After becoming the candidate school for DP program on July 30th,PYP and MYP of CRS (Chiway Repton School Xiamen) were also approved as Candidacy on Aug 5th. 

So far, three programmes ranging from kindergarten to high school have been approved. This means that the continuum internationalized education at CRS has set sail and embarked on her IB journey.

Founded in 1968,IBO(International Baccalaureate Organization)is a non-profit foundation registered in UNESCO.IB aims to “develop inquiring,knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect”.

Up till now, IB offers four high-quality and challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of schools. 

Among them,the IB Diploma Programme (DP) was introduced in 1968 ,the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) was founded in 1994,the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) was founded in 1997 and the IB Career -related Programme(CP)was founded in 2012.All these international programmes provide a continuum education for child from age 3-19.

The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet and help to create a better and more peaceful world. IB education fosters a leaner-centered approach to global challenges through inquiry, action and reflection.

All the IB learners represent 10 attributes as the following: inquirers,knowledgeable,thinkers,communicators,principled,open-minded,caring,risk-takers,balanced and reflective. 

We believe these attributes, and others like them, can help people become responsible members of local, national and global communities facing the global challenges in the future. Through the IB program, students will develop intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically to become active and compassionate life-long learners. 

Since its founding more than 50 years ago, IB has been famous for its challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. It is widely recognized as “leader of the international education”. 

The IB has a presence in over 150 countries throughout the world. There are IB World Schools across the globe, and universities worldwide recognize the strength of our programmes.

The authorization process is a challenging journey for the school. It consists of consideration phase, request for candidacy, decision on candidacy by the IB, trial implementation of the programme, and decision on authorization by the IB.

The trial implementation phase is divided into three stages, namely, consultation process,request for authorization and verification visit to the school. Schools interested in obtaining IB authorization will be required to meet programme standards and practices. 

Since the first IB world school authorized in the Chinese Mainland in 1991, until today, there are only 164 schools in the Chinese Mainland currently offering one or more of four IB programmes, among which, PYP is offered by 86 schools, MYP by 45 schools,DP by 113 schools and CP by 2 schools.

As an IB continuum candidate school, CRS will provide IB trial implementation for students starting from this September. The school will be benefited from the shared mission statement, aims, assessment policy, language policy, academic honesty policy, inclusive education policy, ATL, ATT, curriculum transition and so on. 

The school will make an overall planning for the whole school curriculum, staff allocation, teaching resources etc. It helps the knowing and understanding of the school programmes and students. It is also helpful for teachers to do a good job in the connection of curriculum between different programmes, to promote teachers' understanding of the implementation of all IB programmes, and to facilitate the vertical and all-round development of students. Learning at CRS in the future, parents and students do not have to worry about the halfway choice of school.

All of the above advantages are unique for a school providing continuum education.

CRS starts PYP and MYP trial implementation this September. These two programmes will abide by the IB standards and practices to meet the requirements of IB education. We strive to be authorized within 2 years as a IB World School in three programmes so that we can offer the continuum education for children from age 3-19.