Utahloy International School

Utahloy International School, established in August 1997, is a private non-profit school catering for the educational needs of expatriate children in Guangzhou, China.

Students currently range in age from 2 to 16 years. The school opened a middle school in August 1999.

The Utahloy International School is located inside the boundaries of Golden Lake Estate and is 10 km north of the city centre. The school provides supervised transport for its students, and offers a pristine environment in a heavily industrialised city.

Recognizing the mobility of the international school population, Utahloy International School has developed an International Curriculum using the English National and other staged outcomes curriculums up to grade 5. The Middle School is authorized to offer the Middle Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate.

Student progress at Utahloy International School is monitored by Individual Profiles and Tracking Frameworks. Standardised and systemic testing complement the extensive Records of Achievement maintained by teachers.

Class sizes are small, with 20 set as a maximum. Current teaching staff come from Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

The full range of elementary school subjects is taught at Utahloy International School along with daily lessons in Putonghua. Early Childhood settings follow Early Childhood Curriculums and teachers must be early childhood specialists. Local teachers work alongside expatriate teachers.

Utahloy International School facilities include a hall, AV room, library, design and technology room, art room, music room, and a science laboratory, a local area network of computers, and a playground with some permanently established playground equipment, a grassed play area and basketball courts.