Mountain Kingston Bilingual School Suzhou

Founded in 2022, Mountain Kingston Bilingual School Suzhou (MKBS) draws on over four centuries of rich Kingston Grammar School heritage, combined with the innovation and cutting-edge facilities provided by Mountain Education Group, with a curriculum that is academically rigorous and where the education of the whole child is seen as critical. Wellbeing programmes and the wide range of co-curricular opportunities available to all children encourage academic, physical, social and emotional growth.  

Suzhou is a beautiful city – ‘the Venice of the East’ – that has been rated as the best city in China for expatriate living. It combines a rich history with a contemporary reputation for education, technology and innovation. MKBS covers an area of 100 acres in the city of Suzhou, with total investment of 1 billion RMB. The school has a beautiful environment and has been listed on the "2022 Hurun Hundred Schools · China International School Beautiful Campus Top 20" list, ranking third in China and first in Jiangsu Province. MKBS has purpose-built, world-class and state-of-the-art facilities, which include a swimming pool, a 1000 seat theatre, a 3-court gym, a fitness studio, a dance studio, a full-size outdoor football/rugby pitch, Mac suites, woodwork and metalwork rooms, science laboratories, a video production suite with green room and a black box theatre. 

The architectural design of the school adheres to the core spirit of openness, sharing and communication, based on the principle of "learner centred", so that the campus architecture and various functions meet the needs of the school's curriculum teaching and achieve the implicit curriculum function of promoting students' physical and mental development in the campus environment.

MKBS is an all-through K-12 private bilingual school that encompasses the curriculum and instruction of four school phases: kindergarten, primary, middle and upper school. At the kindergarten level, the school offers an integrated curriculum; primary and middle school (grades 1-9) classes follow the Chinese National Curriculum and is augmented by an international curriculum; in the upper school (grades 10-12), the school offers distinct pathways for the international upper school and the domestic upper school. The international upper school provides education that leads to IGCSE and A-Level qualifications, supplemented with a rich and diversified Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) and Moral and Social Sciences (MSS) programme.

MKBS follows the requirements of the Chinese National Curriculum, combined with the National Curriculum of England, and takes into account the diverse and personalised needs of our students. MKBS is a Cambridge Examinations (CAIE) Centre and offers the International Award (Duke of Edinburgh Award). There are three major series of bilingual courses in MKBS, namely basic courses, extended courses and customised courses. The school also prides itself on a wide range of Extra-Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities such as robotics, rowing, debate, football, swimming, The purpose is to emphasise children's comprehensive development, cultivate their autonomy and lay a solid foundation for lifelong learning.

The remuneration package for staff is generous with excellent accommodation, medical and other benefits. For more information please access our website at www.mbschool.cn.

MKBS is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment.