In response to the high demand from the wider community, it is with great excitement to announce that LEH International School Foshan will open Year 3 (for students aged 7) on 2nd February 2023, extending its excellent British education to younger students. Year 2 (for students aged 6) will open in August 2023.
If you are interested to know more, we cordially invite you to attend our Prep School Open Day on 14 Jan. The Open Day event is open to prospective Prep School families. The taster lessons are for students aged 5 to 9 already. Register now!
We also encourage all prospective families to attend and meet our Headteacher, Mrs Jane Arden, and the Head of the Prep School, Mrs Mandy Bateman, on our award-winning campus. Your child(ren) can as well register to attend special taster lessons and meet our supportive and talented teachers.
Open Day with Taster Lessons
9:00 - 12:00, Saturday, 14 January
Places are limited for this event. Registration is mandatory. Only registered families will be allowed to attend the event.
LEH Foshan
Nurturing remarkable young people
Lady Eleanor Holles International School Foshan, an exceptional British curriculum day and boarding school, welcomed its first students in September 2021. With a campus and curriculum tailored to the needs of boys and girls, from 6 to 18 years, the school brings together the best of a British boarding school education to Foshan, a dynamic city in the heart of the Greater Bay Area of Southern China. The school provides the space, facilities and expert teaching for boys and girls from Year 2 to Year 13 to flourish, either as day students or as boarders.
LEH Foshan offers an inspirational English language education for carefully selected students, developing a joyful attitude to learning which encourages students to think critically and creatively.
LEH Foshan is a school full of opportunity, challenge and friendship; a place to take risks and become bold; to discover passions, talents and yourself; a place for remarkable young students.
As one of the most distinguished elements of British schools, the Houses are the subunits of the school, and each student is allocated to one House at the moment of enrolment. A primary purpose of the House System is to provide pastoral care and foster community feeling while the secondary feature is to instil healthy competitions to encourage teamwork and cooperation.
At LEH Foshan, the 4 Houses are split across four distinct buildings within the Campus. The House building provides the living accommodation for boarding students and a range of study and social facilities for both day and boarding students.
The House system is first and foremost inclusive of all learning types and interests. We have sporting, artistic and cross-curricular events. This level of competition can have numerous academic benefits as well as social-emotional ones. Those who feel comfortable and supported enough to participate in House events are more likely to feel able to commit themselves fully to academia.
Mrs Jane Arden, Headteacher of LEH Foshan, has nearly 30 years in education. She spent four years as Head of Academics and English at Wellington College International. She has led schools to achieve outstanding IGCSE and A level results. Jane Arden has also worked as Assistant Principal examiner for AQA English language. Training and mentoring teachers is key for Jane in creating schools fit for the 21st century.
Students will benefit from the English Language Learning (ELL) Programme carefully designed by the Headteacher Mrs Jane Arden and with support from the in-house English Language Acquisition team, this helps develop their holistic language skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. This allows them to fully engage in the school’s British Curriculum.
Ms Bateman has nearly 30 years of experience as an educator and leader in both British and international schools in the UK, Portugal, and Egypt.
Our native-English-speaking teaching staff are recruited from leading schools around the world, and bring maturity and dynamism to the classroom. Most hold Masters or PhDs in Education and have, on average, 15+ years of teaching experience.
With smaller class sizes, our students benefit from a highly individualised teaching approach, where each teacher has a firm knowledge of his or her student’s strengths and challenges. Our teachers have the support and resources they need to personalise their teaching to ensure that each student achieves their personal best.
ECA Programme
Develop life-long interests
In the Prep School, the curriculum offers our students a wide range of learning experiences taught by our class teachers as well as subject specialists in Science, Computing, Spanish, Mandarin, PE and Music. Class Teachers play a key role in supporting each student and closely monitor academic, personal and social development.
ECAs at LEH Foshan are mandatory. We offer ECAs from Monday to Friday including a wide range of activities and we change them termly.
The overarching ethos of the ECA programme at LEH Foshan is to support students to develop into young adults that have the confidence and skills to further pursue activities they enjoy as part of an active, healthy lifestyle. It is also designed to encourage confidence, independence, initiative, creativity, and leadership and provide regular opportunities for individual and team performance.
We believe developing an active, healthy lifestyle is key to supporting physical, social and emotional health and wellbeing. Our ECA programme can help students reach far beyond the campus. The interests and passions that students develop through these activities will enable them to stand out when they apply to university. ECAs also allows students to develop transferable skills, earn career experience and build their resume, increasing students’ career prospects.
“We believe in giving students an education where excellent exam results are a by-product of that education, rather than being the central focus. We look for students with an intellectual curiosity and a love of learning which we aim to foster throughout their time at LEH Foshan. We realise that motivating students comes from the appropriate level of challenge being given in their learning.
Our role as educators is to develop a lifelong love of learning. As a result, teachers aim to develop the students' ownership of their own learning. Students are encouraged to discover things for themselves, rather than simply being “spoon fed” to pass an examination. Our aim is to create a learning environment in all classes where students are ready to respond to questions even when they do not know the answer and are prepared to take risks in their learning. ” Ms Morgan (Head of Sport and Activities) said.
Contact the admissions team and submit an application online or soft copy, including all the supporting documents. An Application Fee of CNY 2,000 is required.
The Admissions Team will arrange an assessment and interview with the Headteacher.
Prep School (Year 2)
Assessment: Play-based activities and observation
Applicant and family Interview with the Head of Prep and Headteacher
Prep School (Year 3 to Year 6)
NGRT Reading Assessment
CAT4 Assessment
Applicant and family Interview with the Head of Prep and Headteacher
Applications are processed by the LEH Review Committee. Assessment results are reviewed along with the provided documentation. Parents are informed of the decision within five working days.
Parents will receive, by email, either:
i) an offer of a place;
ii) a conditional offer;
iii) a waitlist offer or,
iv) a decline.
The email will clearly explain the next steps for each category.
Our campus is open on Saturdays for half day for those busy parents who have time for a school visit only on weekends. Our Admissions Staff is available from 9:00 to 13:00. These Drop-in Sessions are limited, so we encourage interested parents to make a reservation as soon as possible.
