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🇨🇳 International Schools in Guangzhou

5 schools, profiled on verifiable public data.

Guangzhou — the Pearl River Delta's commercial capital and the third point of the Greater Bay Area trio with Shenzhen and Hong Kong — has one of southern China's longest-established international-school markets, anchored by AISG (founded 1981). As across mainland China, the legal two-tier split determines who can apply: foreign-passport-only 'schools for children of foreign personnel' (外籍人员子女学校) such as AISG, ISA Science City, Utahloy and GNIS cannot enrol ordinary mainland Chinese nationals, while Guangzhou-regulated private schools have broader eligibility. Curricula span the full IB continuum (AISG, ISA Science City, Utahloy), British IGCSE→A-Level (British School of Guangzhou / Nord Anglia) and Canadian/Manitoba + AP (Clifford). China has no graded national inspectorate, so tiering is accreditation/curriculum-based and capped at A; quality rests on CIS/WASC/IB/Cambridge/CITA authorization and school-reported results. Schools cluster across Baiyun, Huangpu (Science City), Tianhe and Panyu districts.

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SchoolCurriculaAgesFees (SGD)
American International School of Guangzhou (AISG)American / IB3–18RMB 229,280–303,900/year (2026–27)
Clifford International School (Guangzhou)Canadian / American3–18RMB 135,000–176,000/year (2025–26)
ISA Science City International SchoolIB2–18approx. RMB 220,000–328,000/year (year unconfirmed)
The British School of Guangzhou (BSG)British1–18RMB 95,000–292,000/year (2025–26)
Utahloy International School Guangzhou (UISG)IB2–19RMB 189,000–290,800/year (2025–26)

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