ESF vs other International primary schools?

arialzsc

A lot of people around me put their kids in ESF schools. I just wonder how is ESF compared to the other international schools, such as Think IS, Kingston?
I haven't decided whether to let my boy enter IS or LS. Technically, would it be possible for him to take part in the Primary school central allocation if he is already admitted in IS after K2?

jolalee

HKTHK 發表於 14-8-8 10:58
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... the lack of BTEC in DC and RC and the higher % of bilingual diplomas probably account for their results not being as good as the overall ESF system.

I agree with FattyDaddy, plus many schools with students doing bilingual diplomas (such as ISF, SIS, CIS) are scoring quite well on IB score, and they don't have BTEC either.

SydneyC

甘你另一小朋友讀邊間呀？

Shummamapapa

原帖由 HKTHK 於 14-08-08 發表
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http://www.esf.edu.hk/Applied_Learning_schools

great thanks

himching

FattyDaddy 發表於 14-8-8 10:56
In my opinion, 聯合國 is good, those which are more 單一 are likely to be the country specific inter ...

可能有少少聯合國,  所以讀"ESF"個女頑皮啲, 加上ESF人多, 俾一些小朋友讀LS家長印象比較"壞".

HKTHK

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I assume you mean DC since RC's score is pretty close.  Don't forget that this is DC's first year.  Will take some time to get system up and running.

shadeslayer

原帖由 HKTHK 於 14-08-08 發表
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Certainly good to have alternatives.  I also think the lack of BTEC in DC a ...

i agree they account for some of the differences.  but i think the differences are too big to be explained by BTEC and bilingual diploma.

poonseelai

原帖由 HKTHK 於 14-08-08 發表
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Certainly good to have alternatives.  I also think the lack of BTEC in DC a ...

Will any student do the IB certificate instead of the diploma?

HKTHK

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Yes, and also the schools that focuses on Chinese

HKTHK

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http://www.esf.edu.hk/Applied_Learning_schools

Shummamapapa

原帖由 HKTHK 於 14-08-08 發表
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Certainly good to have alternatives.  I also think the lack of BTEC in DC a ...

May I know what is BTEC?

HKTHK

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Certainly good to have alternatives.  I also think the lack of BTEC in DC and RC and the higher % of bilingual diplomas probably account for their results not being as good as the overall ESF system.

FattyDaddy

himching 發表於 14-8-8 10:27
少少聯合國, 但另外果間就單一啲 ...

In my opinion, 聯合國 is good, those which are more 單一 are likely to be the country specific international schools.

HKTHK

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I don't get your point about how excellent the results of ESF is.  Its IBDP results are decent but hardly best in class especially considering 10-15% of students are in BTEC.  

himching

兩個女都讀不同IS, 發覺讀ESF嘅同學多黎至不同國家, 少少聯合國, 但另外果間就單一啲, 多外國回流中國人,當然都有外國人, 但就唔係黃就白, 一係蕉.

poonseelai

原帖由 shadeslayer 於 14-08-08 發表
ESF is the only IS in HK who offers BTEC alternatives to IBDF.  this means the bottom x% of students ...

Agree, it is good that schools provide alternatives to students. There is no point for students to pursue the IBDP if this is not their best option.

shadeslayer

ESF is the only IS in HK who offers BTEC alternatives to IBDF.  this means the bottom x% of students are not affecting ESF's IBDP performance.

having said this, i don't think the difference is worth losing sleep for, and it is a good thing ESF has BTEC

jolalee

lui 發表於 14-7-26 18:25
不是20%,around 11-12%

Same question as HappyMH here. I didn't know that some ESF students (be it 11-12% or 20%) are not able to sit for IBDP? May i know the reasons, and where these students end up in?  (Just being curious although we ended up not choosing ESF)

HappyMH

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提外話， 點解有2成學生冇得參加IB?

hero_hero

原帖由 小之爸 於 14-07-26 發表
ESF網頁顯示2014年有20.2%學生取40分以上，相比其他IS，唔差。但真係唔算突出。

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ESF 係一個機構，屬下有很多中學每一間都有不同成績，我不知你用那間國際學校或有參與IB公開試的學校比較，但以ESF 有考生 831個而獲取這樣成績，我覺得巳很優秀，如果抽起這20%最Top的學生。試問全港有那一間學校做到這様出眾的成績。