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Kingston International School 京斯敦國際學校
Upper Primary Building
Address
105 Waterloo Rd, Kowloon Tong Kowloon Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°19′39″N 114°10′41″E / 22.32748°N 114.17807°E / 22.32748; 114.17807
Information
School type	Bilingual, Co-educational, International, Day, Private
Founded	1996
Head Principal	Eliza Wong
Lower Primary Principal	Emily Flach
Upper Primary Principal	John Harper
Vice Principal	Dr Fenwick Tong
Years offered	K1 - Y6
Age range	1-11
Average class size	15-25
Language	English, Chinese (Traditional)
Houses	Green, Blue, Yellow, Red

Kingston International School (short: KIS, Chinese: 京斯敦國際學校) is a co-educational bilingual international school founded in 1996, located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. The school has three main buildings, a kindergarten, and two primary school buildings.

As of 2024, the school has around 260 total students and its Head Principal is Eliza Wong.

Curriculum

The school adopts the International Baccalaureate curriculum, with classes starting from K1 (Nursery) up to Primary 6. As the first school to provide the IBPYP programme in Hong Kong, it has been offering this child-centred inquiry approach for more than 20 years. Kingston provides a gate-way to secondary school learning via their partnership with International College Hong Kong (ICHK); graduates of Kingston International School are promised a guaranteed spot in ICHK. Kingston International School teaches in both English and Putonghua (Chinese).

School uniform

The school's uniform consists of two forms for primary students, Winter and Summer. The summer uniform consists of a white buttoned collar shirt, short pants with a green and yellow grid pattern, and a sports uniform with a short-sleeved T-shirt based on the color of the student's house. The winter uniform consists of a blue long-sleeved buttoned collar shirt, long dark-gray pants, and a long-sleeved T-shirt based on the color of the student's house.

House system

The school's houses are Green, Blue, Yellow, and Red.

References

1. "Kingston International School 京斯敦國際學校". www.schooland.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
2. ^ "Home - Kingston International School". www.kingston.edu.hk. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
3. "香港京斯敦国际学校_怎么样_学费-国际教育网". schoollist.ieduchina.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
4. "Teacher Horizons". www.teacherhorizons.com. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
5. "Kingston International School: Details and Fees". www.international-schools-database.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
6. "ITS Education Asia - Kingston International School - Lower Primary". itseducation.asia. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
7. 陳麗薇, 古晨燕 (21 Oct 2024). "國際學校學費2024｜全港最新國際學校學費出爐　呢間學校1年出產17名IB狀元". 香港經濟日報 HKET (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 7 Dec 2024. 京斯敦國際學校為1歲至11歲的學生提供國際文憑小學雙語課程，在2004年起成為香港第一所獲授權推行國際文憑小學課程（IBPYP）的學校
8. ^ "Kingston International School". Education Bureau HKSAR. 19 Sep 2024. Retrieved 6 Dec 2024.
9. "Our Secondary School - Kingston International School". www.kingston.edu.hk. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
10. ^ "京斯敦國際學校". Whizpa (in Traditional Chinese). 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
11. "Bilingual teaching and small class sizes support a welcoming community at Kingston International School". South China Morning Post. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
12. ^ "Uniforms - Kingston International School". www.kingston.edu.hk. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

Further reading

• "京斯敦國際幼稚園 優良雙語學習語境" [Kingston International Kindergarten Excellent Bilingual Learning Environment]. HKEJ. 17 Nov 2016. Archived from the original on 5 Mar 2024. Retrieved 9 Dec 2024.

• International Baccalaureate schools in Hong Kong
• Primary schools in Hong Kong