Our Story
In September 1991, West Island School began, with six full-time and six part-time teachers and eighty-four Year Seven students in temporary rented accommodation in the old British Military Hospital in Borrett Road, a red brick building.
West Island School was the first ESF school to offer the Mandarin language to all students and the first to be divided into Chinese dynasties instead of houses. That is because we want our students to benefit uniquely from spending time in school in Hong Kong, along with other cultural experiences.
As the personnel of the school grew so did the new building, stunningly designed by architect Patrick Lau who won various accolades for this exciting concept of education on an implausible site overlooking the sea and blending beautifully into its surroundings.
