Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School vs Hangzhou Foreign Languages School

	H Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School Hangzhou, China	H Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Hangzhou, China
Snapshot	Snapshot
Fees / year	Fees / year RMB 61,600 - 150,000	Fees / year RMB 90,000
Age range	Age range 11 - 18 years	Age range 12 - 18 years
Type	Type Co-educational	Type Co-educational (boarding)
Curriculum	Curriculum Australian Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels, Chinese National Curriculum, German Curriculum, Japanese Curriculum	Curriculum Chinese National Curriculum, British Curriculum, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels
Pupils	Pupils 1,300	Pupils —
Typical class size	Typical class size 6	Typical class size —
Instruction language	Instruction language English, English	Instruction language Mandarin, English
Opened	Opened 2008	Opened 1964
Bus service	Bus service No	Bus service No
Essentials	Essentials
Location	Location Campus address: No.1 Shanghe Road (上和路1号), Yuhang Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou. The school is in Hangzhou's Yuhang/老余杭 suburban district (near the future‑tech / development areas of Yuhang) — it is reachable by Hangzhou public transport but the school's website gives only the postal/contact details; for exact metro/bus stops or driving directions contact the school or check a map app.	Location Hangzhou Foreign Languages School (HFLS) is located in the Xiaoheshan higher-education zone in west Hangzhou; the school's English page lists its campus address as 299 LiuHe Road. The campus is part of an area with several universities and research institutes, and Hangzhou's road and public-transport networks connect the district to the city; Shanghai is commonly described as about a two-hour drive away. For exact transit options and commute times from a particular neighbourhood, contact the school or check local maps.
Stages	Stages The school operates as a combined middle (lower school) and upper school (senior high) and publishes multiple pathways: a domestic (Gaokao) track plus international tracks (A‑Level and country‑specific programmes such as Australian, German and Japanese options).	Stages HFLS is a secondary school covering middle and high school levels (typically grades 7–12). The school also runs an international/A‑Level programme (the “Cambridge”/A‑Level centre) for senior students as a separate international track.
School type	School type Hangzhou Entel is a private (民办) full‑time secondary school (initially founded 2008) that includes both junior‑ and senior‑middle years; the school runs international programme streams alongside national curriculum classes. Several school listings indicate on‑campus boarding is available for some students.	School type HFLS is a public, co‑educational secondary school administered under Zhejiang provincial education authorities. The main campus includes dormitory buildings and the school operates boarding for some students/programmes (for example the A‑Level programme uses a boarding model).
Pupil nationality mix	Pupil nationality mix —	Pupil nationality mix —
Additional learning support	Additional learning support The school's public profile highlights a low student‑to‑teacher ratio (about 1:6) and small‑class/specialized small‑class teaching (10–20 students), which can support closer teacher attention; the official site does not publish a dedicated Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy or detailed SEN provisions, so parents with specific support needs should contact the admissions office directly to discuss individual arrangements.	Additional learning support The school's public materials (official English page and municipal summaries) do not list detailed Additional Learning Needs/SEN services or a dedicated SEN department. Parents of children with assessed learning needs should contact the school's admissions or student‑support office directly to discuss individual provisions and any possible accommodations.
Country affiliation	Country affiliation The school is a Chinese school (located and registered in Hangzhou) offering international curricula but it is not presented as affiliated to a foreign national education authority.	Country affiliation HFLS is a Chinese public school managed under the Zhejiang Provincial Education Department; it is not affiliated with another country.
Religious affiliation	Religious affiliation No religious affiliation is indicated on the school website or in its public profile; the school is presented as secular.	Religious affiliation The school does not list any religious affiliation in its official descriptions or public profiles.
School day structure	School day structure The school's website gives programme and contact information but does not publish a daily timetable (start/end times, lesson periods or exact break/lunch times). Local and provincial practice allows schools some flexibility in scheduling, so exact day structure and boarding routines vary by year group — please ask the school for a current daily timetable and boarding routines.	School day structure The school's public website describes campus facilities (teaching buildings, canteens and dormitories) but does not publish a daily timetable or exact start/end times. Boarding students typically follow an extended day that includes evening study sessions; parents should request the current daily schedule (start/end times, break and meal arrangements) directly from the school.
Bus service details	Bus service details The school's own site does not describe a school‑bus provider or published routes. Local school listings and parent information pages note that Entel operates coordinated student transport (school buses / weekend pickups reported by local sources), but those listings do not give route/provider details; for approved routes, pickup points, safety procedures and fee arrangements contact the school's admissions or logistics office.	Bus service details There is no clear public listing of regular school‑run bus routes on HFLS's English website or municipal profiles; some neighbouring schools in Hangzhou do operate dedicated school buses, so arrangements vary locally. If a school bus is essential for your family, contact HFLS admissions or the front office for up‑to‑date information on any routes, pick‑up points, costs and booking procedures (the school's English contact details and address are shown on its website).
