Canadian International School of Hong Kong

Canadian, IB

IB Diploma and OSSD

Our students graduate with two diplomas - the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

Members of the Class of 2024 achieved an overall average of 38 points (out of 45 points) on their IB Diploma exams compared to the world average of 30. Two students achieved the maximum possible score of 45, while 43 students recorded a 40 or higher. Across the entire cohort, 91% of the students achieved a score above the worldwide average. Additionally, 10 students received the Bilingual Diploma. The success of our students has resulted in the majority being offered places at some of the most selective and prestigious universities around the world, but our caring and student-centered approach ensures that all CDNIS students are guided towards their own ‘best-fit’ for University.

CDNIS offers a Bilingual Programme that runs alongside its well-established International Programme. Currently, students in Nursery to Grade 2 are enrolled in the Bilingual Programme, which will be extended by an additional year, reaching Grade 5 by the 2028/2029 academic year. The International and Bilingual Tracks at Canadian International School of Hong Kong offer our youngest learners the opportunity to grow academically and socially in an intercultural community. Optimizing a child's natural curiosity, our dual-language tracks will help guide your child’s language and cultural fluency in a nurturing but rigorous learning environment. International Programme All children in Early Years 1 to Grade 5 study Chinese. Students in Early Years 1 and Early Years 2 enjoy one full day of Mandarin immersion per week. Students in Preparatory to Grade 5 are streamed into differentiated classes and enjoy up to 280 minutes of Mandarin instruction each week. The majority of students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 also study French. Students in Grades 9-12 may study Mandarin, French or Spanish, and in some cases, two languages. Bilingual Programme Launched in August 2022, students in the Bilingual Programme are immersed in English one day and Chinese the next. The programme is currently offered to students in Early Years 1 and Early Years 2 and will add a grade level each year right up to Grade 5.

Learning Services is a multi-disciplinary team trained in the psycho-social and cognitive development of children and adolescents. Collectively, the LST support the range of individual need in the Lower School, from the youngest to the eldest and the least able to the most able. The LST are teachers, support staff and school counsellors who work to ensure that all students have opportunities to develop their full potential according to their unique set of strengths and needs.These staff strive to meet the social, emotional and academic needs of children through an integrated service delivery and a focus upon school, home and peer networks. The model of Learning Services is pro-active and preventative and when necessary, offers a reactionary model of service delivery. The team members have a holistic view of children and believe that the emotional well-being and resilience of children is a fundamental aspect of turning potential into performance. This view underpins the case management style of Learning Services and the collaboration and cooperation between the counselling and academic support team and the homeroom teacher.

Yes, CDNIS has a Learning Services Team (LST) .

All children who enrol in our school speak English.

Lower School students begin at 7:40am and finish at 2:20pm. For students in half-day classes, (Nursery and Early Years 1), class times are 8am-11am and 12:30pm-3:30pm. Upper School students begin school at 8:55am and finish at 3:35pm. – Full-day classes end at 2:20pm for the Lower School and 3:35pm for the Upper School.

Yes. The school has two cafeterias.

Yes. The school offers a good selection of food items to suit all diet types.