Island School


Island School is a co-educational international school located on in Hong Kong. It is the founding school of the English Schools Foundation, and is still a member. The school has been accredited by international organisations such as the Council of International Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
The school was originally located in the Hong Kong Mid-Levels district until the school moved to two campuses in Sha Tin District and Tai Wai in December 2017, due to renovations to the former campus. It currently houses around 1,200 students across 33 nationalities.
Island School is a registered IB World School and offers the IB diploma program along with an alternative BTEC program in the senior years.

House System

There are 6 houses in the school, each named after famous people, including Fleming, Da Vinci, Wilberforce, Rutherford, Nansen and Einstein. Students in the same house are also in the same form, which they remain in for their 7 years in the school.
Students in each house compete for their house in various activities and competitions, including sporting tournaments, and debate competitions etc.
As of 2019 December, Wilberforce & Fleming are winning the Inter-House Competitions.

History

Island School is home to children from a large number of countries.
Stephen Loggie is the current principal of Island School. The previous principal was Christopher Binge, who had been secondary principal at the La Châtaigneraie campus of the International School of Geneva. Binge studied mathematics at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, was head until June 2009. Binge left to become the head of Markham College.

Campus

The former campus consisted of seven blocks ranging from five to seven floors high, with blocks 1 to 6 arranged in a rectangular fashion. Students could travel to adjacent blocks by linked walkways or footbridges. As the campus was situated on mountainous terrain, blocks located close to the mountain were placed at a higher altitude than their counterparts, and as such the floors between different blocks were often not correlated. The former campus was then demolished and all learning was diverted to the two replacement campuses.
The two replacement campuses, Sha Tin Wai and Tai Wai, house two different sets of levels. Sha Tin Wai houses grades 7, 8, 12 and 13, while Tai Wai houses grades 9, 10 and 11.

Notable alumni and staff

Alumni