THE INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL - AN IMEF SCHOOL
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Established in 2002, the school’s mission is to enable children to develop their individual gifts in a caring, supportive and respectful community. Our goal as Montessori educators is to embrace this innate drive by providing optimal learning environments for our bright, engaged and inquisitive students."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Each IMS classroom is led by a team of two, an English-speaking and a Putonghua-speaking teacher, and is carefully designed to give children opportunities to engage in meaningful learning with the proper balance of autonomy and guidance. Activities in the bilingual Foundations Groups (ages 2-3) encourage toddlers to explore creatively, in a cosy, language-rich and highly interactive environment – the best preparation for learning. The Casa dei Bambini programme (ages 3-6) supports children in moving towards a mastery of self and the environment. The IMS elementary programme (ages 6-12) encourages children to learn all subjects from many directions through all disciplines by taking full advantage of their developing capacity to reason. IMS Middle School is Hong Kong’s only Mon…
💛 SEN Support
"For needs beyond ESL, IMS may require a therapist or psycho-educational evaluation to assist in the application process and determine the type of special support needed to support the individual child. In many such cases, additional support by a Montessori teacher or an assistant is required for some period of time in order to assist the child to meet academic targets"
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| joining_kg_edu_scheme | Not joining |
|---|---|
| received_grant_for_support_to_ncs_students | ✗ |
| application_form_type | refer to the school website |
| application_period_type | throughout the year |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MS |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 3 |
| outdoor_playground | No information |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | No information |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | No information |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | - |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | - |
| working_hd_40000_above | - |
| working_hd_remarks | No information |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | - |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | - |
| working_wd_40000_above | - |
| working_wd_remarks | No information |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | - |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | - |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | - |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_remarks | No information |
| summer_uniform | No information |
| winter_uniform | No information |
| school_bag | No information |
| tea_and_snacks | No information |
| textbooks | No information |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | No information |
| stationery | No information |
| bedding_items | No information |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | - |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | - |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | - |
| teaching_resources | - |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | - |
| other_expenses | - |
| expenditure_information_remarks | No information |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | No Information |
| curriculum_planning | The school pioneers a unique, individually tailored Chinese curriculum based on Montessori’s multi-sensory and interactive approach, and is considered one of the world’s leading Montessori dual-language programmes. Located on four campuses across Hong Kong Island, IMS is the only accredited Montessori primary school in Greater China, serving children up to 14 years from over 40 countries. |
| assessment_of_children_learning_experiences | No information |
| support_to_students | Academic Support: Second language learners are supported well in a multi-age, bilingual classroom, where they can be successful in social settings while gaining confidence in English or Chinese. Admissions after age 6 may require additional support for English language learning. IMS classrooms provide a natural language environment for the natural acquisition of language, supporting fluency in both languages. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | https://ims.edu.hk/our-ims-pta |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | Appoint additional teaching staff / teaching assistants to support NCS students learning Chinese; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; the Montessori environment with dedicated teacher speaking Chinese in the classroom creates an enriched language environment for mastery of all aspects of the Chinese language, reading, writing, listening and speaking |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✗ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 72 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 10 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 1 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | - |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_kg_teachers | - |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_other_teacher_trainings | - |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_assistant_kg_teachers | - |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_others | - |
| fees_certificate | http://applications.edb.gov.hk/schoolsearch/schoolfee/548430.pdf |
| quality_review_result_and_report_chi | Not applicable |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Not applicable |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | - |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | - |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 0 |
| cc_service_fee_level_annum_hd | - |
| cc_service_fee_level_annum_wd | - |
| join_ccc_subsidy_scheme | - |
| provide_occasional_cc_service | - |