From one Kowloon campus to four sites in twelve years

Nord Anglia International School Hong Kong opened on 1 September 2014, moving into a vacant five-storey government school building at 11 On Tin Street, Lam Tin, Kowloon. The site was renovated from scratch before the first cohort arrived. By March 2014, before a single lesson had been taught, more than 500 students had applied and over 1,000 candidates from various nationalities had applied for teaching positions, according to Wikipedia's school entry.

The school is wholly owned by Nord Anglia Education, the London-headquartered group that operates more than 80 premium international schools worldwide. Nord Anglia had moved its global head office to Hong Kong in 2012, and the Lam Tin opening was its first school in the territory.

Three campuses by 2021

Within a year of opening, demand from younger families prompted a second site. In 2015, the school opened a dedicated Early Years campus at 285 Hong Kin Road, Tui Min Hoi, Sai Kung, in the New Territories, freeing the Lam Tin building to focus on Primary and Secondary pupils. The two-campus model held for six years.

A third campus followed in August 2021, when the school took over 19 Yuet Wah Street, Kwun Tong, the former home of Delia School of Canada (East Kowloon). With government approval, the Kwun Tong site opened as a dedicated Secondary campus for the 2021-22 academic year. The three-campus arrangement gave each age group its own purpose-built environment: Early Years in Sai Kung, Years 1 to 6 in Lam Tin, and Years 7 to 13 in Kwun Tong.

A planned Tin Wan campus, floated around 2017, never materialised after opposition from local politicians.

Curriculum and accreditation

The school follows the English National Curriculum from Early Years through Key Stage 3, then moves students into IGCSEs in Years 10 and 11. Post-16 provision originally ran exclusively through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The first graduating cohort, in 2021, achieved an average IB score of 36.3 with a 100 percent pass rate; one founding student, Toby, scored 43 points.

Results have climbed year on year since. In 2025, the school's IBDP average reached 35.7 points, well above the global average of 30.58, and 31 percent of students scored 40 or more, placing them in the top ten percent of IB graduates worldwide. One student scored 44 points and secured a place at Cambridge University. That same year, every graduating student received an offer from their first-choice university.

The school holds accreditation from the British Schools Overseas inspectorate, the Council of British International Schools, the Federation of British International Schools in Asia, the International Baccalaureate Organisation, and Cambridge International Examinations. Every teacher holds UK Qualified Teacher Status or a recognised international equivalent.

Beyond formal examinations, the curriculum is enriched through group-wide partnerships with MIT, whose postgraduate researchers design project-based challenges for students across all year groups, and with The Juilliard School in New York for performing arts. UNICEF collaboration on social purpose projects has also featured as part of the school's extracurricular programme.

Hung Hom Sixth Form Centre

The fourth campus opened in August 2026: a purpose-built Sixth Form Centre at 11 Wan Hoi Street, Hung Hom, approximately 15 minutes from the Kwun Tong Secondary campus. Announced in November 2025, the centre added A Levels and BTEC qualifications alongside the existing IB Diploma Programme, giving students in Years 12 and 13 three distinct post-16 pathways under one roof for the first time. The Hung Hom site includes science laboratories, technology-rich classrooms, a modern library, collaborative study areas, a fitness suite, and a multi-use hall for performances and exhibitions. To mark the launch, the school introduced a Sixth Form Scholarship Programme recognising academic achievement, leadership, and community involvement.

Present day

Tim Richardson has been principal since August 2025, bringing three decades of international school leadership across the Middle East and Asia. He succeeded Kenny Duncan, who led the school through its tenth anniversary year in 2024, by which point enrolment had grown from fewer than 500 founding students to close to 1,600. The school now serves around 1,500 students from more than 40 nationalities, ages 3 to 18, across four campuses. Maximum approved capacity across the estate stands at 2,000 places.

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