Hangzhou Foreign Languages School is a A-Levels / British / Chinese National Curriculum school in Hangzhou, China. Founded in 1964. Annual tuition ranges from $12,393 to $12,393 USD.
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About
Hangzhou Foreign Languages School (HFLS) is a public, co-educational boarding secondary school founded in 1964 and administered by the Zhejiang Education Department, offering grades 7–12 in the Xiaoheshan higher-education zone of west Hangzhou. The school emphasises foreign-language study — teaching English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and more — alongside the Chinese National Curriculum and a Cambridge International A-Level programme introduced in 2008. With a campus of over 150 mu, a library of 120,000+ volumes, and a Ministry-recognised foreign-language recommendation quota for top Chinese universities, HFLS is one of China's most distinguished public foreign-language schools.
School data verified by NanaSays. Last updated: April 2026.
Why Families Choose
HFLS is one of China's Ministry of Education-recognised foreign-language schools with a qualification to recommend students under foreign-language recommendation quotas for top Chinese universities. It emphasises foreign-language study with English as the main language plus French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Italian. The school introduced a UK A-level pathway in 2008 and runs a Cambridge international high-school project. The campus covers more than 150 mu with a library of over 120,000 volumes.
Fees & Financials
Original currency: RMB 90,000.
Admissions Process
- 1Check eligibility and timetable — confirm online registration windows on the school website or WeChat. 2) Register online with accurate personal information via the school's online system. 3) School verifies applications for eligibility; families check results online. 4) Computerised allocation (派位) selects candidates for assessment when applications exceed a set multiple of planned places (1:6 ratio in 2025). 5) Language learning ability assessment attended by selected students. 6) Final admission decisions based on eligibility, allocation draw, and language assessment results; post-offer formalities must be completed by published deadlines.
Admissions Details
The school does not set out a separate ongoing public waitlist process in its admissions announcement. Post-offer vacancies are typically handled by the education authority or via published 补录/候补 rules and filled in order. Families should contact the school's admissions office or local education bureau for the specific year's practice.
Boarding Life
The school has on-campus dormitory buildings and an on-campus guesthouse. Boarding costs are separate from the published Cambridge programme tuition (RMB 45,000/semester) and no fixed boarding fee amount is published.
The school has on-campus dormitory buildings and an on-campus guesthouse. Boarding students follow an extended day that includes evening study sessions. The admissions guidance requires students to be physically and mentally healthy and lists specific medical conditions that make a student unsuitable for boarding.
School Day
The school does not publish a daily timetable or exact start/end times publicly. Boarding students typically follow an extended day that includes evening study sessions.
Student Life
There is a dining area with three canteens for students and one canteen for faculty; vending machines and a school store are available.
Facilities & Programmes
Wellbeing & Safety
The school organises parent meetings that include input from external mental-health professionals, such as a psychological expert from the Zhejiang University medical/mental-health centre. The admissions materials state students must be physically and mentally healthy, but the website does not publish a detailed school-run mental-health programme or named counselling team.
The school is a provincial, state-affiliated public school under the Zhejiang education system, but the website does not publish a standalone child-protection or safeguarding policy, a named safeguarding officer, or explicit reporting procedures for safeguarding concerns.
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School Background
Public school administered directly by the Zhejiang Education Department, founded in 1964.