: 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Each grade has a complete and comprehensive curriculum, with a teacher-student ratio of 1:8. The school follows a small-class size and conducts all classes in English. With a strong teaching faculty, it is considered one of the dynamic and high-value international educational institutions in the education sector in Shenzhen.

The STEM/AP international high school experimental courses have the support of local school districts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. The credits earned by students in these courses are recognized by universities and educational institutions worldwide. Since 2018, it has become one of the key international schools in China for universities ranked in the top three in the U.S., top ten in U.K., and top three in Australia.

Address: 1st Street, Huanggang Park, Futian, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-83491401/83491402

Website: http://ydelite.org/

Kindergartens

Basis Bilingual Kindergarten Futian

Opened in the fall of 2024 in Shenzhen's Futian District, Basis Bilingual Kindergarten Futian focuses on bilingual early learning, while adhering to joyful learning culture and ensuring every student receives a solid founation to carry them into future Basis education.

The kindergarten focus on bilingual early learning, play-based pedagogy, and is engaged in high-level instruction to provide each child with a rich and fulfilling foundation for their first schooling experience.

Address: 1st Floor, Block AB, Purple Garden, XiangxieLi, No.17 Nongyuan Road, Futian, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-82722315

Victoria Kindergarten Futian

Victoria Kindergarten Futian is run by Victoria (China)Education Group. Founded in 2001, it is the first kindergarten invested and established by Victoria (China) in Shenzhen, In 2020, the school moved to Jiangnan Mingyuan, No.2135, Fuqiang Road, Futian, with a campus area of 3800 square meters.

It is a IB World School officially authorized by the International Diploma Organization (IBO), an excellent social organization in the education industry. Victoria Kindergarten (Futian) was awarded the qualification of "high quality kindergarten in the neighborhood" for 2021.

The kindergarten has special activity rooms for children, such as creative art room, library, multi-function play areas and a STEAM project room. Each classroom is also equipped with modern and interactive technology, electronic smart boards, Bluetooth speakers, multimedia equipment. The children's library has a collection of nearly 20,000 books, covering six major books on nature spelling, TC and IB.

In daily activities, kindergarten teachers apply the reading and writing courses of Columbia University Teachers' College in America to the language and literature TCRWP courses of children, so that children can learn different reading and writing skills.

Address: 2135 Fuqiang Road, Jiangnan Mingyuan, Futian

Tel: 0755-82961010

Crown Dream International Kindergarten

Based on the educational ideal of "creating an extraordinary future for children," Crown Dream International Kindergarten (Xiyuan campus) collaborates with well-known early childhood education experts from China and abroad to introduce premium British early childhood education to China. Committed to the core educational philosophy based on the British early years foundation stage (EYFS), Crown Dream adheres to the belief that "every child is unique" and aims to create a diverse education to help children grow into young citizens who are patriotic and have an international vision.

The campus covers an area of about 2000 square meters, with an outdoor space of about 800 square meters. It features 7 large British-style classrooms, each with an average area of 110 square meters. The school has a Chinese and English picture book library, diversified art workshops, STEM maker space, multi-functional small theater, English drama performance stage, indoor multi-functional sports hall, and outdoor comprehensive activity spaces like sand and water pools, sensory pathways, mud kitchens and insect hotels.

The curriculum system is guided by the outline of the British EYFS and focuses on learning through play, offering seven distinctive courses.

Address: No.3012 Xiangmihu Road, Futian, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-23894487

King's Kindergarten

Located in the quiet and unique area of Xiangmihu in Futian, King's Kindergarten is surrounded by high-end residential buildings which are rich in natural and cultural resources. Covering an area of 4000 square meters, King's Kindergarten has an outdoor playground of 2500 square meters and an indoor building area of more than 8000 square meters.

The kindergarten is committed to building a bilingual international kindergarten with multicultural and high quality educational standards for 2 to 6-year-old preschool children.

Officially launched in September 2020, King's Kindergarten introduces a world-renowned international curriculum and organizes teaching through immersive bilingual interaction and interdisciplinary inquiry. King's Kindergarten believes that every child is unique and they deserve full respect. Our kindergarten will practice an inquiry based curriculum that is suitably developed according to the children's age. The kindergarten encourages children to actively explore the world around them through various activities, develop a multiple perspective and international perspective, engage in positive and meaningful interactions with others and grow into international lifelong learners with tolerance and understanding.

Address: Jingtian North 5th Street, Futian, Shenzhen

Tel: 0755-66666688/18823335566