China Schools Awards 2025
Event Details
Join us for a day of learning, development, and celebration as we host the China Schools Awards 2025 and Education Forum!
Whether you're a finalist school or not, CSA 2025 promises a day of enriching professional development opportunities for headteachers and school senior leadership teams. The daytime Education Forum will provide an enriching learning environment for school leaders to learn from one another, network, and study best practices in K-12 international education. These intimate seminars, roundtable discussions, and fora provide excellent opportunities for leaders' professional development, and are sure to provide important lessons on teaching and learning in China.
In the evening, join us for the China Schools Awards 2025, where we will be announcing the winners of this year's awards across our eleven categories.
Reduced-price tickets are available for members of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, BritCham Guangdong, and BritCham Southwest China, as well as all finalist schools. Those wishing to avail of the discount can email education@britishchamber.cn for further information.
The whole day's events will be held at the InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun, in the centre of Beijing.
Attendees can avail of a reduced rate for booking at the Intercontinental Beijing for the nights of 6th and 7th March, for RMB 1200 per night including breakfast. To express interest in joining the block booking, please email Jack Allen at jack.allen@britishchamber.cn as soon as possible. Please note that we are only able to offer this block booking rate if a minimum of ten guests express interest in joining, so please do let us know as soon as possible if you wish to join this rate.
Details on the venue for the special welcome pub quiz on the evening of Thursday 6th March will be circulated to attendees in due course.
Due to a number of major events in Beijing in the first week of March, we expect rooms to sell out quickly in venues around the hotel. Please consider reserving your travel as soon as possible.
With the British Chamber's commitment to being a leading Green Chamber in China, BritCham have agreed to purchase carbon offsets to compensate for the carbon emissions associated with travel to the event from attendees and speakers. We are pleased to be partnering with Metanoia to estimate the emissions and advise on our carbon offsetting strategy. The offsets will be procured and retired through CIX marketplace, in aid of green projects in China.
InterContinental Hotel Sanlitun
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Agenda
- Education Forum 2025
- 13:00 - 14:00DataFrom macro-level insights on Chinese economy and demography to data specific to international schools in Mainland China, this informative data-driven hour will feature three rapid presentations on crucial insights to the Chinese market.
Chinese Economy and Demographics – Tianchen Xu, Economist Intelligence Unit
Education sector and investment – speaker to be announced
The International School Ecosystem – Kimberly Tan, Schoolata - 14:00 - 15:00Research on Schools in ChinaThis section will feature cutting-edge research on internationally-oriented schools, led by senior leaders in schools.
Future International Schools in China – Speaker TBD
Pecha Kucha on PhD research from school leaders – Dr Simon Probert, Harrow Shanghai; Dr Mark Jones, Dulwich College Suzhou; Dr Tania Blatti, Wellington College Shanghai; Dr Daniel Williams, Daystar Academy - 15:00 - 15:15Coffee Break
- 15:15 - 15:45Reflections and ConnectionsLed by Julian Fisher, Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, this roundtable session will give attendees the opportunity to share their insights on the international education sector with their fellow attendees.
- 15:45 - 16:30Policy and RegulationsWith a rapidly changing policy landscape in China, this session will take a look at major policy and advocacy updates for the international school sector in China, and preview major regulation changes in the upcoming year
Education Regulation Update – Jeffrey Wilson, Junhe Law LLP
Policy and Advocacy Update – Yiyi Jing and Harry Bell, British Chamber of Commerce in China - 16:30 - 17:00Future ThinkingThree rapid-fire presentations from leading international school heads on their outlook for the sector will conclude the forum's presentations
– Daniel Rubenstein, ISB
– Dr Emily McCarren, Keystone Academy
– Dr Marta Medved Krajnovic, WAB
- China Schools Awards 2025 Gala Dinner
- 18:00 - 19:00Cocktail Reception
- 19:00 - 21:30Awards CeremonyIndluding four course meal and presentation of 11 awards
- 21:30 - 22:30Photographs and NetworkingAn opportunity for winners and finalists to take photographs with their awards, and to network with fellow attendees over drinks.
British Education Innovation: Envisioning the Future of Learning
Alongside the China Schools Awards and Education Forum, we are delighted to be accompanied by the Department for Business and Trade's salon, "British Education Innovation: Envisioning the Future of Learning." This free event, held on the morning of the China Schools Awards, will take place in the same venue as the China Schools Awards in Chinese. Attendees are warmly invited to join this event. Separate registration is required for this event at the UK Government's website.
