TES Annual Report

CEO INTRODUCTION

A very warm welcome to the Taipei European School Annual Report for the academic year 2023 - 2024. I am very happy to report that we have enjoyed another amazing year of academic success, activities, events and trips across all sections and campuses of TES. This year’s annual report certainly reflects the exciting and vibrant daily life that is so typical of the school. Our whole community of students, staff and parents is something to be particularly proud of as we continually strive for “One School with Common Aims” whilst never forgetting the value of “Strength in Diversity”. For the past two years, the whole of TES and its constituent school Sections have undergone extensive inspection and accreditation processes in order to provide a high level of quality assurance in all that we do. Following this intensive period of evaluation, I am very happy to report that we are now focused on the school improvement and development targets highlighted by each of the accreditation reports. This involves teams of staff from each section or establishing cross-section working parties, devising action plans, and working on policies and procedures, often with input from students and parents and, of course, from Board members. One good example is the recent publication of our statement and policy on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which now drives our inclusive philosophy and influences virtually all of our policies and procedures. In terms of physical development of our campuses, I am very pleased to report that we have finally completed the redesign and retendering processes for our Middle School project and have appointed a renowned and respected contractor to begin construction of our new building to the rear of the EPC site. A groundbreaking ceremony took place on Monday 24th June 2024 and work commenced directly afterwards. The work is scheduled to take around 30 months to complete, with a further six months of fit out, so we hope our middle school students (from the ages of 11 to 14 years) will be able to occupy their new facilities from August 2027. This project has been a strategic goal for TES for the past few years and it is very pleasing to see the fruition of a lot of effort in tenaciously seeking the right contractor (and price!) despite the consequent delays. Also, at the ESC, we are pleased to announce that work will soon commence on developing a high quality auditorium in the Phase 2 old gym, again as part of a campus development project devised a few years ago. Renovation work will start on the roof from September 2024, followed by interior construction and the fit out, lasting approximately one year.

I do hope you enjoy reading the following pages of the TES Annual Report 2023-2024 to gain an overall impression of the impressive range of activities and developments going on at our school.

John Nixon MBE CEO – Taipei European School

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