The Independent Schools Foundation Academy is a non-profit bilingual (Mandarin and English) private independent school in Hong Kong. It is also an IBO World School, and offers the

IB Middle Years Programme The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is an educational programme for students between the ages of 11 to 16 around the world as part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum. Middle Year Programme is intended to pr ...

and

Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into ...

. The campus is in

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, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

History

The Independent Schools Foundation was established in January 2000 as a registered charitable organisation to provide a choice of education for international students. The school was co-founded by

Charles Kao Sir Charles Kao Kuen Charles K. Kao was elected in 1990
as a memb ...

and Frances Wong.https://www.hkt.com/About+HKT/Company+profile/Board+and+management/Ms+Frances+Waikwun+WONG?language=en_US In 2003, the Foundation established a non-profit, private independent school, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy (The ISF Academy), for Foundation Year to Grade 12 to cater for

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

and

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

education in an inquiry-based learning environment. In August 2003, the school began its temporary campus in Wanchai, with 56 students in Grades 1 to 4. It set up a second temporary campus in Causeway Bay before moving to a new campus in Pokfulam in July 2007. In February 2007, the school commenced its Foundation Year program, a preparatory year for students prior to Grade 1. The academic year 2007-08 marked the first full year of its Foundation Year program.

Campus

The campus opened in August 2007, in the Kong Sin Wan Tsuen Valley in Pokfulam, within the Island South District of

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, on a 13,152 sq. meter site.

References

{{Reflist International Baccalaureate schools in Hong Kong Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in Hong Kong