ESF West Island School
Pok Fu Lam, Southern, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · Est. 1991
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- Established
- 1991
- Curriculum
- IB MYP, I/GCSE, BTEC, IB DP, IB CP
About this school
West Island School (WIS) is a secondary school of the English Schools Foundation (ESF), Hong Kong's largest English-medium international school organisation. It opened in September 1991 with 84 Year 7 students and 12 teachers in the red-brick former British Military Hospital on Borrett Road. WIS was the first ESF school to teach Mandarin to all students, and its Houses are named after Chinese dynasties.
The school is an IB World School. Younger students follow the IB Middle Years Programme, then I/GCSE and BTEC Level 2 courses. In the senior years students can take the IB Diploma, the IB Career-related Programme or specialised BTEC routes, including a BTEC National Extended Diploma in Engineering that can be paired with IB maths, physics or computer science.
Today's campus at 250 Victoria Road, Pok Fu Lam, was designed by architect Patrick Lau and sits on a hillside above the sea. It offers:
- Design technology and engineering workshops
- Sports facilities supporting a High Performance Student Athlete Programme
- Visual art, music and theatre spaces
The school's values are Community, Compassion and Courage, expressed through an experiential learning programme.
