The Independent Schools Foundation (ISF or the ‘Foundation’) is a charitable, tax-exempt organization founded for the purpose of promoting education in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. The Foundation is the School Sponsoring Body (SSB) for the two schools under its oversight: The ISF Academy (founded in 2003), and The ISF Pre-School (founded in 2015). The Foundation sets the vision, mission, and values and strategic direction for all schools under the oversight of The Foundation and raises funds to support its educational mission.

ISF schools are not-for-profit institutions. The ISF Academy is classified by the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Government as a Private Independent School (CAP 279 Schedule 3); it offers a comprehensive bilingual education from Foundation Year to Grade 12, including the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP) in Grade 6-10 and Grade 11-12 respectively. The ISF Pre-School is registered as a kindergarten, currently offering K1 and K2 half-day bilingual classes.

ISF promotes learning as a process of developmental change to generate growth in ISF learners that is physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual; sets the direction and purpose of ISF learning in a Chinese linguistic and cultural context; prepares ISF learners for success in life through an intelligently planned, technologically literate, sequenced curriculum that builds independent problem-solvers, innovators, thinkers, and creators, who demonstrate strong moral character, truthfulness, and deep practical wisdom; forearms learners with the courage, resilience, and character to overcome adversity and recover from disappointment.