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Compare 7 SEN / Special Education international schools in Shenzhen, China. Filter by curriculum, fees (average RMB 239,400), location, and more to find the right international school now.
Harrow International School Shenzhen (Qianhai) is located in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone in Nanshan District and serves pupils aged 2 to 18; the Early Years Centre, Pre-Prep, Prep, Senior School and Sixth Form are all on the Qianhai campus. The school opened in October 2020 and the site is designed for a capacity of over 800 students on a campus of about 14,700 m². English is the language of instruction and the school follows the UK National Curriculum with Early Years Foundation Stage, IGCSE and A‑Level pathways. Fees for 2025/26 range from RMB 291,400 (Pre‑Nursery) to RMB 360,300 (Years 9–13); a facility deposit and assessment fee apply and boarding and bus services are available. Typical class sizes are reported as 16–24 pupils depending on year group (20 used here as a midpoint). The school offers regular and flexi boarding and a programme of co-curricular activities including arts, languages and outdoor awards.
Shenzhen International Foundation College (SIFC / 深圳国际预科书院) is located in Bao'an District at the Shenzhen International Art Exhibition Centre (艺展中心). The school website describes SIFC as an international senior/high-school–level institution founded in 2004 that operates American-style, British-style and art/music programmes (including AP and A‑Level/IGCSE pathways) and a range of specialist centres (STEM/MIT FabLab, music, sports training centres). Boarding is provided in hotel-style student apartments and the campus is presented as an "open art campus" connected to the International Art Exhibition Centre, emphasising art and cross-disciplinary learning spaces.
Shen Wai International School (SWIS) is the international section of Shenzhen Foreign Languages School, located at 29 Baishi 3rd Road in Nanshan, Shenzhen. The school's English-language site lists its three IB programmes (Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme) and menu sections for Athletics, Co‑Curricular Activities and Admissions, indicating an enrolment pathway from early years through to the diploma level. Contact details (telephone and map links) are provided on the site. The school publishes downloadable documents and pages for Admissions and Learning (PYP, MYP, DP) but the publicly accessible English pages do not show a published fee schedule, student roll, specific age entry ranges, class sizes, or the name of the head/principal. Where items are not present on the school site I have left them blank rather than use third‑party sources. (All facts above are taken from the SWIS website.)
Shenzhen American International School (SAIS) — Bao'an Campus serves students from preschool through Grade 12 and was established with approval in May 2005. The Bao'an campus is located in the Hangcheng area of Bao'an District and occupies over 20,000 square metres with three main buildings: an academic block, dormitories and a dining hall. The campus offers multiple upper‑secondary pathways (IB DP, AP, Cambridge A‑Level and HKDSE) and preschool programs (including IB‑PYP and Montessori approaches on SAIS pages). The school provides an on‑site boarding programme for students, campus dining (meals for boarders included in boarding fee), SEN support, ESL/EAL support, college counselling, after‑school activities and school bus services for day students. Annual tuition (2025–26 fee policy) ranges from RMB 138,000 to RMB 298,000; other published fees include an application fee, an enrollment deposit and boarding/meals charges. (All items above are taken from SAIS Bao'an pages and the SAIS Bao'an 2025–26 fee policy published on the school site.)
Shenzhen Foreign Languages Greater Bay Area Academy (SGA) opened in 2017 and is established and managed under the Shenzhen Municipal government and Shenzhen Foreign Languages School group. The school delivers a blended curriculum that integrates the Chinese National Curriculum with the International Baccalaureate (PYP, MYP and DP) and teaches in English as the primary language of instruction while maintaining Chinese language studies. The campus is described on the website as covering about 140,000 m² and the school publishes a teacher:student ratio of 1:7 and a Chinese/foreign teacher ratio of 4:3. Boarding is provided for middle and senior students (dorms are two-person rooms; boarding fee is published on the site). SGA also reports more than 200 after-school activities, Student-Led Clubs and School Teams, and lists notable STEM, music and arts achievements by students. (All points above are taken from the school website.)
The International School of Nanshan Shenzhen (ISNS) was established in 2002 and is located at 11 Longyuan Road in Nanshan District; the school moved to its current campus on the south side of Tanglang Mountain in 2016 (campus area ~15,000 sqm). ISNS offers the full IB continuum (PYP, MYP and DP) and also operates under New Brunswick (Canada) accreditation so students in senior years may earn a New Brunswick diploma alongside IB options. The early years programme covers ages 2–5 and the Diploma Programme is described for students aged 16–19. The campus lists indoor and outdoor sports facilities, art studios and two libraries, and the school publishes its annual tuition schedule (K3–K5 to G11–G12) on the website. ISNS runs an optional school-bus service with multiple routes across Shenzhen.
The King's School Shenzhen (Qianhai campus) opened for the first cohort in late October 2022 and is sited in Shenzhen's Qianhai Shenzhen–Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. The school operates a 12-year Cambridge-based programme (including A-levels for senior students) and runs a separate King's kindergarten that uses the UK Early Years Foundation Stage framework. The campus was planned as a full boarding prep/senior school (boarding capacity cited by the school) and includes specialist rooms, sports provision and a dormitory building; it also runs robotics and drone/technology activity programmes and UK exchange links with the Canterbury school. The school's published recruitment/launch materials state an initial planned intake of about 200 students across 13 classes in its first year. All items above are taken from the school's official website.
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