Fees	Fees
Fee details	Fee details Application fees - No specific, separate application or registration fee amount is publicly listed in the school's available admissions materials or common public summaries. Tuition fees — by year group (amounts shown per semester unless otherwise noted) - Primary / elementary: approximately RMB 30,800 per semester. - Junior high (初中): approximately RMB 40,000–40,700 per semester. - Senior high (普通班): approximately RMB 40,700 per semester. Senior-high program fees vary by curriculum track: English/US/Australia/A‑Level oriented tracks are reported higher (examples in public sources show up to RMB 50,000 per semester for some international-track cohorts), and some “foreign-language specialty” tracks are reported at a higher level (examples of RMB 75,000 per semester appear in public summaries). Exact program pricing differs by track. Billing schedule and payment terms - Core tuition and boarding fees are charged on a per‑semester basis (学期收取). Miscellaneous service fees such as meals, insurance and uniforms are charged separately and are described as collected according to actual use. Meal charges are commonly handled via the campus IC (prepaid) system in public summaries. Boarding fees (where applicable) - Boarding for junior-high and high-school students is reported in public summaries at approximately RMB 3,000–4,000 per semester (examples include RMB 3,000; RMB 3,500; RMB 4,000 in different years/programs). Other costs and typical additional charges - School meals: examples show about RMB 2,800 per semester (charged via campus meal/IC card top‑up in cited summaries). - Uniforms: publicly cited approximate cost about RMB 2,500 (one‑off, variable by year). - Insurance and incidental costs: items such as student safety/accident insurance and selected course materials are described as charged as required (examples list insurance ~RMB 310 in past summaries). Refund information - Publicly available summaries do not provide a detailed, school‑level tuition refund schedule; service items such as meal fees are described in public materials as accounted for on use and adjusted (多退少补) where applicable. No specific school refund table was located in the cited public sources. Fee payment options - Meal and campus service payments are reported to be handled through the campus IC/prepaid card system. Public summaries do not list a complete, definitive set of tuition payment channels (bank details, online portal or card acceptance) for tuition in the sources reviewed. For billing the school lists contact details for administrative inquiries.	Fee details Application fees - The school's published admissions notices for the Cambridge (中英合作/剑桥) programme show online registration steps but do not list a separate non‑refundable application or registration fee. Tuition fees — by programme (per term / per academic year) - Cambridge International High School (杭州外国语学校剑桥国际高中): RMB 45,000 per semester — i.e., RMB 90,000 per standard two‑semester academic year. - Mainland/domestic programmes (main campus primary, junior and senior sections): the school is a public (province‑level) boarding full‑time school; the school's public materials do not publish a single consolidated per‑term tuition table for domestic mainstream classes on the admissions pages consulted. Any domestic programme charges follow applicable public/municipal fee approvals rather than the international‑programme tariff published for the Cambridge project. Billing schedule and payment terms - For the Cambridge programme the tuition is stated and charged on a per‑semester basis (RMB 45,000/semester). Specific invoicing dates, payment deadlines and any instalment arrangements are set and communicated by the school's finance/admissions office and are not given in the publicly posted admission notice. Boarding fees (if applicable) - The school operates as a boarding (寄宿制) school. Boarding or accommodation costs are not included in the published RMB 45,000/semester Cambridge tuition and are shown as separate charge items; no fixed boarding fee amount is published in the admissions notice consulted. Other costs and typical exclusions - The school explicitly states the published Cambridge tuition does not include: career/college guidance fees, textbooks, accommodation, school uniform, study supplies, certain cooperative elective course fees, international/global examination fees and student‑selected external examination fees. Expect additional items such as cafeteria/meal charges, exam registration fees (e.g., Cambridge/IGCSE/A‑level global exam fees), and optional activity or trip costs. Refund information - A public refund policy or detailed refund schedule is not included in the school's published admissions statement for the Cambridge project; refund rules (if any) are handled by the school's finance/administration and should be confirmed at invoice/contract stage. Fee payment options (typical practice) - The school's admissions materials do not list specific payment channels. Common methods used by Chinese schools and universities for tuition are bank transfer/electronic bank payment, school online payment portals or campus account deduction; for international payments families often use bank telegraphic transfer or third‑party educational payment platforms (Flywire / similar). Confirm accepted methods, payee account details and currency with the school finance office when you receive an invoice.
Diving deeper	Diving deeper
Boarding arrangements	Boarding arrangements —	Boarding arrangements The school has on-campus dormitory buildings and an on-campus guesthouse.
Uniform requirement	Uniform requirement —	Uniform requirement —
Food options	Food options —	Food options There is a dining area with three canteens for students and one canteen for faculty; vending machines and a school store are available.
House system	House system —	House system —
Governance and ownership	Governance and ownership Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School was established by the Jincheng Holdings Group in 2008. It follows a 12-year education system with three departments: lower middle school, upper school (domestic track), and upper school (overseas track). It is located in Hangzhou's Future Science and Technology City.	Governance and ownership The school is administered directly by the Zhejiang Education Department. It was founded in 1964.
