ESF - English Schools Foundation

The English Schools Foundation (ESF) operates five secondary schools, nine primary schools and a school for students with special educational needs across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. It is the largest international educational foundation in Asia.

English Schools Foundation chairman Abraham Shek and CEO Belinda Greer announce the ESF’s strategic plan for 2015-2020. The group has indicated it would like to engage more with the community. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Rejected school trip raises doubts about ESF pledge on community

The English Schools Foundation (ESF) recently said that it wanted to embrace the local community in Hong Kong.

7 Apr 2018 - 12:15pm 5

Proposed increases would see increases in all year groups, with pupils in Years 12 and 13 having to pay HK$135,000 in the next academic year

Fees at ESF schools in Hong Kong could rise by almost 25 per cent next year

28 Mar 2018 - 3:00pm 53

An idea that surfaced among high school classmates 14 years ago launched a project helping lower-income children in the city get a better shot at life

Why do these Hongkongers tutor underprivileged pupils for free?

3 Mar 2018 - 5:30pm 2

An English Schools Foundation (ESF) Computing Conference at South Island School in Aberdeen. Photo: David Wong

ESF school fee rises hurt the middle class, and Hong Kong as a whole

13 Aug 2017 - 6:10pm 18

English Schools Foundation (ESF) students with outstanding International Baccalaureate (IB) results in Quarry Bay. Photo: David Wong

Much work needed to bridge education gap

2 Aug 2017 - 5:19am

International school body places blame for largest rises on phased withdrawal of government subsidy

Up to 27.5 per cent rise in tuition approved for ESF schools

2 Aug 2017 - 5:18am 52

An artificial turf pitch in the city. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Five ESF pitches reopen as no increased health risks shown

30 Dec 2016 - 8:19pm 1

Experts and school staff raise concerns as five artificial pitches were closed after tests showed they contained potentially harmful levels of chemicals

Pupil health fears raised over potentially toxic turf

9 Dec 2016 - 5:44pm 4

ESF closes five rubber-crumb astroturf pitches for safety testing. Photo: SCMP Pictures

ESF pitches closed for ‘chemical safety testing’

7 Dec 2016 - 11:48am 11

ESF chairman Abraham Shek Lai-him meets the students. Photo: May Tse

Still room for more learners at Hong Kong’s latest English Schools Foundation kindergarten

14 Sep 2016 - 11:05pm 2

Children at an international kindergarten in Hong Kong. Their parents are probably not having as much fun with the fees. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

International or local school for Hong Kong kids: does it really matter?

18 Aug 2016 - 6:18pm 14

More parents are opting to send their kids to study at international schools in the city. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Hike in Hong Kong families turning to international schools amid fears of pupil burnout

13 Aug 2016 - 2:15pm 26

Mark McFarland with his wife Irene Li. Photo: Edward Wong

Let’s settle this ESF bullying case, says Hong Kong tribunal

12 May 2016 - 11:50am

English Schools Foundation chief executive Belinda Greer justifies the latest fee rises. Photo: David Wong

Year 1 English Schools Foundation pupils set for 28.3pc fee rise as Hong Kong government subsidy starts to shrink

22 Mar 2016 - 5:56pm 9

English Schools Foundation (ESF) CEO Belinda Greer is shown at the ESF strategic plan for 2015-2020 announcement press conference in Quarry Bay last September. Students at the school on Borrett Road said most of their friends are talking about leaving if their campus switches to Sha Tin. Photo: KY Cheng

Three-hour commute: ESF school’s plan to temporarily shift campus to New Territories sparks fears of student exodus

14 Mar 2016 - 11:15am 4

Mark McFarland(R) with his wife Irene Li appears at the Small Claims Tribunal in Wan Chai. 20JAN16 SCMP/ Edward Wong

Top economist’s daughter, 11, to testify in support of bullying claim as parents seek HK$43,445 from Pok Fu Lam ESF school

27 Jan 2016 - 10:24am 13

Concern Group and parents hold placards and protest against Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) Outside Legco Building in Tamar. 29NOV15

Have Hong Kong’s education officials lost their minds?

27 Jan 2016 - 10:24am 7

Mark McFarland with his wife Irene Li appears at the Small Claims Tribunal in Wan Chai. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Top economist from exclusive bank forced to change Hong Kong schools over daughter's bullying: claims HK$500,000 spent in ordeal

30 Nov 2015 - 4:50pm 16

Parents of Year One students at the English Schools Foundation next September will have to pay 22 per cent more as the government starts to phase out its annual HK$283 million subsidy.

A missed opportunity for fairer and affordable English-language schooling

3 Oct 2015 - 1:04am 2

ESF chief Belinda Greer says more money will be generated from fund-raising, nomination rights and a capital levy. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

ESF fees soar 22 per cent for new pupils as Hong Kong government subsidy is phased out

22 Sep 2015 - 9:11am 30

The schools affected (clockwise from top left): King George V in Ho Man Tin, Sha Tin College, West Island School in Pok Fu Lam, South Island School in Aberdeen. Photos: SCMP, ESF

Is your children's school affected? Four Hong Kong ESF schools have lead in water above recommended guidelines

15 Sep 2015 - 10:04am 7

Lawmaker Abraham Razack will serve as ESF chairman for three years. Photo: Jonathan Wong

‘No guarantee’ ESF fees will remain among lowest of Hong Kong international schools, chairman says

22 May 2015 - 9:08am 18

Carlson Tong says for two years ESF had worked very hard negotiating with the government, but the government would not discuss funding for rebuilding the Island School unless the foundation accepted the subsidy removal. Photo: David Wong

Outgoing ESF chairman Carlson Tong says only regret is losing government subsidy

28 Apr 2015 - 5:44pm

ESF's Belinda Greer says rises were "necessary". Photo: David Wong

ESF schools hit parents with fee rises of up to 8.8pc

28 Apr 2015 - 5:44pm 1

ESF chief executive Belinda Greer (right) and King George V School principal Dr Ed Wickins, who will become head of the new Kowloon Learning Campus under the proposal. Photo: David Wong

100 parents sign petition against plan to combine three ESF schools

21 Apr 2015 - 9:21am 5

ESF chief executive Belinda Greer says the proposed fee rise will have to be approved by the board of governors.

Parents divided as ESF schools consider 8 per cent fee increase

21 Apr 2015 - 9:21am 12

Sixteen ESF schools will soon use recycled printing paper, despite its higher costs, in a bid to help save the environment. Photo: Felix Wong

Pupils convince ESF schools to go green

28 Apr 2015 - 5:44pm

St Paul's Co-educational College in Mid-Levels achieved an impressive feat, with 61 per cent of its 23-pupil IB class scoring 40 out of 45 marks.

ESF, St Paul's score in International Baccalaureate exams

28 Apr 2015 - 5:44pm 1

Parents who have lashed out at new ESF head Belinda Greer for recent fee rises should brace themselves for more to come. Photo: David Wong

End of ESF as the affordable choice for Hong Kong's middle class

28 Apr 2015 - 5:28pm 8

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