With the spread of overseas epidemic, young overseas students from many countries have strong desires to return home. In early April, the Chinese embassy in UK arranged and chartered temporary flights for 188 overseas students to return home in which the younger ones were given priority according to its published findings.

However, students returning home are faced with another dilemma…

Nantong Stalford International School is an officially recognized Cambridge and IB school. It can meet the five basic needs of returned young students:

1.Singapore’s Concept of Education

Singapore is a country with a majority of the Chinese population. All the children’s official language is English from kindergarten. At the same time, they must learn their mother tongue which is a required second foreign language. Thus, Chinese is a compulsory requirement for many children. Nevertheless, Singapore’s bilingual education has achieved outstanding results. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Singapore education has been ranked first for consecutive five years since 2015. 

Singapore’s education system aims at elite education, inherits the British education tradition, adopts the Commonwealth education system and combines the advantages of Chinese education. While retaining the advantages of basic education in China and advanced western teaching theories, Singapore education is known as the world’s best elite education for Chinese. 

2.Stalford Education Group from Singapore

Founded in 1998, Singapore’s Stalford Education Group has more than 20 years of experience in running a school with a high-level management team, more than 1700 full-time teachers, including excellent international and Singaporean teachers and educational experts who publish teaching materials and write extracurricular books. At present, it has 9 educational brands, more than 35 branch schools and more than 30000 students, Stalford Education Group has adhered to the principal of cultivating excellence, optimism and empowerment for everyone by developing mindset and skills to thrive in a complex world.

3.Genuine International School 

Family can experience a genuine international flavor with students from 28 different countries and with the greatest number of foreign teachers in Nantong. This gives your child and your family the chance to learn, exchange cultures and meet others from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds on daily basis. 

4.ONLY IB School in Nantong, Jiangsu 

Nantong Stalford International school has contributed to the city’s claim to international stature by putting Nantong on the world stage in the field of education. Nantong Stalford is the FIRST and ONLY authorized IB World School in Nantong to bring international education to students from age 3 to 12. 

NTSIS is the 10th school in Jiangsu which is an authorized IB World School for PYP. This put Nantong as the 5th city in Jiangsu and 29th city in China which boast an IB World school for PYP. 

International Baccalaureate (IB) is often regarded as “the most recognized curriculum in the world that prepares students to succeed in a world.” Founded in 1960s, it has been gaining popularity among parents all over the world as it allows a child to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and become caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. 

5. K-12 Education

At Nantong Stalford, our students in Kindergarten to Grade 12 are divided into four divisions: Kindergarten (Nursery- K2), Primary School (grade 1-6), Middle School (grade 7-9), and High school (grade 10-12).  This structure allows students to learn and grow in an age-appropriate setting within a larger community where the mission, culture, and values remain consistent. The greatest benefit of a K-12 education is the institutional knowledge that the community brings to support the growth and development of each student. When a student has a tenure of five to ten years in the same school, his or her strengths, weaknesses, and individual learning style are well understood.

At Nantong Stalford, teachers are able to share experiences about students with one another to help tailor the educational experience to each student’s needs. “When new students joined us in Middle School, we often wished that we had gotten them sooner,” said Paul, Academic Director. “We would be able to refer back to the work they did in sixth grade or fifth grade and understand them better. The institutional knowledge that we have for many of our students is a huge benefit and it enables us to prepare them well for the challenges and independence of higher education.”

Although the young students have come back safe and sound, only when they find an international school that is truly suitable for them can their parents feel at ease and secure.

Nantong Stalford International School welcomes all parents who have inquiries and need consultations so as to understand and find more about our school.