Features

About the Junior SchoolThe Junior School at Sedbergh School implements small-class teaching. Class sizes do not exceed 20 students in Years 1-2 and 24 students in Years 3-5, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 1:5 and a Chinese-to-international staff ratio of 3:1. Operating on a five-year system, the Junior School provides a high-quality bilingual programme. Adopting a student-centred approach, it is dedicated to offering comprehensive support for children's development throughout their primary years. The programme aims to ignite strong inquisitiveness, foster a spirit of exploration and a questioning mindset, and help pupils establish positive behavioural habits from an early age.

Junior School CurriculumIn the Junior School, the School, by following China's national junior school curriculum standards and introducing the holistic education concept and international education teaching methods of the Cambridge curriculum, is committed to building a solid foundation of Chinese and mathematics for the children, develop a personalized English teaching, and create a bilingual curriculum system that features global breadth and Chinese depth. The subjects it offers include Chinese, Mathematics, English, Science, Ethics and Rule of Law, Humanities and Arts, Digital Culture, Global Perspectives, Music, and Physical Education.