In today's rapidly evolving era, the education sector is undergoing profound transformation, with innovation serving as the core driving force behind educational advancement. British education embodies the spirit of exploration and innovation, striving to create progressive, diverse, and high-quality educational experiences for students. The thriving development across various industries today provides extensive opportunities for educational innovation. Against this backdrop, the Education Team of the Department for Business and Trade plans to host an education-themed salon event titled " British Education Innovation: Envisioning the Future of Learning" on the morning of March 7, 2025. The event aims to break traditional educational boundaries and actively explore opportunities for innovative integration between education and different sectors industries. Taking various educational content and scenarios as our main perspective, we have invited representatives from leading UK institutions across education, sports, creative culture and retail sectors to engage in themed presentations and roundtable discussions. Together, we will explore in depth how their unique elements can inject vitality into K12 education innovation and open up new collaboration.
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09:00 โ 09:30 Registration
09:30 โ 09:45 Keynote 1 - Leveraging UK Summer Schools for Long-term International Education Planning โ Yang Wang, Beijing Regional Manager, BE Education Group
09:45 โ 10:00 Keynote 2 - Equestrian Excellence: Paving the Way to Success โ Yanling Wang, Training Program Manager, Beijing Equuleus International Riding Club (BHS Accredited Centre)
10:00 โ 10:30 Panel Discussion - British Education Innovation: Envisioning the Future of Learning โ Xueqian Xing, CEO, Beijing Sailing Centre (RYA Accredited Centre); Hungry Tomato, GM China Lisha Lv (TBC); iStage (TBC); British-style School (TBC)
10:30 โ 10:45 Keynote 3 - The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Pursuing Dreams, Rewarding Futures โ Feng Lu, Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award China
10:45 โ 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 โ 11:15 Keynote 4 - Breaking Boundaries: How British Resources are Reshaping Modern Music Education โ Xiaoying Lan, Vice President China, RSL Awards Ltd
11:15 โ 11:30 Keynote 5 - BBC Studios (TBC)
11:30 โ 11:45 Keynote 6 - The Next Stage is Yours: British Musical Theatre Enhancing Holistic Education โ Jeremy Xie, Founder, TNS Future Stage Theatre
11:45 โ 12:30 Networking Session
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Speakers
Tianchen Xu
Senior Economist at Economist Intelligence Unit
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Tickets Register
- Awards Dinner + Education Forum Combined Ticket (BritCham member)
Includes entry to the day-long Education Forum, evening China Schools Awards 2025 Gala Dinner, and a complimentary Pub Quiz on the evening of the 6th March.
- Member Price RMB 1,200
- Awards Dinner + Education Forum Combined Ticket (non-member)
Includes entry to the day-long Education Forum, evening China Schools Awards 2025 Gala Dinner, and a complimentary Pub Quiz on the evening of the 6th March.
Finalists and members of BritCham South/Southwest China should email education@britishchamber.cn for the discount code to access member pricing. Please select this ticket and insert the discount code when requested.- RMB 1,500
- Forum only ticket (member)
Includes entry to the Education Forum 2025 and complimentary refreshments throughout the day.
- Member Price RMB 450
- Forum only ticket (non-member)
Includes entry to the Education Forum 2025 and complimentary refreshments throughout the day.
Finalists and members of BritCham South/Southwest China should email education@britishchamber.cn for the discount code to access member pricing. Please select this ticket and insert the discount code when requested.- RMB 650
- Awards Dinner Ticket (BritCham member)
Includes entry to the China Schools Awards 2025 gala dinner.
Finalists and members of BritCham South/Southwest China should select the "Forum only ticket (non-member)" option and insert the discount code to access member pricing.- Member Price RMB 800
- Awards Dinner Ticket (non-member)
Includes entry to the China Schools Awards 2025 gala dinner.
Finalists and members of BritCham South/Southwest China should email education@britishchamber.cn for the discount code to access member pricing. Please select this ticket and insert the discount code when requested.- RMB 1,100
- Gala dinner table (BritCham member)
A table of ten guests for the China Schools Awards 2025.
Finalists and members of the British Chamber should email education@britishchamber.cn for the discount code to access member pricing.- Member Price RMB 6,500
- Gala dinner table (non-member)
A table of ten guests for the China Schools Awards 2025.
Finalists and members of the British Chamber should email education@britishchamber.cn for the discount code to access member pricing.- RMB 9,500