Academics	Academics
Curriculum details	Curriculum details Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School operates an integrated 6‑year lower/middle school and an upper school that runs both a domestic (Gaokao) track and an overseas track offering A‑Level, Australian, German and Japanese pathways. The lower/middle school follows a 6‑year model with small classes (maximum 36, with math and foreign‑language classes split into 18–20), a mentor system, and more than 70 elective/enrichment courses including second‑language study. The upper‑school domestic track prepares students for China's Gaokao with small‑class teaching, individualized mentoring and implementation of the “3 out of 7” subject‑choice reform. The overseas track provides distinct pathways: an A‑Level programme for UK/US/Canada/Australia/Hong Kong/Singapore admission, an Australian programme aligned to the Group of Eight (with a 2.5‑year high‑school pathway), a German programme routed via Aachen University of Applied Sciences for entry to North Rhine‑Westphalia universities, and a Japanese programme preparing students for four‑year undergraduate study in Japan. Across stages students receive transition programmes (e.g., a 2.5+3.5 transition option), university‑placement guidance and research‑oriented enrichment to support progression to domestic or international qualifications.	Curriculum details Hangzhou Foreign Languages School (杭外) is a public, integrated junior‑and‑senior middle school (grades 7–12) directly administered under Zhejiang education authorities. It delivers the national compulsory curriculum at both junior and senior stages while emphasising foreign‑language specialism and offering English plus multiple additional languages (French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Italian). The junior‑middle programme (初中, years 7–9) follows the standard national syllabus supplemented by language immersion, small‑class and a “one‑major, one‑minor” language teaching model with elective options. The senior‑middle programme (高中, years 10–12) prepares students for the national senior‑high diploma/Gaokao pathway and also operates a Cambridge international high‑school programme (剑桥国际高中项目) that readies students for Cambridge global examinations (this programme is run separately and has its own fee structure). The school is one of the Education Ministry‑recognised foreign‑language schools with qualification to recommend students under foreign‑language recommendation quotas and integrates language, culture and critical thinking across its curriculum.
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Exam results	Exam results —	Exam results —
Higher education progression	Higher education progression —	Higher education progression —
Gifted and talented	Gifted and talented —	Gifted and talented —
Academic calendar	Academic calendar —	Academic calendar —
Wellbeing & support	Wellbeing & support
Social & emotional learning	Social & emotional learning The school does not publish a named Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programme or a dedicated pastoral-team page on its official website. The school's news items refer to a Counseling and Career Planning Center and a range of co-curricular activities (drama productions, study tours, sports) that the school describes as contributing to students' broader development. The Cognia accreditation report on the website also highlights the school's stated commitment to fostering well-rounded students. The site does not provide public, detailed documentation of an SEL curriculum, designated SEL staff, or specific SEL initiatives. For programme-level details or job titles of pastoral staff, parents should contact the school directly.	Social & emotional learning The school reports regular home–school activities and parent meetings that focus on student growth, stage-based feedback and class-level pastoral work; a May 9, 2025 parent meeting described invited psychological input and detailed class teacher reports to parents. The school's published profile also emphasizes whole-child development and moral/character education as part of its programme.
Special educational needs (SEN)	Special educational needs (SEN) The school's official website and news pages do not publish a specialist Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy or a list of specific categories of SEN that the school can support. No dedicated SEN department, specialist provision, or statement that the school is a specialist SEN institution is shown in the materials available on the site. External school-directory summaries describe the school's curriculum and pastoral aims but do not provide SEN detail either. Because the school does not make SEN provision details publicly available online, it should be treated as not publicly disclosing its SEN arrangements. For clarity on individual needs, the school's admissions or student-support office should be contacted directly.	Special educational needs (SEN) The school's admissions guidance requires students to be in ‘身心健康' (physically and mentally healthy) and lists specific medical/health conditions that make a student unsuitable for boarding (for example: asthma, heart disease, sleepwalking, epilepsy and certain other disorders), indicating health screening at intake. The website does not publish a dedicated SEN policy, named SEN team, or a clear list of the types of special educational needs it can support; it does not describe itself as a specialist SEN institution.
English as an additional language	English as an additional language The school publishes news showing strong English teaching outcomes (Cambridge Outstanding Learner awards and national English competition results) and advertises international-language programmes and foreign-teacher recruitment. However, the official site does not present a named EAL (English as an Additional Language) programme, an EAL team, or specific EAL-entry/withdrawal procedures in its publicly available pages. In other words, dedicated EAL provision is not documented on the school website. If you need information about targeted English-language support for non-native speakers, please contact the school to request their current EAL arrangements.	English as an additional language The school's website describes multilingual instruction (English plus options such as French, German, Japanese and Spanish) and a Cambridge international high‑school programme taught by Chinese and foreign teachers, showing a strong language curriculum. However, the site does not publish a specific EAL (English-as-an-additional-language) support policy, English‑language withdrawal/sheltered programmes, or named EAL staff, so targeted EAL provision is not publicly described.
