BROMSGROVE School is embarking in an exciting new overseas venture after establishing a link with Mission Hills Group China.
Having carried out due diligence, including site visits and legal checks, an agreement has been entered into with a new international school – Bromsgrove School Mission Hills – being launched.
It will be a not-for-profit international school with a board of six governors, half from Bromsgrove and half from Mission Hills Group.
The arrangement is entirely cost-neutral for Bromsgrove, with all expenses and other necessary resources being accounted for in the agreement.
The aim is for the school to educate local and international children living in Shenzhen and will follow a bilingual programme.
The shared mission is to provide a rigorous, bilingual education which promotes a truly global perspective to its pupils, underpinned by the IB philosophy and Bromsgrove’s traditional standards and values.
Mission Hills’ Pre-school is already operational, and the aim is to expand so that the school educates around 1,600 students between the ages of three and 18.
The Founder of Mission Hills Group, Dr David Chu, was a fervent supporter of education and made numerous donations to overseas, Chinese and Hong Kong schools.
After his death, the ‘Dr David Chu Memorial Foundation’ was set up by Dr Chu’s children to carry on his philanthropic legacy.
Under the same spirit and values, his children have ventured into the establishment of education institutions.
The creation of Mission Hills International School has been spearheaded by Dr Chu’s daughter, Dr Catherine Chu, who is Executive Director of Mission Hills Group and Mission Hills Education.
She approached leading overseas schools to learn from the best of western pedagogy and curriculum, and to explore possible collaborations to enrich the School’s holistic integration of Western and Chinese pedagogy and curriculum.
Fortuitously, her search led her to her husband’s alma mater Mr Charles Tsai (WG 90 – 94) is an Old Bromsgrovian, and Bromsgorve School soon became her first and best choice.
Catherine and Charles approached Bromsgrove at an OB reunion to suggest a collaboration between our two institutions, with Bromsgrove providing the educational programme and Mission Hills the infrastructure and facilities.
An immediate affinity was found for the ideals of Mission Hills Education and the school believes it has much to offer the children in Shenzhen.
It also feels it has much to learn from the Chinese way of teaching and it sees a blend of those two great learning traditions is an exciting prospect.
As Dr Catherine Chu says: “Not only does Bromsgrove School, with its years of history and top academic and sporting ranking, represent the best of British educational excellence, but also aspires to develop a transformational partnership.
“Our shared aim is for Bromsgrove School Mission Hills to become a beacon of educational excellence where the best of the East is combined with the best of the West.”
