Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei

YWIES Shanghai Gubei is in the Gubei area of Changning District, central-west Shanghai — the school gives an address of 600 Gubei Road (postcode 200336). The campus page notes it sits near Shanghai fashion and design districts and is within the city's Gubei/Former French Concession area, so many residential compounds and transport links are nearby; contact the admissions office for specific commute options.

The Gubei campus is an Art & Design-focused secondary campus; the website describes programmes for secondary and upper-secondary students (including Phase/Year 1–3 of upper secondary). Course lists and an ‘Upper Secondary' timetable are published on the school site.

YWIES Shanghai Gubei operates as a co-educational school and states a non‑discrimination admissions policy (accepting qualified students regardless of gender). The campus also offers boarding services for students; dormitory supervision is mentioned on the facilities page.

The school publishes subject-support and English-support options in its upper‑secondary programme (e.g., ‘YWIES Subject Support' and extra English classes for students who need them). Admissions interviews are used to assess academic, social and language needs so the school can plan support; for complex or specialist SEN needs you should contact Admissions to discuss case‑by‑case arrangements.

YWIES Shanghai Gubei is part of the Yew Chung Yew Wah (YCYW) education network (a mainland China / Hong Kong network of Yew Wah and Yew Chung schools) rather than being affiliated to a single foreign country.

The school website and network pages do not indicate a religious affiliation; the school presents itself as an international educational organisation without a stated religious denomination.

For upper‑secondary students the site shows a typical school day beginning at about 08:00 with morning lessons, a core class block and a mid‑morning break around 10:15, then further lesson periods; exact start/end times and breaks can vary by year group and are set by the school.

The school's public website and campus pages describe campus facilities and boarding but do not publish detailed school‑bus routes or a bus timetable for the Gubei campus. If you need a daily bus service or route details, contact the Admissions office (telephone and enquiry form are provided on the site) to confirm whether bus transport is available for your address and which routes are operating.

Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei is an art-and-design–focused campus delivering a mainly English-medium secondary programme with dedicated portfolio and university guidance. For primary and lower-secondary provision within the Yew Wah Shanghai network the school integrates the Chinese National Curriculum with bilingual and international content, alongside arts and character education. Upper secondary operates a two-phase pathway: Phase 1 covers core national-curriculum subjects and a broad range of electives, while Phase 2 prepares students for external qualifications and college entry with options including IGCSE and A Level pathways, the International Project Qualification (IPQ), and English/IELTS/TOEFL support. Compulsory and elective offerings include multiple English pathways, Chinese, Mathematics (including Additional/Further Mathematics), sciences, humanities, art & design, digital media, music, drama, and STEM/technology courses. Specialist facilities and subject choices—fine art, fashion/textiles, graphic communication, digital media, design & technology—are provided to support practical learning and portfolio development for domestic and international art-school progression.

The school teaches a curriculum subject titled “YWIES Wellness, Life Skills and Moral Education,” which indicates SEL content is included in the programme for upper-secondary students. The school also runs lifestyle and wellness workshops as part of its summer programmes and Residence Hall (boarding) activities that include life‑skills/etiquette sessions led by named staff. These items on the website show SEL is delivered through both timetabled curriculum and extra‑curricular workshops, though the site does not publish a separate SEL policy document.

The school's admissions pages state that applicants attend interviews and academic, social and language assessments so the school can “understand and meet the needs of students.” Beyond that admissions practice, the school website does not publish a dedicated Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy or a clear list of the specific types of SEN it can support. The site does not describe the school as a specialist SEN institution. As such, the school does not publicly disclose detailed SEN provision or specialist-status information.

Upper‑secondary course listings on the school website explicitly include English as an Additional Language (EAL) alongside other English options (English First Language, ESL, YWIES Academic English), showing EAL is offered as a taught course. The site also describes programmes (e.g., bridge and summer courses) that aim to strengthen students' English communication in the context of art and portfolio work. The website does not, however, publish detailed information about a specific EAL team, entry‑level assessment process for EAL learners, or one‑to‑one EAL provision beyond these course listings.

The school identifies wellness and life‑skills learning in its curriculum (YWIES Wellness, Life Skills and Moral Education) and runs lifestyle & wellness activities in short courses and summer programmes, indicating wellbeing content is provided through taught courses and workshops. The campus and boarding pages note experienced staff supervise boarders and monitor dormitory safety, which the school presents as part of student care. The website does not publish a separate mental‑health/counselling policy or detail a named counselling team, so dedicated psychological‑support staffing and programmes are not publicly described.

The school's admissions information states a non‑discrimination policy and an admissions interview/test process used to assess students' academic, social and language needs. The campus and boarding pages state that boarding services are supervised by experienced staff who monitor dormitory safety. The school website does not appear to publish a separate child‑protection or safeguarding policy document with named safeguarding officers on the public pages reviewed, so detailed child‑protection procedures are not publicly disclosed.

