Rank 40 · Asia-Pacific
HD Shanghai School
上海赫賢雙語學校
Shanghai, China
68.02
Standardised Score
53.17
Composite Score
Top 50
Tier
The composite score blends cohort volume with conversion rates. Schools with smaller applicant pools may score lower despite strong per-applicant performance.
Score Breakdown
Relative cohort size
Share of applicants who received an offer
Share of applicants who matriculated
Volume and conversion combined
Aggregated across the 2019–2023 admission cycles. Schools with fewer than three offers in a given year are excluded from that year's figures to preserve statistical reliability.
School Profile
HD Shanghai School HD Shanghai School (Shanghai, China) ranks 40th in the Asia-Pacific region for Oxford and Cambridge University admissions statistics. The school's application volume ranks in the top 50% of the Asia-Pacific region, admission numbers in the top 54%, and successful enrollment in the top 49%. The admission to application ratio is 45%, enrollment to application ratio is 65%, and enrollment to admission ratio is 62%. The comprehensive score is 53.17, with a standardized score of 68.02. HD Shanghai School (formerly Shanghai HD Bilingual School) was established in 2016 as a twelve- year private bilingual school covering nursery through high school. The school follows the philosophy of "Chinese-Western integration and whole-person development," committed to cultivating future talents with national sentiment and international vision. The school is a sister school to one of the UK's top private schools, Headington School, and has excellent academic strength. The school is located in Songjiang District, Shanghai, with more than 2,000 students. It offers boarding services, which can be applied for from sixth grade. Dormitories are equipped with life counselors, school doctors, and implement semi-military management. Campus facilities include an antismog air dome gymnasium, bilingual library, indoor and outdoor sports fields (including golf practice range), art workshops, and science laboratories. In terms of curriculum, HD Shanghai School adopts a "dual-track" model, integrating Chinese national curriculum with authoritative international curricula, providing diversified learning paths. The kindergarten stage offers Montessori early childhood education with English immersion; the primary school stage implements the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) plus Chinese national curriculum, emphasizing inquiry ability and bilingual thinking; the middle school stage offers Cambridge IGCSE curriculum plus Chinese core curriculum, connecting to international examinations; the high school stage provides A-Level/IGCSE courses, certified by Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) and Edexcel, while also offering the IBDP curriculum. Quality development courses are diverse, including academic, artistic, sports, and technological categories. Academic offerings include chemistry olympiad, mathematics competitions, programming, etc.; artistic categories include drama club, orchestra, 3D design, pottery, fashion design, etc.; sports categories include professional tennis, golf, swimming, martial arts, some coached by national-level instructors; technological categories involve artificial intelligence basics, robotics competitions, technological innovation projects, etc. The faculty is strong, with most Chinese teachers having international or bilingual school teaching experience, many graduated from globally renowned universities such as Harvard, Oxford, and Tsinghua. Foreign teachers primarily come from the UK and US, most with extensive teaching experience, covering humanities, social sciences, and language subjects. The school employs small-class teaching with an excellent teacher-student ratio, ensuring each student receives personalized attention and guidance.
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