Some facts about ITS

• Our school is registered by the Hong Kong Education Bureau [since 2005].
• ITS was the first non-mainstream school in Asia accredited as a full Pearson Edexcel International Centre (No: 92885), recognized in 2010. This means we can prepare, enter and invigilate candidates in exactly the same way as at a mainstream/traditional school. Despite being non-selective, our results are significantly better than the UK average: ITS Students' Result.
• ITS is a UCAS centre (No: S45903). UCAS services are offered both to our own students and to others who may be learning at other institutions.
• ITS is an official OCR STEP Math Centre (HK109) running STEP Math exams for entry to select universities.
• ITS was chosen to deliver the first Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme by and on behalf of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
• We have published the Unique Asia Schools Guide since 2009 and launched the School Search Database in 2020,
• With all our accreditations, we now have many full-time students who wish to get qualifications but do not want to be at a mainstream school
• ITS students regularly go on to win places at top universities around the world. You can see some destinations here: http://www.itseducation.asia/results.html. 
• Co-Founder, Danny Harrington is an Oxford alum (M.A. Geography at Christ Church, 1988) who has run educational organisations in Hong Kong since 1997.
• Co-Founder, Gary Hadler is a qualified teacher registered in both Hong Kong and Australia. He has an economics degree, Diploma in Education and a MBA.
• ITS teaching staff come from a range of globally recognized universities of excellence such as Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL and LSE in the UK and MIT from the US. Click to view - ITS staff profiles.
• In 2011 and 2012, ITS was invited by the Hong Kong EDB to prepare the first cohorts of the new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education for UK university candidacy.
• ITS teachers often go on secondment to local schools and institutions.
• Danny Harrington was the Education Committee Vice-Chair for 2013-14 and Chair for 2014-15 at the British Chamber of Commerce.
• ITS implemented a virtual classroom and online school platform in August 2013. We are the first in the world to combine live learning and distance learning online for UK national qualifications – the International GCSE and International A-levels.
• In 2021 we launched a not-for-profit foundation - The ITS Education Asia Foundation - to run all our sustainability courses for students and schools and on behalf of the United nations.

By studying with ITS you can enjoy one or more of the following benefits:

• Get extra support for your existing studies from real teachers
• Take extra qualifications to expand your academic portfolio
• Find an alternative to traditional schooling
• Get expert support for your home learning
• Undertake learning over which you have more control
• Find flexible options for amount of time spent achieving qualifications
• Find flexible options for classroom workload in hours per week
• Access learning from anywhere with an internet connection
• Access our physical schools in Hong Kong
• Access pathways to schools and universities around the world
• Access the best academic camps available for summer vacation