Peak School () is a coeducational preparatory school, located on Plunkett's Road on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The school is one of around twenty institutions in Hong Kong operated by the

English Schools Foundation The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is an organisation that runs 22 international schools in Hong Kong. It is Hong Kong's largest English-medium organisation of international schools. It was founded in 1967 with the passage of the English Sc ...

(ESF). The school opened in 1911, on the site of what is now the Victoria Peak Fire Station. In 1954, the school moved to its current premises located on Plunkett's Road.A brief history of Peak School
, Peak School. Peak School teaches students from Year One to

Year Six Year 6 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. It is usually the sixth year of compulsory education and incorporates students aged between ten and eleven however some chi ...

, and offers the

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Dip ...

programme. The principal of Peak School is Bill Garnett.

Accreditations and Authorizations

The Peak School is accredited, authorized, or a member of the following organizations: *

Western Association of Schools and Colleges The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) was an organization providing School accreditation, accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary school, secondary and elementary schools in California and Hawaii, ...

(WASC) * Council of International Schools (CIS) * The

Primary Years Program

Notable alumni

* Jack Avon, financial modelling expert *

Martin Booth Martin Booth (7 September 1944 – 12 February 2004) was an English novelist and poet. He also worked as a teacher and screenwriter, and was the founder of the Sceptre Press. Early life Martin Booth was born in Lancashire England, the son of ...

, British novelist and poet *

Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark (born Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, 17 September 1968), is the wife of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, son of Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark. Marie-Chantal's hus ...

, Greek and Danish princess * Sara Jane Ho, etiquette teacher *

Eleanor Sanger Eleanor Sanger (September 15, 1929 – March 7, 1993) was a 7-time Emmy-award-winning television writer and producer, who was the first woman Network Sports Producer. "Women television producers are still as rare as Howard Cosell's silences, ...

, American sports producer *

Hannah Wilson Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson (; born 10 March 1989) is a Hong Kong retired amateur swimmer. She is a three-time Olympic swimmer for Hong Kong, having swum at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and 2012 Summer O ...

, Hong Kong swimmer * Sir Denis Wright, British diplomatJohn Graham
‘Wright, Sir Denis Arthur Hepworth (1911–2005)’
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 2009. Accessed 10 Dec 2013.

References

External links

Peak School website
Primary schools in Hong Kong English Schools Foundation schools 1911 establishments in Hong Kong International Baccalaureate schools in Hong Kong Victoria Peak {{HongKong-school-stub