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<!– The primary section follows the [[IB Primary Years Programme|Primary Years Programme]] for students ages 4 to 11. There are 36 classes of approximately 870 students and 40 teachers. The head of primary is Jason Doucette.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Leadership |url=https://www.rchk.edu.hk/college-leadership/ |website=Renaissance College |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> The school day runs from 8:30 am to 3 pm for 185 days. Lunch is 50 minutes and recess is 20 minutes. There are 8 periods of 40 minutes each day. Classrooms are located in the primary block, with Years 1 and 2 on the first floor, Years 3 and 4 on the second floor, and Years 5 and 6 on the third floor. There is a rooftop area and field. Primary art rooms are located on the rooftop area. Each floor has a hub area for each year with computers, reading materials, seating, play equipment and other resources tailored for the different year levels. –> |
<!– The primary section follows the [[IB Primary Years Programme|Primary Years Programme]] for students ages 4 to 11. There are 36 classes of approximately 870 students and 40 teachers. The head of primary is Jason Doucette.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Leadership |url=https://www.rchk.edu.hk/college-leadership/ |website=Renaissance College |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> The school day runs from 8:30 am to 3 pm for 185 days. Lunch is 50 minutes and recess is 20 minutes. There are 8 periods of 40 minutes each day. Classrooms are located in the primary block, with Years 1 and 2 on the first floor, Years 3 and 4 on the second floor, and Years 5 and 6 on the third floor. There is a rooftop area and field. Primary art rooms are located on the rooftop area. Each floor has a hub area for each year with computers, reading materials, seating, play equipment and other resources tailored for the different year levels. –> |
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<!– The secondary section of RCHK has approximately 1,000 students ages 11 to 18. The [[IB Middle Years Programme|Middle Years Programme]] is offered to students from Year 7 to Year 11, and the [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme]] is offered to students in their final two years of school. School hours are 8: |
<!– The secondary section of RCHK has approximately 1,000 students ages 11 to 18. The [[IB Middle Years Programme|Middle Years Programme]] is offered to students from Year 7 to Year 11, and the [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme]] is offered to students in their final two years of school. School hours are 8: am to 3:10 pm Monday to Thursday and 8: am to 1:00 pm on Fridays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.renaissance.edu.hk/content/school-hours|author=Renaissance College Hong Kong|access-date=1 March 2011|title=School Hours|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216011132/http://www.renaissance.edu.hk/content/school-hours|archive-date=16 February 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> –> |
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<!– RCHK offers full academic scholarships to secondary students from Year 7 to Year 13 and full theatre, visual arts, music and sports scholarships for secondary students in Year 10 to Year 13.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scholarships Overview |url=https://www.rchk.edu.hk/general-information/ |website=Renaissance College |date=9 June 2015 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>–> |
<!– RCHK offers full academic scholarships to secondary students from Year 7 to Year 13 and full theatre, visual arts, music and sports scholarships for secondary students in Year 10 to Year 13.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scholarships Overview |url=https://www.rchk.edu.hk/general-information/ |website=Renaissance College |date=9 June 2015 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>–> |
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In the 2022–23 school year, Renaissance College 2,070 students age five to 19.<ref name=”Annualreport2023″/> Under the Private Independent School Scheme, at least 70% of the students of Renaissance College must be Hong Kong permanent residents at full capacity.<ref name=”audit”>{{cite report |date=23 October 2004 |title=Government subsidies to the English Schools Foundation |url=http://www.aud.gov.hk/pdf_e/e43ch03.pdf |publisher= [[Audit Commission (Hong Kong)|Audit Commission]]|pages= 2–3|access-date= 28 March 2018|location= Hong Kong}}</ref> In 2022, 69% of students were Chinese nationals, followed by British and Canadian nationals.<ref name=”Annualreport2023″/> |
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Revision as of 10:47, 13 September 2025
Private international school in Hong Kong
Renaissance College ( ; Chinese: 啓新書院, abbreviated: RCHK) is a private international school run by English Schools Foundation (ESF) in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong. It serves primary and secondary students and was founded in 2006 to replace the Phoenix International School, another school run by ESF. Since its inception, the school has offered the International Baccalaureate curriculum.
History
Plans to establish Renaissance College as ESF’s first private school began in 1999.[2] Unlike other schools operated by ESF at the time, Renaissance College would not receive recurrent government subsidy.[2]
In 2001, the Education Department granted ESF land in Ma On Shan and in Discovery Bay to build two schools that each provide primary and secondary education under the non-profit Private Independent School Scheme, which do not receive recurrent government grants.[3] The Ma On Shan site would eventually become the campus of Renaissance College.
On 29 October 2001, Canadian Overseas International College closed unexpectedly due to financial difficulties. According to the school’s chancellor, the September 11 attacks forced the company that funded the school to file for bankruptcy.[4] The Education Department was unaware of the financial difficulties that Canadian Overseas International College was facing, and was only informed by the school one day before its closure.[5] The police investigated possible fraud at the school,[6] after complaints from some parents.[7] Jonathan Goodman, the supervisor of the Canadian school, was arrested in December 2001 for suspected theft but was not charged.[7]
The closure of the Canadian Overseas International College made 380 students unable to attend school.[4] To resume tuition for the affected students, the Education Department established Phoenix International School (PIS) in 2001 as a temporary school operated by ESF. PIS occupied the former campus of Australian International School in Cheung Sha Wan and adopted the Ontario curriculum (OSSD).[8]
The campus in Ma On Shan cost HK$297 million to build,[2] of which HK$191.6 million was funded by the Hong Kong Government.[9] Phoenix International School merged with Renaissance College after the latter began operating in August 2006. The first cohort of Renaissance College had 900 primary and secondary students, of which 340 were transferred from Phoenix International School.[2]
Curriculum
RCHK offers the IB Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes since its inception. It was granted the status of IB World School in 2007. In 2014, the school began to offer the IB Career-related Programme and became the first school in East Asia, and the eighth school globally, to offer all four IB programmes.[10]
Teaching has relied on technology since the school’s opening in 2006. In 2007, RCHK spent HK$60,000 to 80,000 to provide Apple products for pupils and staff, including one laptop for each student.[11]
Enrollment
In the 2022–23 school year, Renaissance College enrolled 2,070 students age five to 19.[1] Under the Private Independent School Scheme, at least 70% of the students of Renaissance College must be Hong Kong permanent residents at full capacity.[3] In 2022, 69% of students were Chinese nationals, followed by British and Canadian nationals.[1]
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