British Curriculum International Schools in Shanghai, China

British-curriculum international schools in Shanghai follow the English National Curriculum through the primary and lower-secondary years and most move into Cambridge IGCSEs at around age 15, with many schools offering A-levels or an IB pathway in sixth form. Lessons are taught in English as the main medium, with Mandarin offered as an additional language and a small number of schools running bilingual British - Chinese streams for local families. Annual tuition at British-curriculum schools in Shanghai typically sits well above the city average for international schools - many schools publish senior-year fees in the mid-to-high CNY hundreds of thousands, and families should budget separately for registration/enrolment levies, meals, transport and exam costs. Admissions operate on an intake year that normally starts in August/September, with applications and assessments commonly submitted several months in advance; availability and eligibility differ between foreign-passport-only schools and bilingual or local-admission programmes, so early enquiries are essential.