Japanese International School

We are delighted to welcome you to our wonderful school and hope that you will be interested to become part of JIS and its vibrant community. We were proud to have been voted as Hong Kong's 'Primary School of the Year' in the first ever HK Education Awards, announced in June 2021. The accolade is a very fitting tribute to the work of all our school community in making a very special school for all our students. We look forward to building into the future for all our school community.

The Japanese International School of Hong Kong opened in 1997 and has developed a very special niche in the provision of a top quality International School education within Hong Kong. On a large, purpose built campus in the North East New Territories of Hong Kong we provide a unique, multi-cultural context for our students. We are proud to be known as a very friendly school that offers all our families a strong commitment to education within a very special environment.

We are an authorised IB (International Baccalaureate) 'World School' and therefore offer the PYP (Primary Years Programme) as our curriculum. Our school was evaulauted by I.B. staff in November 2020 to very high acclaim and was commended on achieving above I.B. expectations in many areas of the school. We look forward to building on this success with our innovations and ideas for the future. Many of our students come from a range of nationalities and cultures and so our curriculum is designed to reflect this. We set ourselves high standards in all that we do, both through academic study and the provision of a broad curriculum that encompasses a wide range of creative activities, environmental and community awareness and outdoor education.

At JIS we offer a learning environment that offers top quality facilities, within unique rural surroundings, that are accessible from all areas of Hong Kong. Our students do come from a range of areas within Hong Kong and represent a wide range of cultures and nationalities. We have a major focus on the environment and exploring the great outdoors to ensure that even though some our students may be city kids they have a truly wide ranging appreciation and love for nature and the environment. Our outdoor education programme is based within the school and local forest or beach areas in NE Hong Kong.

JIS is a partner school with ICHK Secondary school offering a through train education from age 4 to 18 years.

We are delighted to be able to offer a full 'through train' of education from 4 - 18 years with our direct link to 'International College Hong Kong' (ICHK) - all students wishing to take up the offer of a place at the school have an automatic transition to Year 7. Contact or visit the school at any time. (www.ichk.edu.hk). ICHK opened in September 2009 as a partner secondary school for JIS students and since its inception has gone from strength to strength. The school is now recognised internationally through the Cambridge University Innovation 800 project as a world leader in curriculum design and innovation. Around 50% of our students choose to attend ICHK for secondary schooling, depending on their family residential location. We are a key part of the development of ICHK and offer Mr. Toby Newton and his staff at the college all our support in further developing exciting initiatives for education in Hong Kong and the future of JIS.