Guangdong Country Garden School, Guangzhou

Teachers describe a chaotic management culture, with one ex-staffer alleging a foreign principal threatened to fire staff for raising health-insurance questions and covering up a serious incident involving a Chinese PE teacher.
One teacher said the school is "widely regarded as terrible" and that all schools in the rankings list cited were "tier 3 at best."
Glassdoor is small across 51 reviews; recurring complaint is that "management is clueless and it's almost impossible to get straight answers on anything," with claims that "parents and teachers are lied to about what really goes on."
Some teacher reviews note salary is paid on time and conditions for international staff have improved under a newer principal.
The school is operated by the Country Garden property group, which has been in financial distress; teachers in China forums flag the Vanke/Evergrande/Country Garden ownership tie as a structural risk.