APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Timing Special Educational Needs (SEN) Transferring Schools
Wellington College International Shanghai
will accept applications for entry in August
2020 from 7th October 2019. There is no
application deadline but as spaces are very
limited in many year groups we recommend
you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Applications to join Wellington during the
current school year are received all year
round, on a rolling basis with spaces subject
to availability. We carefully determine whether the College
resources, reasonably adjusted where
appropriate, would be able to meet the
pupil’s educational requirements. In general
terms, pupils can be offered places if they are
able to participate successfully in a regular
classroom with a limited amount of support.
Parents need to provide all recent educational
psychologist’s reports/ individual education
plans/ medical reports for consideration
by the Head of the SEN Department. All
known learning support requirements must
be declared, in full, at the time of application.
Failure to do so may jeopardise the child’s
place within Wellington College. Parents are advised that they should keep
any current school informed of any intended
move to Wellington College.
English Language
English is the primary language of instruction
at Wellington and pupils are expected to
have age appropriate working knowledge
and conversational use of English to ensure
that they are able to access the curriculum.
It is important that pupils offered a place are
able to succeed academically, holistically and
socially in a school with the high academic
and co-curricular standards of Wellington.
Therefore, all applicants will be assessed on
their English proficiency.
Siblings and Waiting Lists
Siblings of current pupils and those with a
previous Wellington association will take
precedence. If the application is successful
but there are no places, the applicant will be
placed on the year group waiting lists and
contacted once a place becomes available.
The waiting lists will not roll over each year.
Bursaries
The College offers a limited number of
bursaries. Bursaries are awarded on a
discretionary basis following rigorous and
objective means testing. Parents will be
required to provide proof of their income,
assets, expenditure and liabilities. The level
of support varies according to parental need.
Before the offer of a bursary is confirmed, an
interview may be required with the Bursar.
All bursary awards are confidential and are
subject to annual review of parental means
and may be varied depending on changing
parental circumstances.
Terms and Conditions
The College expects all its parents to be fully
supportive of the ethos and values of the
school and therefore all offers of a place are
subject to agreement by parents to the terms
and conditions, copies of which are available
from the admissions office. The terms and
conditions will be sent with the offer letter
and will need to be accepted in order to
formally secure their child’s place.
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APPLICATION
CHECKLIST
All of the documents listed in the checklist
must be submitted to register your child.
Applications will not be processed until all
documents and the application fee have
been received. Families must meet the criteria
in one of the four categories set out in the
checklist as determined by the Shanghai
Municipal Education Commission (SHMEC).
Please choose the appropriate category and
submit all relevant documentation in support
of your application.
A Working parent is a foreign national with a
Shanghai work permit
B Working parent is a PRC national working
in Shanghai and the child is born overseas
(B1) or the child is born in Hong Kong
SAR, China or Macau SAR, China or
Taiwan, Province of China (B2)
C Working parent holds a passport from
Hong Kong SAR, China or Macau SAR,
China or Taiwan, Province of China
D SHMEC waiver letter holders