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Queen's College Seoul
A small British-curriculum secondary school in Seocho, founded by Oxbridge-trained educators to offer IGCSE and A Level pathways for ages 11 to 18 in central Seoul.
In brief
A small British-curriculum secondary school in Seocho, founded by Oxbridge-trained educators to offer IGCSE and A Level pathways for ages 11 to 18 in central Seoul.
Queen's College is unusual in Seoul for being a pure British-system secondary school rather than an American or IB programme, and it markets a deliberately small-cohort model where staff know each student by name. The location on Seocho-daero puts it within easy reach of central Gangnam families, and the Oxbridge-credentialed leadership and small classes are the main pull.
The student voice that surfaces is warm, with feedback landing on a sense of being cared for and on the rarity of A Level provision in the city. The trade-off of the model is scale. With a small student body, sports, music and club options will be narrower than the larger schools, and university destination data is not yet published. Annual fees of roughly KRW 40 to 45 million sit at the premium end.
Head of school
Sanghon Kim
Sanghon Kim, a specialist in mathematics and sciences, completed his studies at Oxford and has dedicated his career to teaching and tutoring in Seoul, where he also served as Deputy Headteacher for a prominent British education group. Kim brings substantial expertise in STEM education combined with senior leadership experience in the British school sector.