Posted by admin | General | Posted on May 10th, 2010
Preparations for the school in Hong Kong are continuing on schedule. The design of the school is complete and was presented at a press conference in Hong Kong in April. Along with our special guest, Mr Barnaby Lenon, the Head of Harrow School in London, we were also pleased to meet 280 prospective parents at an evening function on the same day as the press conference. We now have over 500 registrations of interest from parents of prospective students for the school. We are now in the process of going to tender to appoint a construction company to build the school. P and T’s design is impressive and innovative while highly functional and practical.
Construction will commence later in the year. We will soon be appointing a Head Master and in February 2011 will start to appoint other senior staff with the balance of teaching staff being appointed a year later in readiness for opening in August 2012.
Other locations around the region are being actively considered as we move towards our aspiration of around 5 international schools.
We have also launched a new division, Education Services, led by former Head of Administration at HIS Bangkok, Mrs Anna Whitcraft. She is working alongside other educational providers in order to facilitate the provision of summer programmes involving specialisms in performing arts and languages and, developing a number of CPD and training programmes.
Dr J Mark Hensman
Executive Head Master and Chief Operating Officer
Posted by mark_h | General | Posted on December 11th, 2009
Harrow International is in the process of expanding its mission in Asia. Harrow International established schools in Bangkok in 1998 and Beijing 2005 and the master plan for the next school, Harrow Hong Kong, has recently been finalised.
Harrow International School Hong Kong will open in August 2012. The priorities at present are to complete detailed drawings and fully meet government regulations so that construction can commence in the second half of 2010. The overall design of the school is an exciting combination of aesthetic attractiveness and functional efficiency, designed to fully support the broad curricular and co-curricular programmes that will be offered at the school and boarding houses, a home-away-from-home for many Secondary students.
While planning for HISHK continues on schedule, other locations deemed potentially suitable for establishing at least one more Harrow International School are being explored. In time the Harrow International will comprise a group of up to five schools which will reflect a geographical and cultural diversity in which students and teachers will experience rich opportunities for interaction and support.
Meanwhile, the existing schools continue to strengthen the quality of educational provision. The building of a specialist Sixth Form Centre is being discussed in Bangkok and finalising the location of an integrated Primary/Secondary site in Beijing is well advanced there. With low staff turnover again at both schools, ongoing consistency and quality of educational provision are assured.
Dr J Mark Hensman
Executive Head Master and Chief Operating Officer