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ITS Education Asia

ITS has two schools, one in Central and one in TST. Their schools are registered by the Hong Kong Education Bureau since 2005. ITS was the first non-mainstream school in Asia accredited as a full Edexcel Academic Centre (No: 92885), recognized in 2010. This means we can prepare, enter and invigilate candidates in exactly the same way as at a mainstream/traditional school. Despite being non-selective, our results are significantly better than the UK average: http://www.itseducation.asia/results.html. ITS is a UCAS centre (No: S45903). UCAS services are offered both to our own students and to others who may be learning at other institutions. ITS is an official Cambridge ATS Centre, administering admissions tests for the University of Cambridge (No: HK109). ITS is an official BTEC centre (No: 92252). ITS works with Tai Poutini Polytechnic from New Zealand to deliver their world-renowned Certificate in Experiential Learning (equivalent to the first year of a bachelor degree). Our placement service is listed with the British Council. We have published the Unique Asia Schools Guide since 2009. We work with many well-known corporations in a variety of ways. ITS students regularly go on to win places at top universities around the world. You can see some destinations here: http://www.itseducation.asia/results.html. Co-Founder, Danny Harrington is an Oxford alum (M.A. Geography at Christ Church, 1988) who has run educational organisations in Hong Kong since 1997. He is also a qualified English teacher and has taught English and Geography for twenty years. Danny regularly works with the University of Oxford China office based in Hong Kong and has helped the University with its student preparation for a number of years. Co-Founder, Gary Hadler is a qualified teacher registered in both Hong Kong and Australia. He has an economics degree, Diploma in education and a MBA. Gary has over 20 years teaching experience and has many years’ experience running a variety of educational businesses in Hong Kong and Australia. ITS teaching staff come from a range of globally recognized universities of excellence such as Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL and LSE in the UK and MIT from the US. Click to view - ITS staff profiles. In 2011 and 2012, ITS was invited by the Hong Kong EDB to prepare the first cohorts of the new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education for UK university candidacy. Our Fashion Diplomas are now recognized by UK institutions. ITS Fashion students go to places such as LCF and St Martins in London. ITS teachers often go on secondment to local schools and institutions. ITS is a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Danny Harrington holds a seat on the Chamber’s Education Committee. He was the Education Committee Vice-Chair for 2013-14 and Chair for 2014-15. ITS implemented a virtual classroom and online school platform in August 2013. We are the first in the world to combine live learning and distance learning online for UK national qualifications – the International GCSE, International A-levels and BTEC HND in Business.