Visit by Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School
On 16th April, Dr. Stuart Smallwood, Principal of Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School, Salisbury, UK, and his family visited YHKCC. Mr. Dion Chen, Principal, and his Deputies, Mr. Andrew Higgins, Mr. Alfred Chan, Ms. Diana Lo, and Ms. Kit Ng, Head of Examinations, warmly welcomed them.
Besides coming to Hong Kong in their vacation during the Easter break, Dr. Smallwood came to visit our school to understand more about the school and to explore possibilities to have closer tie with us in student and/or teacher exchange programmes.
Bishop Wordsworth’s is one of the top secondary schools for boys in UK. They are very selective in their Junior Form and Sixth Form admissions. Their students’ university entrance has always been impressive with a high percentage of students going to top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, in UK.
Dr. Smallwood and his family were taken a tour of the campus and introduced different facilities in the School, such as the Art Rooms, Music Block, Promenade, Grass Field, Canteen, etc. They were impressed by the campus environment, especially as compared with what they have seen in schools in Hong Kong. They were also surprised by the “international student body” which is composed of more than 40 nationalities, from Asians to the South and North Americans to Europeans, and as far as Australians and Africans.
The visitors have a good chat with Mr. Chen. Both schools will formalize details of possible exchange programmes with each other after they have returned to UK, which may start as early as the 2014-2015 school year.
