NAS Guangzhou Panyu, Guangzhou | International Schools Guide

The newer of the two Nord Anglia schools in Guangzhou, opened in 2020 on a large purpose-built campus in Nancun, Panyu. Unlike sister school BSG, this is a bilingual Chinese-curriculum school open to Chinese passport holders, with English running alongside Mandarin and five-day boarding available from Grade 1. Currently runs to Grade 10 with around 500 pupils against a stated capacity of 1,728, so the campus is still ramping. Roughly seven in ten pupils are Chinese passport holders. Facilities and small classes are the clearest selling points; an independent track record on results and the senior years has not yet built up.

Bilingual model. Chinese National Curriculum with English-medium teaching layered through it, and a roughly 1:1 mix of Chinese and foreign teachers. Built for Chinese-passport families who want bilingual schooling without leaving the national system.

Workload and breadth. Chinese parents who switch in from the public stream describe lighter homework, faster English progression, and real time for sport, music and ECAs. The same parents say core-subject grounding in maths and Chinese is gentler than the public-school equivalent.

Campus and class size. A purpose-built site with a 25-metre indoor pool, full-size football pitch, black-box theatre, STEAM labs and equestrian field. Classes sit around 20 with a cap of 26.

Considerations

Boarding from primary. Five-day boarding runs from Grade 1, which is young by international standards. Dormitories are staffed by bilingual house teachers; boarding fees start around RMB 24,000 a year on top of tuition.
Still ramping. Opened September 2020 and currently runs to Grade 10. Enrolment of roughly 500 against a 1,728 capacity means some year groups are small and the school has not yet produced its own graduating cohort.
Location. Nancun town in southern Panyu sits roughly an hour from Tianhe in normal traffic. Ten school bus routes run into the main city, and the five-day boarding option is partly an answer to the distance.
Fees. Day tuition is RMB 158,000 in primary and RMB 176,000 in middle school for 2025-26, before boarding, meals and transport. Sits at the top of the bilingual bracket in Guangzhou.
Staff stability. Teacher-side commentary from 2024 flags exhaustion and weak retention, a pattern seen at other newer Nord Anglia China openings as they ramp enrolment. It has not surfaced in current parent feedback.