Mental wellbeing	Mental wellbeing The school's website refers to a Counseling and Career Planning Center and describes student activities that foster teamwork and engagement, which the school links to holistic student development. The Cognia accreditation article on the site indicates the institution was reviewed across criteria that include student support and institutional management. The site does not, however, publish a separate mental-health or wellbeing policy, a staff list of counsellors/psychologists, or publicly available programme details for clinical mental-health support. For information about onsite counsellors, counselling hours, or referral pathways to external mental-health services, you should contact the school directly.	Mental wellbeing The school's news items show it organises parent meetings that include input from external mental‑health professionals (for example, a psychological expert from the Zhejiang University medical/mental‑health centre spoke at a recent parents' meeting), indicating use of external expertise for adolescent mental‑health topics. Its admissions materials also state students must be ‘physically and mentally healthy', reflecting an institutional emphasis on students' health status, but the website does not publish a detailed, school‑run mental‑health programme or named counselling team.
Safeguarding	Safeguarding The school's website lists contact information and regulatory filings (site contact details and ICP/public-security registration numbers) but does not publish a standalone child-protection or safeguarding policy on its public pages. The Cognia accreditation report indicates the school has undergone a comprehensive institutional review, which includes aspects of management and student support, but the site does not provide a named safeguarding officer or the school's formal child-protection procedures. Because a specific safeguarding policy is not available on the website, parents or inspectors should request the school's safeguarding/child-protection documentation and the names of designated safeguarding leads directly from the school. Contact details are provided on the site for such requests.	Safeguarding The school is a provincial, state‑affiliated public school under the Zhejiang education system (the site notes its status and oversight), but the website does not publish a standalone child‑protection or safeguarding policy, a named safeguarding officer, or explicit reporting procedures for safeguarding concerns. Therefore, specific safeguarding policies and staff roles are not publicly disclosed on the school website.
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Facilities	Facilities
Facilities overview	Facilities overview Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School is located in Hangzhou's Future Science and Technology City. It was established in 2008 by Jincheng Holdings Group and sits near Zhijiang Lab and Alibaba Headquarters. The middle/high school campus covers about 60,000 square meters and comprises three departments: lower middle school, upper school (domestic track), and upper school (overseas track). The school serves more than 1,300 students across six grades and 48 classes, supported by over 200 teachers. Over 70% of faculty hold master's degrees or higher, and about 50% have overseas study backgrounds; 35% have various academic honors. The curriculum emphasizes arts and sciences, multilingual teaching, and an international learning atmosphere, with four languages (Chinese, English, German, Japanese) and multiple university pathways (Gaokao, A-Level, Japanese, German, Australian programs). The school has earned recognitions such as Goethe-Institut PASCH cooperation (2014), membership in the One-thousand Overseas Partner Schools project (2015), and honors for international education in Hangzhou and related initiatives.	Facilities overview HFLS sits on a 50-acre campus in the Xiaoheshan Higher-education Zone in western Hangzhou. It includes dormitories, teaching buildings, laboratories and academic halls, a library, a gymnasium, a tennis court and a soccer field with running tracks. There are on-campus dining facilities with three student canteens and a separate faculty canteen, vending machines, a school store, shared showers, laundry service and drinking-water fountains. Dormitory buildings include an on-campus guesthouse. The campus is fully web-supported.
Sports facilities	Sports facilities The school operates a competitive sports program, including a rugby team. The Entel Rugby Team placed third at the first Yuhang District Championship.	Sports facilities The gymnasium accommodates basketball, volleyball, badminton and table-tennis. There is a soccer field with running tracks. Outdoor basketball and tennis courts are available on campus.
Academic facilities	Academic facilities The school follows a 12-year education framework with three departments and six grades, supported by 48 classes and more than 1,300 students. The Curriculum System includes Lower School (Middle School), Upper School (Gaokao Curriculum), Japanese Program, German Program, Australian Program, and A-Level Program. Admissions outcomes show 90+% of international-track graduates are admitted to globally renowned universities, with 200+ graduates entering QS Top 30 universities in the past five years; the student-to-teacher ratio is 1:6, and over 70% of faculty hold master's degrees or higher. About 10–20 students per class are taught in specialized small-class settings. The school has 17 years dedicated to international education. The four languages used for university pathways are Chinese, English, German, and Japanese. The overseas pathways include Gaokao domestic track, A-Level, Japanese, German, and Australian programs.	Academic facilities The media center includes PC labs, reading rooms and a library with a collection of over 120,000 books. Teaching buildings have capacity for 3,000 pupils. Dormitories and an on-campus guesthouse support student life.
Extra curricular facilities	Extra curricular facilities International exchanges and global understanding are active features. Cambridge Assessment experts visited Entel to explore UK-US program development (2025). Entel hosted a U.S. youth cultural exchange in 2025, and students participated in events such as the Global University Fair connecting to 43 overseas institutions and the Soilless Cultivation elective named Hangzhou High School Elite Elective. Autumn Study Tours promote nature, culture, and team spirit, and the Entel Rugby Team has competed in district championships. The school also publishes international newsletters and hosts ongoing global university engagement.	Extra curricular facilities Student development programs include model United Nations, parliamentary debate, speech training, drama, a math talent training course and a readers' club. More than 30 student clubs exist on campus. Campus theme celebrations include the Foreign language festival, Culture Festival, Science Fair, Art Festival and Sports Meeting. Volunteering is valued, with groups of volunteers, students and teachers going to remote areas to teach in villages.
