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Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou

China, Hangzhou

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English, Mandarin
Fees RMB 190,000 - 260,000
Ages 3 - 18 years
Type Co-educational, Co-educational (boarding)
Opened 2021
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school
Academic offering
Curriculum EYFS (Early years foundation stage), Chinese National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels
Taught languages English, Mandarin
Strengths Sport, Performing Arts, Visual and Creative Arts
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Community and Service
Stages Early Years, Kindergarten, Primary School, Secondary School, Sixth Form
Introduction

Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou (WASHZ) opened in 2021 and is located in Daicun town, Xiaoshan District, beside Xiannu (Fairy) Lake with hills to the rear. The campus footprint is given on the school site as about 33 acres with a built area of roughly 84,000 sqm; the school plans for a full roll of around 1,500 pupils and boarding space for up to 960 students. WASHZ offers a blended programme that draws on the Chinese National Curriculum together with British-stage programmes (including EYFS, IGCSE and A‑Level) and describes itself as a bilingual environment with strong English immersion. The school highlights extracurricular pathways such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Model United Nations, robotics and arts programmes as regular out‑of‑class opportunities. The school website lists admissions contact details for enquiries; the site does not publish tuition figures or an explicit statement about a daily school bus service.

www.waishz.com

Daicun, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

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The Essentials

Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou has instruction in English, Mandarin.

Location
Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou is in Daicun (戴村镇), Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou — a semi-rural campus beside Xiannu (Fairy) Lake with hills nearby. The school's address and campus setting are listed on the school site. The campus is described in local and partner profiles as a purpose-built, lakeside site about an hour from central Hangzhou by road.

Stages
WAS Hangzhou is an all-through school for pupils aged 3–18 (kindergarten through senior school / sixth form). The school programme references EYFS/early years, primary, middle (preparing for IGCSE) and high school offering IGCSE and A-Level pathways.

Type
The school is a co-educational day and boarding school for Chinese and international students. The campus offers boarding provision alongside day places and describes a boarding model with resident tutor/house staff living on site.

Additional learning support
The website emphasises pastoral provision through an “All‑Round Care” system, a house & tutor structure and small tutor groups (each tutor responsible for about 8–10 pupils). The site does not publish a detailed Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy online; parents seeking specific ALN/SEN provision, assessments or external-therapist arrangements should contact the admissions team to discuss individual needs.

Country affiliation
WAS Hangzhou is part of the Wycombe Abbey Schools group and operates under the Wycombe Abbey International partnership (a UK-origin school group).

Religious affiliation
The school website does not state a religious affiliation for the Hangzhou campus; there is no religious character listed in the public school pages.

School day structure
The boarding page gives an example day for middle-school boarders with timetabled activity from about 08:00 to 22:00 (classes, evening study and activities) to reflect the boarding routine. The school does not publish a single, public day schedule for all age groups on its website, so for precise start/end times and day-student timetables you should request the current daily timetable from admissions.

Bus service
The school website does not list a regular daily school-bus schedule or provider. An external article about the school noted a weekly social bus into Hangzhou for staff/families; for details about daily student transport, routes, pick-up points, pricing or private-provider arrangements contact the admissions office (listed on the school site).
Diving Deeper
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Fees

Annual tuition at Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou ranges from RMB 190,000 to RMB 260,000 for 2026/27.

Application / registration fee
- No publicly posted, fixed application or registration fee amount was found on the school's public pages.

Tuition fees — annual and per-term (by year group)
- The most detailed public breakdown located from independent school directories (past published / ‘‘previous year'' figures) shows:
- Kindergarten / Early Years: RMB 224,500 per year (RMB 112,250 per term).
- Primary (Years 1–6): RMB 190,000 per year (RMB 95,000 per term).
- Lower secondary / Middle school (Years 7–9): RMB 220,000 per year (RMB 110,000 per term).
- Upper secondary / High school (A‑Level years): RMB 260,000 per year (RMB 130,000 per term).

Boarding fees (where applicable)
- Published past-year figures from school-directory listings indicate annual boarding charges as follows:
- Primary boarding: RMB 40,000 per year (RMB 20,000 per term).
- Middle / lower secondary boarding: RMB 50,000 per year (RMB 25,000 per term).
- The school operates a formal boarding system; boarding provision is an established part of school life.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- The school publishes a school calendar but a public, itemised billing schedule and explicit payment deadlines or installment policy were not posted on the publicly accessible pages reviewed. Fees in the directories above are shown as yearly amounts and corresponding per‑term splits, implying termly billing is used in practice, but exact invoice dates, deposit requirements and late-payment penalties were not publicly available.

Other costs and extras
- Other typical costs referenced by third‑party listings include meals, uniforms, activity or enrichment fees and occasional excursion charges; specific public line‑item amounts for these extras were not found. Scholarship and fee‑remission programmes are advertised for eligible students (including multi‑level scholarships for A‑level entrants).

Refunds and fee‑change policy
- No publicly posted, detailed refund policy or formal fee‑change timetable was located on the school's public pages during the review.

Payment methods
- Specific payment channels (bank transfer, credit card, Alipay/WeChat, etc.) and bank details were not published in the public pages and directories consulted.

