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Island School is a co-educational international school located on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is the founding school of the English Schools Foundation, and remains a member to this date. The school has been accredited by international organisations such as the Council of International Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.Originally located on 10 Borrett Road of the Hong Kong Mid-Levels district (the site of a former British military hospital), the school moved to its current and only campus on 20 Borrett Road in 1973. It currently houses around 1200 students across 33 nationalities and around 100 members of teaching staff.Island School is a registered IB World School, and offers the IB diploma program along with an alternative BTEC program in the senior years, in the middle school students study IGCSEs and the Island Futures curriculum, in the junior years students study specific subject lessons plus they have Island Time lessons that teach then transferable skills such as team work and researching.HistoryThe school opened on September 19, 1967 with 237 students and 12 teachers to meet increasing demand for schooling for the children of expatriates living in Hong Kong. Originally supposed to be located in Wong Nai Chung, it was opened temporarily in the British military hospital in Borrett Road, and in 1973 moved to its permanent home across the road in what used to be the Island School zoo. Originally a stopping-off point for the sons and daughters of the British elite, Island School is now home to children from a large number of countries.