Parent experience	Parent experience
History	History Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School was established in 2008 by the Jincheng (金成) Group; the school is a privately run institution operated in collaboration with Hangzhou Foreign Languages School as the entrusted manager. It has developed as a 12‑year (K‑12/middle & high school) institution with multiple academic tracks and a growing middle/high‑school campus since its founding. Over the years the school has signed international cooperation agreements (for example with the Goethe‑Institute PASCH) and been recognized in provincial and municipal international‑education initiatives.	History Hangzhou Foreign Languages School (HFLS) was founded in 1964 as one of China's earlier secondary schools with an emphasis on foreign-language instruction. The school is a public secondary school administered by the Zhejiang Provincial Education Department. Over the decades HFLS added vocational and teacher-training language classes (notably in the early 1980s) as part of its program development. In 2013 the school's management model changed from a public-owned, private-run arrangement to a fully public-run structure.
Community	Community The school community comprises students, Chinese and foreign teachers, and families, and it regularly hosts international exchange visits and collaborative projects with partner schools and universities. Entel runs a broad calendar of curricular and extracurricular activities that include multilingual theatre productions, STEM teams (including iGEM participation), study tours and university fairs that engage both students and visiting scholars or admissions officers. Local and cross‑regional cultural events (for example exchange visits with Hong Kong schools and seasonal community festivals) are used to connect students and families with the wider Hangzhou education community.	Community HFLS serves a student body across multiple grades and maintains regular grade- and class-level parent meetings, school assemblies and thematic events that bring students, families, and staff together. Recent school news describes parent conferences that include invited specialists (for example, a mental-health expert) and class-level meetings that review students' artistic, cultural and athletic activities. The school's campus sits within a higher-education zone in western Hangzhou and the school routinely programs arts festivals, cultural events, and interclass competitions such as chorus, jump-rope and tug-of-war.
Parent teacher association	Parent teacher association The school organizes regular home–school activities such as Open Days, class‑level parent meetings and family festivals; these events are used for academic briefings, curriculum consultation and community building. Examples include an annual Open Day and themed family events (the elementary “双倍爱” family celebration and accompanying food‑festival activities), which bring together parents, school leaders and students. School leadership frequently holds information sessions and Q&A meetings with parents (principal briefings and enrollment consultations have been reported in local coverage), and the school invites parent representatives to participate in class‑level coordination and volunteer activities. In practice, parent engagement at Entel spans formal parent‑teacher meetings, family‑school performances and community volunteer roles that support single‑day events and exchanges.	Parent teacher association HFLS regularly convenes class and grade parent meetings and uses these forums for academic briefings, psychological-health talks, and planning for term activities; a recent notice describes an initial-year parent meeting that combined expert talks with class-level feedback sessions. Parents at HFLS participate in organizing and supporting student events—examples cited in school reports include preparations for the school's art and cultural festivals and coordination around class performances and sports competitions. The school's communications describe follow-up small-group class meetings after large assemblies so that teachers and parents can discuss individual students and class plans. Those parent gatherings also serve as a channel for volunteers and parent-led contributions to school activities and logistics. More broadly, Chinese guidance on school parent committees frames such parent groups as advisory and participatory bodies that collaborate with schools on matters affecting students and families.
Extra-curricular	Extra-curricular
Academic & intellectual	Academic & intellectual Overseas study/exchange programs are available, with 100+ students participating annually. Entel offers the Soilless Cultivation course as a Hangzhou High School Elite Elective. Cambridge Assessment experts visited Entel to explore UK-US program development, Australian education experts visited to deepen cross-border collaboration, and admissions officers from U.S. liberal arts colleges visited to discuss admissions pathways and partnerships.	Academic & intellectual —
Arts & creative	Arts & creative —	Arts & creative —
Cultural & language	Cultural & language International exchange activities connect students with global education partners. Cambridge Assessment experts visited Entel to explore UK-US program development. Australian education experts visited Hangzhou Entel to promote China-Australia educational exchange. U.S. liberal arts college admissions officers visited Entel to learn about admissions pathways and overseas partnerships.	Cultural & language HFLS participates in the Zhejiang-Minnesota Education Cooperation Project; since 1986, a six-month teacher exchange occurs annually, benefiting more than 15,000 students over 25 years. HFLS was designated as Hanban base school in 2007; annually three HFLS teachers assist two Confucius classrooms in the UK and USA, and HFLS hosted over 70 exchange students from the UK through Chinese Bridge in 2009. HFLS has sister-school partnerships across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, including Sidwell Friends School in the USA and The King's School, Grantham in the UK; over 80 HFLS students participate in sister-school exchanges each year and more than 10 groups visit from overseas institutions. HFLS maintains overseas university partnerships with The University of Iowa, North Carolina State University, University of Toronto, ESIGELEC, Bocconi University, the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and the University of Liverpool; in 2008 the UK A-level curriculum was introduced and a Cambridge International High School Experiment Program established, with the first cohort of 58 students admitted to top universities in the USA and UK, including 5 to Cambridge University and Oxford.
