Zhongshan Ardingly School, a highly anticipated education project, will be built in the East District Economic Headquarters of Qijiang New Town.

The school will be jointly built by Blue Valley International Education Group and Dixon Industrial, a local real estate enterprise. It will be located to the north of Haojiang Road West in East District and will cover an area of 65,000 square meters with a planned investment of about 600 million yuan.

It will be the first K-15 school in Zhongshan, which will cover the kindergarten, primary school, junior high school and senior high school (15 years in total), with an enrollment capacity of 3,000. The school will be put into use in the autumn of 2023.

Blue Valley International Education Group signed a cooperation agreement with Ardingly College, which ranks 16th in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization. With a history of 160 years, Ardingly College integrates academic and technological education. Zhongshan Ardingly School will introduce the college's curriculum system, curriculum construction, curriculum implementation, teaching methods, evaluation system, etc, integrate Chinese and Western teaching methods, and plan to implement "dual-track" education in the elementary education stage.