Principal's Welcome

If you are making your first visit to our website, I hope this brief introduction will be informative and helpful, and that you will find the rest of the site gives you an idea of the community, the vigour and the variety of school life at Rego. If you are tempted to enjoy this in person by coming to see us, we will be delighted to welcome you.
Rego is located in the district of Minhang, in the south west of Shanghai. Shanghai is within easy reach of the local country side, with the historic cities of Hangzhou and Suzhou within a few hours drive. With a well-qualified staff, and extensive and developing facilities, the school offers a very high standard of education, based on the English national curriculum, to just over 500 students of ages 3 to 18

Throughout the school's history, many European families have opted for an education here, and as we have now expanded our mother tongue language programme, one of the naturally most attractive parts of our unique curriculum is the ability of students to have a choice of up to 6 languages within the school. These are offered within the primary school as activities as well as Mandarin and English being part of the formal curriculum) and in the secondary school, all 6 languages are on offer to native speakers of English, Mandarin, Dutch, French, German and Spanish. The secondary school offers GCSEs and IGCSES (examined by Cambridge International examinations) and in February 2009 Rego was authorized as an IB world school and begins the teaching programme in August 2009. It is an exciting time to be at Rego!

We take justified pride in our academic achievements, and almost all our school leavers go on to University. Britain and Portugal are the most popular destinations but the IB Diploma is now recognized, indeed admired, throughout the world, so that we have recent graduates in a dozen other countries. The school has been accredited by the NCCT (the Chinese Educational Authorization Board linked to COIS) and Rego has applied for membership of the Council of International Schools (COIS).
Some students undertake the whole of their education at Rego, while others spend a shorter time with us. We welcome children from the international community, and more than 50 nationalities are currently represented here. We have a great deal of expertise both in settling families newcomers into a stable community, and in helping those who are moving on, to take their next step with confidence. Whether permanent or transient, every student here enjoys a very challenging education, within a caring environment. We seek to ensure that everyone enjoys coming to school, and beyond the classroom, a wide range of extra-curricular activities promotes creativity and responsible participation in the life of the wider community.
Thus Rego offers an international group of students an English style education in China, unique when compared with other schools in Shanghai and encourages a sense of personal achievement combined with concern for others. We are proud of what the school has become during its 6 year history, and we are enthusiastic about its future.

With very best wishes,
Richard Naylor
Principal