Social & hobbies	Social & hobbies Autumn Study Tour Brings Nature, Culture, and Team Spirit. Entel Rugby Team Clinches Double Third at First Yuhang District Championship.	Social & hobbies —
Community & service	Community & service —	Community & service —
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Lifestyle & wellbeing	Lifestyle & wellbeing —	Lifestyle & wellbeing —
Language provision	Language provision
Language provision	Language provision The school provides Japanese Program, German Program, Australian Program, and an A-Level Program under its Curriculum System. Lower School (Middle School) and Upper School (Gaokao Curriculum) structure the grade levels.	Language provision HFLS emphasizes foreign language teaching. The UK's A-level curriculum was introduced in 2008.
Bilingual teaching	Bilingual teaching —	Bilingual teaching —
Immersion programs	Immersion programs Overseas study and exchange programs are offered as part of Entel's Global Understanding Program. The Global Understanding Program has 11 partner institutions in 8 countries. About 100+ students participate in overseas study or exchange programs annually.	Immersion programs —
Reputation	Reputation
Awards	Awards (Only school‑level awards listed on the school website and dated within the past five years—2021 through Jan 1, 2026.) - 2023: Recognized as a “Yuhang Model Campus” by the Yuhang District Education Bureau — a district education bureau designation reported on the school's honors page, indicating the school was selected as a model campus within Yuhang. - 2022: Awarded the title of “Green School” by the Hangzhou Municipal Education Bureau and the Hangzhou Ecology Bureau — listed on the school's honors page as a municipal recognition for environmental/green campus work. - 2022: Honored as an “Experimental School for the Reform of Compulsory Education in Zhejiang Province” by the Yuhang District Education Bureau — recorded on the school's honors page as a provincial/ district reform pilot designation. - 2021: Designated a “STEAM Project Learning Seed School in Yuhang District” by the Yuhang District Education Development Research Institute — listed on the honors page as a district designation tied to STEAM project learning. - 2021: Acknowledged as a “New Era Sports and Aesthetic Education Base School” by the China National Institute of Education Sciences — included on the school's honors list as a national‑level base designation for sports and aesthetic education.	Awards —
Accreditations	Accreditations - Cognia accreditation (awarded February 17, 2025): Cognia is an international non‑governmental accrediting body that evaluates schools against a global set of quality standards; the school's Cognia accreditation indicates it completed Cognia's institutional review process and meets those external quality criteria. - Member of the “One‑thousand Overseas Partner Schools” Project (recognized 2015): listed on the school's profile as a provincial‑level partnership program administered by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education's international exchange association; this membership reflects formal participation in a provincial network for overseas collaboration. - Cooperative project with the Goethe‑Institut PASCH (established 2014): recorded on the school's profile as a formal cooperation with the Goethe‑Institut's PASCH initiative, which connects schools worldwide to German language and cultural resources; this is a named institutional partnership on the school website. - Designated a demonstration school for education internationalization and a pilot school for International Understanding Education in Hangzhou (2016): the school's site lists these municipal‑level designations, which indicate the local education bureau selected the school to pilot or demonstrate internationalized curriculum and cross‑cultural education work. - Named one of the first “Famous Schools in Yuhang” (2017): the school's honors page records this district‑level designation, a formal recognition by Yuhang District authorities. - Talent base for the University of New South Wales Torch Innovation Park (2019): the school lists a relationship with UNSW's Torch Innovation Park identifying the campus as a talent base, indicating a formal partnership for innovation and talent development. - Zhejiang Province Junior High School Classroom Teaching Reform Alliance School (2012): included on the school's honors list as a provincial‑level alliance/school for classroom teaching reform, showing earlier provincial recognition of its teaching practice.	Accreditations 1) Ministry of Education recognition — The school is identified by China's Ministry of Education as one of the 16 national foreign‑language schools that have the privilege to recommend a fixed quota of graduates for university admission (保送生推荐资格). 2) National Demonstrative/Model Foreign Languages School (全国首批示范性外国语学校) — listed as one of the first group of national model foreign‑language schools, a formal designation used in China to recognize schools with a sustained foreign‑language education focus and model practices. 3) Zhejiang Provincial Key Middle School (浙江省教育厅直属的省一级重点中学) — the school is administered directly by the Zhejiang Provincial Education Department and designated a provincial‑level key middle school, a provincial recognition of its institutional role and responsibilities. 4) Zhejiang Provincial Characteristic/First‑level Model School (浙江省首批一级特色示范学校) — designation by the province marking the school as an early example of a provincially recognized school with distinctive curricular or programmatic features. 5) Zhejiang Provincial Modernized School (浙江省现代化学校) — named by provincial authorities as meeting standards for modern campus facilities and information‑technology supported teaching. 6) Zhejiang Province Demonstrative Party Organization for Primary/Secondary Schools (浙江省中小学校示范性党组织) — the school is listed as a model Party organization at the provincial level, indicating provincial recognition of its Party‑building work. 7) HANBAN / Confucius‑Institute‑related base school (2007) — the English pages state the school became a HANBAN (Confucius Institute Headquarters) base school and is qualified to teach Chinese to overseas students; this indicates formal qualification/partnership with Hanban programs as recorded on the school site. 8) G30 Global Elite High Schools membership (入选G30全球精英中学组织) — the school is listed as having been selected into the G30 network of internationally connected elite secondary schools. 