Chadwick International School Reviews (22)

Average Ratings

Overall 4.06
Facilities 4.06
Academics 3.22
Teachers 3.39
Sports 3.39
Music & Arts 3.17
Science & Tech 2.89

Reviewer Nationalities

Cuban (1) Canadian (1) Israeli (1) British (1) South Korean (5) American (6) Ugandan (1)

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Foreign parent, 23/11/2022 @ 10:05:17
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The Head of School and the principals say they want to hear parents' concerns, but dialogue goes nowhere. Lots of fluffy answers to placate families, but no actual resolutions on substantive matters. They talk a lot about family and community but the school leaders, staff, and teachers do not mingle with the general community. Administrators make a big deal about transparency but the school operates secretively and oppressively. Academics and programs change all the time depending on the rotation of overpaid consultants the school has hired. Funds would be better spent to build solid programs and boost student learning. The Korean students bully foreign students, especially in the upper school. It's an English language international school, but the predominant language is Korean, to the dismay of local and foreign parents alike. This results in Korean students who aren't fluent in English even after many years of enrollment, and foreign students who often feel excluded in interactions on campus. The school has plenty of high achieving students, but they learned what they know (music, sports and academics) at hagwon, not at Chadwick. Lots of potential here but ultimately, this is an expensive school that fails to deliver the world-class education it promises. If you are considering employment within the school or in the city of Songdo, you should look elsewhere.

F Hillman , 19/10/2022 @ 21:45:24
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Money-hungry school run by people that have no idea about education. They are good at misrepresenting the school so they can attract new teachers, but everyone leaves at the end of their contract. Well, I never felt valued there so I left. Good luck kiddos.

Katj Thl., 24/06/2022 @ 04:58:03
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Overpriced. Here it's all about marketing, not much value other than the brand and the good sport facilities. It might work if you are very rich, but it's definitely not the best school out there. It's just a hip playground for rich Korean kids. The focus is on sports and other trendy activities, not much time is left for real teaching. Academics are not the priority and the results are clear. #Alert! A lot of pressure to donate to their fund. It happens in the fall and parents are pushed to donate to an already very rich school. Korean parents donate out of fear of being left behind and teachers donate to avoid being labeled as uncooperative with the school's mission and face retaliation. Where is that money going? Nobody knows. Dodgy culture overall, and way too much appetite for money.

kassy5059, 01/06/2022 @ 03:40:28
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Such bad administration that is American focused and shows no understanding of other cultures. Head of School is arrogant and privileged and thinks he walks on water. He is completely disconnected and lacks self awareness. There is a talking down to other cultures and jokes about students and parents. Horrible place!

Mark W, 11/02/2022 @ 14:58:30
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When I joined Chadwick little I knew I was joining a cult. Praise the leaders and deny the reality of the school, that's what's expected of you... The academics are without direction, the school adopts IB but not one of the principals has IB experience. They are either first timers from the US or they came from the greedy for profit schools in Asia. As other people noticed, they just put their label on the hard work made by external cram schools. The amount of manipulation of teachers is insane, no wonder many of them are burned out. With covid it became even worse. The salary is high but they have many ways to bring it down and as a foreigner in Korea you have little to no legal protection in the work place. In 2018 a dozen teachers were deported mid-year because the school failed to take proper care of their visas. The school makes you sign an agreement so you can't criticize them, one when you first sign and additional ones when something hits the fan. Stay away unless you are really desperate and drowning in debt, and avoid any school with admins that worked here. P.s. housing is a big problem too.

Z B, 08/01/2022 @ 22:54:47
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Toxic working culture, multiple threats to staff from the admins. Cult-like following of the head of school and great disconnect between the administrators and the teachers. The school has plenty of funds but they are used for non-educational purposes. Don't come as a teacher, if you signed a contract get out asap. Send your kids here only of your company pays for the tuition, otherwise you'll pay big dollars but none of them will go into your children education.

Expat, 14/02/2021 @ 16:47:25
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Poor administration that does not address concerns from international parent community with topics ranging from poor academics, inadvertent isolation of international children when teachers teach to the class majority, inability to adequately address food allergy safety concerns & inability to balance local education demands with international family demands. Beware: Education stats from school are not truly reflective of Chadwick; instead external rigorous cram schools are part of the local culture & has caused friction among international student experience, teachers & families. Your child will be behind if you depend solely on Chadwick to teach them. Be prepared to pay for outside private support just like the locals do or risk your child struggle with major learning gaps when they transition to their next school.

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Seohyeon (Elin) Kim, 2 years ago


This is a place where you don't hear too muck Korean. Even though people from other countries teach kids,but there are Korean teachers too. There is a subject that you choose ,world languages where you can speak Korean,Mandarin,etc. I personally love this school.

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Dayeon (Sarah) Kim, 5 months ago


This SCHOOL is SO Amazing!!!!! There are so many subjects to learn!

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Aleksander (Sandro) Kucan, 8 months ago


Awesome school..... You know why? because im here

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Korean Sisters, a year ago


The school is nice And friendly plus the education is great

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