To students:

We are living in an era where knowledge and information are growing exponentially. Therefore, it is difficult for us to predict what our children will face in the future.

Our education is not only teaching knowledge and skills, but also providing opportunities for students to develop their talents and realize their dreams. Our goal is not only to lay a solid knowledge foundation for students, but more importantly, to ignite the flame of learning in their hearts. We aim to help children understand the present so they can grasp the future and face challenges with confidence. The school is committed to cultivating future leaders with deep Chinese cultural roots and national pride, international vision and intercultural understanding. We aspire to be a model of K-12 integrated Chinese and International Education.

As an educator with more than 20 years of experience in public schools and private schools, I always have a dream to build a high-quality international school that can integrate the essence of Chinese and International education and allows each child to grow strongly.

In this school, children will learn Chinese tradition and global information; they will receive care and love, but also have more experience and motivation; students can learn how to be confident, creative, critical thinking, collaborate and teamwork, and community service.

Therefore, we strive to implement our school mission “Chinese Origins, Global Originality, Historical Virtues, Future Competence”. We incorporate five thousand years of Chinese culture with the advanced educational philosophy of Chiway Education Group and promote the entrepreneurial spirit of Hongxin Business Incubator Group, Anta Investment and XTEP Investment. Drawing upon Repton School’s nearly 500 years of history, advanced educational concepts and teaching methods, our school provides innovative world class international education. Using modern teaching methods and the latest technologies, Chiway Repton School Xiamen offers an extensive curriculum, interactive teaching practices, and a strict quality assurance system. We are committed to interdisciplinary learning, focusing on the connections between the curriculum and the real world, guiding students to actively explore, discovering and solving problems in the real world, and cultivating future competence.

This is not only my dream, but also the dream of many families. My team is working hard to achieve it. With the holistic educational curriculum, CRS will be an outstanding school. Every child will become a proud citizen with a strong and confident character and a superb academic background.

Chiway Repton School Xiamen is looking forward to your arrival.

Dear CRS Community,

Since coming to China in 1999 and then returning in 2007 my experiences here have demonstrated the beautiful vitality of China and its people. My bilingual education experience started with YK Pao School in Shanghai. I was then involved in founding HD Ningbo in 2014 and Nanwai King’s College Wuxi in 2018. These schools are both partnerships between top British schools and Chinese Education. The experience has prepared me to take the International Head of School position here at Chiway Repton Xiamen.

Repton, which is one of the most famous schools in Britain and the school Roald Dahl, the author of beloved British children’s books, graduated from. The partnership between Chiway and Repton is one which brings the best of Chinese and British education together with the spirit of the IB to Xiamen. Xiamen is one of my favourite cities and I have visited here many times. The ocean and the mountains here fascinate me, and the pleasant weather and friendly people make me feel I belong here.

The educator John Dewey once said, “Education is not a preparation for life but life itself!” This is also my personal motto. We are always learning, no matter how old we are and the more we learn the more we want to learn. Inspiring students to become lifelong learners has been my passion for more than twenty years. Students who have the thirst for knowledge teach themselves and the teacher guides them and helps them maintain their enthusiasm so that they are always improving both academically, physically and emotionally. Students then drive those around them to continue learning and that includes the teachers and administration. I am always learning from teachers and students and this is one reason I love what I do.

Students don’t just learn about what is in books, but they learn about relationships with each other, with teachers, their families and the community. They learn through playing sports, getting involved in the hobbies they love, which will help them connect with their friends and develop beneficial relationships that last a lifetime. I am an avid cyclist and SCUBA diver and this has helped me explore sunken underwater cities in China and see the beautiful life of coral reefs. These experiences broaden our minds and give us an appreciation for our environment, humanity and the world as a whole.

To stand out among the many schools that value academic excellence, it is also important to develop students as a whole person using the IB Learner profile. Based on my many years of communication with Chinese parents, this is one of the main reasons why they choose bilingual education. Western education has always attached importance to cultivating students’ interests and skills. A wide-ranging set of extracurricular activities including art, sport and debate will help make lifelong learners through the pursuit of their passions while instilling camaraderie between them and their peers. It is their connections and relationships in life that will make them successful leaders that can change the world.

It is also important to create a community for our teachers so that they know how much they are valued by the students, parents and the administration. A close relationship with our founding team and the community are keys to continual growth. To lead this school, I will dedicate myself to developing our current staff and continuing to recruit innovative teachers for my students, creating an inspiring environment and building strong trust between all stakeholders. Together this will help us accomplish our mission of students with Chinese Origins, Global Originality, Historical Virtues, Future Competence, that will help them lead China into the twenty first Century and beyond.

The Parents here at Chiway Repton Xiamen, are an integral part of our school and all children’s education. Bringing them into our school and creating a Parents as Learners network will facilitate the conditions necessary for developing their child’s character so that they can be the best that they can be. It will also help the parents understand what we do and why we do it, allowing them to support their child’s learning and developing the characteristics which will solidify their identity as Chinese while understanding and embracing the diverse world.

This is the first step of many that begins the adventure in which our students will experience the world through the lens of their own confidence and knowledge of Chinese culture, traditions and history, using it to forge a path of success and happiness that will build their personalities, intellect and empathy, so they can change the world for the better and bring pride to their country, family and themselves. Like Confucius, I believe that “Education breeds confidence, confidence breeds hope and hope breeds peace.”

Warm wishes,
Jeffred Reed
International Principal