9) University partnership/designations with Peking University and Tsinghua University — the site lists cooperative bases and program designations such as Peking University “Boya” co‑education base (北京大学博雅人才共育基地), Peking University “Guoyou Plan” joint‑training base (北京大学“国优计划”联合培养基地) and Tsinghua University “Guoyou Plan” education practice base (清华大学“国优计划”教育实践基地); these are institutional partnership recognitions listed on the school site. 10) National science/AI education experimental designations — the school is listed on the site as a National Primary & Secondary Science Education Experimental School (全国中小学科学教育实验校) and as one of the Ministry of Science and Technology's first‑batch experimental schools for K–12 artificial‑intelligence education (科技部首批中小学人工智能教育项目实验校). 11) China Association for Science and Technology “Talent Program” middle‑school base (中国科协全国“英才计划”中学培养基地学校) and Peking University science‑education research base cooperation (北京大学科学教育研究基地合作学校) — institutional training/research base designations recorded on the school site.
Admissions	Admissions
Admissions	Admissions 1. Confirm eligibility and key dates. Parents should first check whether their child meets the school's geographic /学籍 requirements (the school's published guidance has historically given priority to students with Zhejiang /余杭区 or 临平区学籍 or qualifying local residency status); eligibility rules and the specific registration window are set each year by the school and district — for example the 2025特色班 published timeline used mid-May online registration and school recommendation steps. 2. Online registration and school recommendation. For specialty/high‑track places (e.g., the 2025 语言特色班) parents must complete the online registration form during the stated window (in 2025 that was May 17–20) and the student's current school must complete and submit the official recommendation form and supporting paperwork by the school deadline; the recommendation form is required and each student may normally only be recommended to one specialty class. Parents should note the exact online time window and keep copies/screenshots of submissions and QR codes used to register. 3. Prepare and submit documents for qualification review. After online registration, the school's admissions team performs a materials check and qualifies candidates before they progress; required paperwork (per the published process) includes the signed recommendation form, photocopies of relevant award certificates or special‑talent proofs, and whatever identity /学籍 documents the district requires. Parents should confirm early with the child's current school which paper documents must be delivered to the receiving school by the stated deadline (the 2025 process required the home junior high to forward verified paper materials). 4. Attend the school's entrance assessment and interview. For the 2025 language‑specialty intake the school organised a school‑run language assessment (pen‑and‑paper English test plus an oral interview) on a stated date (May 25, 2025); the written paper in that instance was 120 minutes and the oral interview was scored separately. Admissions are then based on a combined score (in 2025 the weighting was 50% school test and 50% the junior‑high academic exam), with explicit cutoffs and publicised ranking — parents should make sure the student brings required ID (ID card or citizen card) on test day and understands the test format in advance. 5. Offer notification, fees and financial‑aid notes. When offers are made the school publishes the admitted list through the district process; the school's 2025 specialty‑class page lists tuition and boarding as reference figures (for 2025 the published figure was RMB 40,700 per semester for tuition and RMB 3,500 per semester for boarding for the specialty/high track) and specifically notes that tuition does not include meals, uniforms, certain elective costs and external exam fees. The same admissions notice also states the school will provide financial support for families in difficulty and awards scholarships to academically excellent students — however the published procedure gives limited public detail about application steps for those supports, so parents who may need aid or who expect merit awards should contact the school's admissions office early for exact criteria and deadlines. 6. Final registration, supervision and appeals. After an offer is accepted families complete final registration and payment as directed by the school and the district; the 2025 guidance also described oversight (district education bureau supervision) and published complaint / supervision phone lines for the admissions process. If a family has questions about placement, eligibility, or a disputed result the published admissions materials list the district admissions office and the school's admissions supervision telephone numbers — contact those numbers rather than relying on informal channels.	Admissions 1. Check eligibility and timetable. Hangzhou Foreign Languages School (杭外) publishes an annual招生方案 with precise eligibility (for 2025 the intake was limited to students with primary school status in Hangzhou's main urban districts) and exact online registration windows; parents must confirm the current year's registration/opening dates on the school website or WeChat account because the school requires online-only registration and will not accept mailed or in-person initial sign-ups. 2. Register online and provide accurate personal information. Parents/guardians must complete the school's online报名 system (via the school website or the official WeChat platform) and ensure the student's name, ID number and in‑school (学籍) information are entered exactly as on official documents; the school explicitly states it will reject applications with inaccurate or unverified information. Keep your login details and watch the system for the registration deadline and any required uploads (e.g., identity or health information). 