Beijing - School Report Question and Answers
Do expatriate students socialize with local students at the school? Are both groups successfully integrated into the school culture?
All of students must be expats in order to attend the school. That said, there are definitely tables at lunch where kids are clustered according to their native language, and other tables where kids are integrated but share some other common interest like a sports team or club they do together. At the elementary level, kids tend to also play according to their native language. Building better community across groups is one of the school’s strategic focus areas for this year and next. - Jun 2023
Yes, the students are very well integrated. - Dec 2022
Absolutely! This is one of the things that we love so much about WAB. It is a truly international and diverse community with all cultures and communities overlapping and connecting with one another. - Nov 2022
There are no local passport holder kids at WAB, but there are of course Chinese kids. My kids say they speak Chinese at times with their friends, but not during class and are social with other groups. Same for the Korean kids. - Mar 2021
This school really is an international community. All the children know each other and are friendly with other children outside their year group. Even four years in, we are impressed by the sense of belonging and community shared by all the kids. - Mar 2019
No. This school does not feel international. Most students are duel Chinese passport holders and have spent much of their schooling here. It feels like an expensive private school for the rich. Not many new students coming in that are expats. - Apr 2018
