Walking into the classrooms of Europe’s first bilingual English-Chinese school, Kensington Wade, one cannot help to be amazed by the children’s listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities in Chinese. Here, more than 100 children from the ages of 3 to 11 are immersed in a bilingual English-Chinese learning environment. When the school was first founded in 2017, there were only 15 students, and as it has gradually grown over the last six years, the first Year 6 cohort will graduate and go to senior schools next year.

The Principal of Kensington Wade, Jo Wallace, considers that learning Chinese opens new doors to the world for children, not only expanding their global horizon but also embracing diverse cultures. Whenever Wallace speaks about the children at Kensington Wade, a proud smile spreads across her face. During break time, she diligently checks in with each class, sometimes kneeling down to talk with the children.

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