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Renaissance College
Hong Kong (RCHK)
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Institutional Overview
Curriculum:
Authorized to offer all four IB programmes: PYP, MYP, IBDP, and IBCP.
Levels:
Year 1 to Year 13 (Ages 5–19).
Student Body:
~2,100 students
Campus
5 Hang Min St, Ma On Shan, New Territories (Directly adjacent to Heng On MTR station).
Founded:
2006 (Established as one of ESF’s two “Private Independent Schools”).
Website:
Academic Profile
Average IB Score (2025):
36.0 (Pass Rate: 94%).
Top Performance:
29% of students scored 40+ points; 3 students achieved the perfect score of 45.
Language & Stream:
English as the primary language of instruction. Strong emphasis on Chinese (Putonghua) in the primary years, transitioning to standard IB language pathways in Secondary.
Notable Strengths:
Creative Arts (Digital and Visual), Film, and IBCP (Career-related Programme) partnerships with institutions like SCAD (Art/Design) and SUMAS (Sustainability).
Admissions and Matriculation Statistics
Top 10 University Destinations
(Class of 2025):
UK:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, LSE.
USA:
Ivy League (including Cornell), University of Chicago, NYU, UC Berkeley.
Local/Asia:
HKU (Medicine/Law), HKUST, CUHK.
Bilingual Diploma:
100% success rate for students entered for the Bilingual Diploma in 2025.
Career Pathways:
The IBCP stream recorded a 100% pass rate with impressive GPA averages for university-level foundation courses.
Financials (2025/26 Academic Year)
Annual Tuition (International Stream):
Years 1 – 6:
~HK$148,100
Years 7 – 11:
~HK$193,600
Years 12 – 13:
~HK$195,700
Non-Refundable Capital Levy (NCL):
Year 1 Entry:
HK$50,000 (One-off).
New students entering Year 2 to Year 12 will be required to pay a pro-rated contribution.
Reduces on a sliding scale for later entry (e.g., Year 7: ~HK$33,000).
Application Fee:
HK$2,800.
Admissions & Application Windows
Admission Difficulty:
Selective. RCHK must maintain a student body where at least 70% are HK Permanent Residents. Waitlists are typically long and last years.
August 2027 Intake Window:
Year 1 & Year 7:
September 1 – 30, 2026.
Scholarships:
Opens January 2027; Deadline March 2027.
Assessment Format:
Collaborative group activities and evidence of English language proficiency. Interviews with faculty.
The Consultant’s Take
Best Fit For:
Families wanting an ESF-style inquiry education with a private school’s autonomy, all-through Year 1 to 13 in Ma On Shan. RCHK is the only school in the ESF family running the full four-programme IB continuum (PYP, MYP, DP and the career-related IBCP), and that IBCP stream is its distinctive edge, a credible route for capable students who are not a pure-academic Diploma fit. Not for families wanting British GCSE and A-Level structure or didactic teaching.
The “Insider” Tip:
The Individual Nomination Right for RCHK is HK$400,000, cheaper than the HK$500,000 for mainstream ESF schools, and it buys interview priority, not a place, ranking after corporate, foundation-partner, staff and existing-ESF-sibling nominees, and still conditional on passing the English assessment. Critically, Year 1 and Year 7 nomination applications are processed in random order by application day, not first-come-first-served, so getting in on day one of the September window matters more than the hour. Do not confuse it with the separate building levy, which confers no priority.