Summary of findings and limitations
- Available public information gives reliable past / directory figures for annual tuition and term splits and for boarding charges (listed above). The school's own public pages describe boarding and publish the academic calendar but do not present a full, itemised fee schedule, formal billing timetable, explicit application fee amount, payment channels or refund policy in the publicly accessible material reviewed. The tuition and boarding amounts above are drawn from independent school-directory summaries and aggregated market listings.
Academics

Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou teaches EYFS (Early years foundation stage), Chinese National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A Levels for students aged 3 to 18.

Curriculum
Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou provides continuous 15‑year education for ages 3–18 across kindergarten, primary, middle and senior school stages. Kindergarten combines the EYFS early‑years framework with China's “3–6‑year‑old Learning and Development Guidelines” and a forest‑school programme. The primary phase follows the national (nine‑year) curriculum extended with bilingual (Chinese‑English) instruction and taught subjects including Chinese, English, mathematics, science, global issues, Chinese literature, computer science, music, art, physical education and personal health/safety. In middle school the school increases English‑medium teaching and uses inquiry‑based, project and practice‑led approaches to prepare students for international qualifications. Senior students study IGCSE in the lower senior years and progress to A‑Level courses in the final two years as the school's chosen international qualifications for university preparation.
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Admissions

Admissions
1. Initial enquiry and campus visit — Contact admissions to start. Parents typically begin by booking a campus tour or an admissions consultation using the school's online booking form; the site explicitly invites families to "预约入学评估和面谈" (book an admissions assessment and interview). During this stage ask for the most recent admissions calendar, the current fee schedule, and a written list of required documents (proof of residence, birth certificate, current school reports), because the school's website notes booking, assessments and interviews are handled by the admissions office.

2. Confirm the correct entry pathway and eligibility. The school publishes different pathways: for example, the 2024招生简章 shows primary (Year 1) places and junior (Year 7) places with explicit eligibility windows (Year 1: children born between 1 Sep 2017 and 31 Aug 2018; Year 7: completed elementary education in 2024 and meeting district requirements). Parents should check whether their child must apply through the local municipal admissions system (district registration rules apply) or through the school's internal assessment route for other year groups.

3. Register in the correct system and on time. For Year 1 and Year 7 in 2024 the school's published schedule required parents to register on the municipal online system (selecting “杭州市萧山区威雅实验学校”) within the posted application windows, then participate in the municipal computerized allocation (电脑派位) and any municipal supplemental rounds (补招). If you are applying for those grades, be prepared to follow the city/district timetable and to select the school exactly as instructed; missing the municipal window generally means waiting for the补招 (supplemental) round. (The example dates on the school page are for 2024—confirm the current-year timetable with admissions).

4. Understand allocation, supplemental recruitment and capacity. The 2024招生简章 lists planned intake numbers (e.g., new Year 1: 4 classes, up to 24 students per class; new Year 7: 4 classes, up to 24 students per class — total 96 places for each listed entry), and it specifies that admission for those grades is effected through the municipal computerized allocation process and subsequent补招 rounds. That means for these entry points the school does not make independent first-round discretionary offers in place of the municipal allocation; instead parents should follow the municipal procedures and monitor补招 if not allocated.

5. Assessment, interview and documents for non‑municipal/insertions/older grades. For transfer students, international‑division applicants or applicants to grades outside the municipal allocation cycles, the school asks families to book an "入学评估和面谈" (admissions assessment and interview) via the admissions booking link; the website explicitly invites families to schedule these assessments. Expect the school to request recent school reports, identification documents, and to run academic and/or English assessments and an interview—timing and content vary by grade, so request the assessment brief in writing from admissions.

6. Offers, deposits and final enrolment paperwork. The school's public information states that fees are set according to the local price authority ("按照物价部门核定标准执行"), so ask admissions for the current fee schedule, deposit/placement‑fee amounts, payment deadlines and the refund policy before accepting an offer. After an offer is accepted you will normally complete formal enrolment paperwork, pay any required deposit or tuition first installment, and provide original documents (household registration/residence documents where applicable); confirm all deadlines and required originals with the admissions office.

Scholarships
The school publishes a named scholarship: the "杭州威雅卓越奖学金项目" which is open to students in Grades 9–12. The scholarship page states successful applicants can receive a full tuition remission (described on the page as "学费的全额减免, 高达100万元"), and it provides an online application link for the scheme. The page does not publish a detailed rubric or selection criteria on the public page, so families should use the scholarship application link and contact admissions to request the full terms, selection criteria, application deadlines and whether the award is a one‑off or renewable year‑to‑year. Given the level of the award, expect the process to be competitive; confirm eligibility, documentation requirements (transcripts, references, test scores) and how the scholarship interacts with other discounts or subsidies directly with the school.

Waitlist
The school's public admissions material does not describe a standalone school‑managed waiting list. For the primary and junior entry points described in the school's 2024招生简章, admission is handled through the municipal online registration and computerized allocation process (电脑派位) with subsequent supplemental rounds (补招); parents who are not allocated in the main round are advised to register for补招 rounds as instructed by the district. For other entry points (mid‑year transfers, international pathway or upper grades), the website asks parents to book an admissions assessment and interview—if a place is not immediately available the school does not publish a formal waitlist policy on the website, so parents should ask admissions whether the school will keep the child in a candidate pool or offer rolling admissions for the requested year/term. In short: official municipal allocation and补招 govern Year 1/Year 7 intake; for other years contact admissions for the current practice on candidate pools or waiting lists.
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