Chadwick International

At a glance

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Curriculum and academics

Chadwick International is one of the few schools in Korea authorised to run the entire International Baccalaureate continuum, from the Primary Years Programme through the Middle Years Programme to both the Diploma and the Career-related Programme in the senior years. The school is organised into three divisions, the Village School for the youngest years, a Middle School, and an Upper School where students choose between the Diploma and the Career-related pathway under an overarching Chadwick diploma. Teaching is in English, with Korean, Mandarin and Spanish offered as world languages, and the school places strong emphasis on outdoor education and service learning alongside the academic programme.

Founded in 2010 as part of the Songdo International Business District, Chadwick is the Korean sister school of Chadwick School in California, which shapes its character and its expectations. To understand how the four IB programmes connect and where the Diploma and Career-related routes lead, see our pillar guide to the IB curriculum, and our Seoul city guide for the wider field of schools across the capital region.

The offer of both the Diploma and the Career-related Programme is unusual and gives older students a genuine choice between an academic and a more applied senior pathway. For families committed to the IB and willing to base themselves in Songdo, that breadth at the top of the school is the main reason to look here.

Chadwick International fees

Chadwick International fees sit in the premium band for the Seoul capital area, in line with the leading full IB schools. The published cost is built from several components, so the headline tuition is only the starting point.

• Registration and application: a one off charge at the point of applying.
• Capital costs: a contribution toward the campus and resources.
• Annual tuition: billed per year, often by semester.
• Extras: lunch, bus, the outdoor education programme and trips.

For a citywide comparison, our guide to international school fees in Seoul breaks the market into low, mid and premium tiers. A full IB school of this kind sits at the upper end, so it is worth asking how capital costs and tuition are scheduled and whether sibling arrangements apply. We avoid quoting precise figures because schools revise them each year.

Admissions

The main intake aligns with the August start of the school year, with applications typically opening the preceding autumn. As an IB World School, admission considers prior school reports, an age appropriate assessment and, for the senior years, readiness for the Diploma or Career-related Programme. Popular year groups can fill early, so applying in the autumn window before your intended start gives the best chance of a place.

A campus visit is the clearest way to see how the four programmes connect and to understand the outdoor and service learning that sit alongside the classroom work. Mid-year entry can be possible where a space opens outside transition years, so families relocating to the Songdo and Incheon area partway through the cycle should contact the admissions office directly.

Location and who goes there

The campus is in Songdo, a planned waterfront district in Incheon to the west of central Seoul, built as the Songdo International Business District. It is part of the greater Seoul capital area rather than the city of Seoul itself, so families weighing it against schools in central Seoul should factor in the journey, which runs by subway and road and is longer than a typical inner city commute. For families already living or working in Songdo and Incheon, the school is on the doorstep.

The community is international and corporate, reflecting the business district around it, alongside Korean families drawn to the full IB offer. For a fuller picture of the capital region, its districts and the wider schooling landscape, our Seoul city guide maps where expatriate families settle and how the schools are distributed.

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