SSHK follows the Cambridge International Curriculum with modifications to cater to the needs of our students and society. By offering the Cambridge International Curriculum, we can provide a broad and balanced education for our students, helping them to thrive throughout their schooling, work, and life. With five core subjects and five foundation subjects, students will find plenty of opportunities to develop creativity, expression, and well-being in a variety of ways.

In addition, we offer the Cambridge International Curriculum alongside Madrid national curriculum and local curriculum. Students in SSHK can learn Spanish as a first language and Chinese as a first language. We also offer Spanish and Chinese as a foreign language for students without prior knowledge of these two languages. Research shows that multilingual education can help students develop a strong language foundation and foster their intellectual development in the long run.

Learning

Curriculum Overview

Core subjects:

  • English
  • Maths
  • Science
  • Spanish
  • Chinese

Non-Core subjects:

  • Physical education
  • Music
  • Art and Design
  • Computing
  • Global Perspective
  • Leadership

Assessment

To ensure learning at SSHK is enjoyable and effective at the same time, we will conduct assessments with our students, when required by the curriculum, to ascertain that our students have all reached or even exceeded the curriculum objectives. Apart from formative and summative assessments by teachers and the Cambridge Progress tests for each class, there are also external assessments for certain year groups. The table below shows the pathway of assessments provided by Cambridge International.

Age Year Stage Assessment
6 + Years 2 and above KS 1 and

KS 2

 Cambridge Baseline Assessment
8 + Years 4 and above KS 2 to Ks 4 Cambridge Well-Being Assessment
10-11 Year 6 KS 2 Cambridge Primary Checkpoint
assessments in English, Maths,
Science and Global Perspectives
11 + Year 7 and above KS 3 and

KS 4

 Cambridge MidYIS Assessment
13-14 Year 9 KS 3 Cambridge Secondary Checkpoint
assessments in English, Maths,
Science and Global Perspectives
15-16 Year 11 KS 4 Cambridge IGCSE Examinations
16-18 Year  12 and 13 KS 5 Cambridge International AS and A Level