1. Submit an application and required documents (online or by email). Parents should apply online through the school's admissions portal and send copies of the child's ID (passport/residence card/birth certificate), the parent/guardian's ID, the child's most recent school reports (in Chinese or English or with an authorised translation), two passport-sized photos, and an artwork collection that shows the child's art/design work. The school requires payment of a registration fee by bank transfer as part of the application; the site gives the account name (上海长宁区耀华专修学校), account number (4546 5922 3465) and the receiving bank (中国银行上海市长宁路支行) — keep a copy of the transfer receipt to attach to your application. Mainland Chinese students must have completed nine years of compulsory education before enrolling; contact admissions if you are unsure about eligibility.

2. Entrance assessment (academic English and artwork). After the Admissions Office has your complete application package they arrange an entrance assessment that normally includes English written and oral tests (listening, speaking, reading, writing) plus an artwork review to assess the student's art and design competence. Parents should plan for the student to bring the recommended number of artworks/portfolio items and be prepared that the English assessment may be used to place the student in the appropriate class or recommend additional language support. The school's published notes emphasise that the assessment is used to understand academic, social and language levels so be candid about the child's current abilities.

3. Principal's interview (student and parent together). If the assessment is completed, the Admissions Office schedules a meeting with the principal; the principal will outline the school's education objectives and ask questions to learn more about the child and family. The principal may ask the family and student to sign a tripartite “Charter for Success” during this meeting — parents should read that document and ask for clarification about expectations before signing. Expect the interview to cover the student's academic goals, art/design interests and any pastoral or learning support needs.

4. Offer, acceptance and seat reservation. If the student passes the assessment and interview (and the Charter is signed where applicable), the school issues an Offer of Placement — the website says offers are issued within five working days. To confirm and reserve the place you must sign and return the Acceptance of Offer of Placement and pay the required fees shown on the school's Notice of Payment; the offer will expire if the signed acceptance and required payment are not received within ten working days. Because a place is definitively reserved only after the signed acceptance and payment, plan ahead so you can meet the deadline (especially when arranging international bank transfers).

5. Transfer students and campus visits. If you are a transfer student the Admissions Office asks that you contact them directly so they can advise any additional documentation or transfer procedures required. The school welcomes weekday campus visits but asks families to make an appointment in advance because the school's calendar does not follow public-school holidays; use the admissions contact channels to arrange a visit. If you are applying to specific year-level intakes such as Year 10, the school recommends following the published procedure early because those intakes often have a fixed start date (typically mid-August).

YWIES Shanghai Gubei participates in the Yew Chung Yew Wah (YCYW) scholarship programme and also publishes its own enrolment incentives. At the network level, the YCYW Scholarship Programme offers several types of awards (examples published by the network):

- Madam Tsang Chor-hang Memorial Scholarship (Overall Achievement Award) — recipients may receive a 50%–100% tuition waiver for up to four years.
- YCYW Subject & Talent Award — awarded for excellence in a particular subject or talent; typical awards are 25%–50% tuition waivers for one year.
- IGCSE / IB / A Level Award — for strong performance in upper-secondary programmes; recipients may receive 50%–100% tuition waivers for two to four years.
- Special scholarships — individual campuses occasionally run special awards for particular talents or needs. External applicants normally must submit admissions materials and take the network-specified tests (CEM and CPT) before applying to the scholarship programme. The YCYW scholarship announcement also lists the campus-level rollout and deadline for each campus; for YWIES Shanghai Gubei the network's 2025–26 scholarship rollout was announced on 2 Jan 2025 with an internal/external deadline shown as 28 Feb 2025 in that announcement — always check the current year's schedule with the Admissions Office because deadlines change annually.

At the school (YWIES Shanghai Gubei) level the admissions/news pages also list entry‑related incentives: for the 2025–26 admissions notes the school published an “early‑bird” tuition incentive (a 10% reduction in the tuition portion if full tuition is paid by April 30) and a “new‑student scholarship” track that can include awards for art or academic performance lasting up to three consecutive years; the page asks families to contact the Admissions Office for details and application procedures (amounts and eligibility vary by year and by programme). If you are applying for a scholarship, start with the school admissions team (admission.shgb@ywies.com or +86 21 6275 4365) to confirm current scholarship categories, the application timeline, supporting documents required, and whether the scholarship is competitive or linked to a particular intake.

No public waitlist details are published on the school's admissions pages. The school's admissions information states that an offer is only guaranteed when the signed acceptance and required payment are received within ten working days of the offer; this implies a first-come, first-served seat reservation based on completing the acceptance/payment steps rather than an openly published waitlist procedure. If a cohort is full the school's Admissions Office can advise whether they hold a waiting pool, estimated wait times, or whether they will keep late applicants on a contact list — the site directs families to contact admissions for transfer or capacity questions. For short-notice or high-demand intakes (for example some spring or year-entry intakes where the school posts limited places), third‑party admissions notices also report small class sizes for particular intakes, so contact the admissions office as early as possible if you need to know whether a wait pool exists for the specific intake you are targeting.