3. School verification and announcement of preliminary results. After online submission the school reviews each application for scope and eligibility (e.g., district residency and valid primary‑school学籍); families should check the online system on the date the school gives for审核结果 because only verified applicants proceed to the next stage. If the school finds missing or false information it may disqualify the application, so bring correctly issued identity documents if the system requests later verification. 4. Computerised allocation (派位) to select candidates for assessment. When applications exceed a set multiple of planned places the school conducts a supervised电脑派位 (for 2025 the ratio to determine the assessment pool was 1:6); parents should note the exact time the platform publishes派位 results and understand that the draw is done under municipal/provincial supervision and public‑security/公证 oversight. If overall applicants do not exceed the designated multiple, all applicants proceed to the next stage rather than being excluded by the draw. 5. Language‑learning ability assessment (语言学习能力测评). Students selected by派位 (or where numbers are lower than the threshold, all applicants) attend a school‑organised language learning ability test on the published date and at the published location; the assessment is used to evaluate language interest and aptitude and is a core criterion for admission. Parents must print and bring the test permit/准考证 and a valid ID; the school's notice specifies the testing venue and the items excluded/required (e.g., health suitability for boarding where applicable). 6. Final admission decisions and follow‑up formalities. Admission is offered based on the combined process (eligibility,派位 where used, and language assessment results) and in some cases on further selection rules for specialised streams (for example, the school's剑桥高中项目 uses separate English‑proficiency testing and ranking procedures). Once admitted parents must complete registration and any required fee payments or document submissions by the deadlines published in the offer notice; watch the school's system and WeChat for post‑offer instructions and the consequences of missing reporting deadlines.
Scholarships	Scholarships The school's official admissions material for recent intakes states two things about financial support: the school will provide funding support for families with genuine economic difficulty and will award scholarships to students with strong academic performance. The admissions notice for 2025 specifically says the school will provide '经费支持' to families in need and '奖学金' for academically outstanding students, but it does not publish a detailed, public step‑by‑step application process or fixed scholarship amounts in that notice — parents should contact the admissions office for the current scheme, eligibility criteria and application deadlines. Separately, the school's programme pages report that graduates in certain overseas tracks have received full university scholarships (for example the Australian programme page notes some students received full scholarships totalling roughly AUD 100,000–200,000 annually), which describes external university scholarships obtained by students rather than an internal tuition‑waiver programme administered by the school. If you want exact, current details (types of school awards available, whether awards are renewable, application deadlines, means‑testing requirements, and how scholarship decisions are made), I can contact the admissions office for you or provide the school's published contact points so you can enquire directly.	Scholarships Public admissions notices and the school's recent intake documents do not list any school‑run scholarship programme for the junior‑high public intake; the 2025招生方案 focuses on eligibility,派位 and language measurement and states the收费标准 for junior high follows municipal public‑school rules (it does not advertise need‑based or merit scholarships in that notice). For the school's international/high‑school (剑桥) programme there is a clearly stated fee schedule (the 剑桥项目 is recorded in local fee filings as 45,000 RMB per semester) and those programme notices similarly list which charges are excluded (textbooks, accommodation, some exams, etc.) but do not describe a published scholarship scheme—families asking about fee reductions, need‑based assistance or programme‑level scholarships should contact the school's finance or admissions office directly because any special awards or hardship assistance are typically handled case‑by‑case or through municipal student aid channels rather than via the standard admission notice.
Waitlist	Waitlist The school's published admissions procedures for the 2024–2026 cycles (as presented in the school's 特色班 /招生简章 materials) do not describe a separate, formal public “waiting‑list” process; instead, the process ranks candidates by the stated combination of the school assessment and the district examination and then fills the planned places in order. The 2025 specialty‑class guidance makes clear that students who are not admitted in that round may continue to fill later district application rounds (i.e., submit first/second‑batch preferences) rather than being automatically held on a school‑level waiting list. Because the school and district sometimes handle residual places or mid‑year openings differently, parents who want to know whether a formal school waitlist exists in a given year should confirm directly with the admissions office (the school publishes admissions contact and district supervision numbers).	Waitlist The school's published procedure (most recently the 2025 plan) describes an online registration, an audit, a supervised computerised allocation to identify candidates for the language assessment, and then selection by measured results. In that scheme the computer派位 is the mechanism used to determine the assessment pool (e.g., 1:6 in 2025) and the school's notice does not set out a separate ongoing public “waitlist” process in the admissions announcement itself; if the number of applicants does not exceed the multiple, all applicants go forward to testing. Families should still monitor the online system and the school's announcements after the main offers are issued: in many local admissions systems any post‑offer vacancies are handled by the education authority or by published补录/候补规则 and are filled in order, so if you want to know whether a ranked候补 list will be published you should ask the school's招生办公室 or the local education bureau for the specific year's practice.
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