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Kindergartens in Shenzhen

Compare six named options across five districts, including public kindergartens, private bilingual settings and a clearly labelled international-school early-years division. This is a starting list, not a ranking or a live vacancy service. Check the exact campus, your child’s documents and the current written fee schedule before applying.

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Futian · Meilin Yicun, Meilin Subdistrict

Shenzhen Meilin Yicun Kindergarten

深圳市梅林一村幼儿园

Ages 3–6 in the official profile; ask separately about nursery provision.

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Campus / address
Zone 3, Meilin Yicun, Futian, Shenzhen
Stages / ages
Ages 3–6 in the official profile; ask separately about nursery provision.
School type & curriculum
Municipal public kindergarten; its profile cites China’s early-learning guidelines and a school-developed curriculum.
Teaching language
The official profile does not specify classroom languages. Confirm directly; bilingual provision is not established here.
Who can apply
Confirm the public-kindergarten document requirements and current catchment before applying.
How to apply
Ask for the exact campus notice and any remaining intake after the main 2026 round.
Fees & extra costs
Request the dated current fee notice and final-year relief calculation; the profile’s undated fee figure is not a 2026 quotation.
Practical notes
Use the Chinese name and Zone 3 address when arranging a visit; a neighbourhood name alone is not a campus confirmation.

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Luohu · Bibo Community, Huangbei Subdistrict

Luohu Jiaogong Kindergarten

深圳市罗湖区教工幼儿园

Ordinary preschool within Luohu’s ages 3–6 framework. Confirm the current classes; the 2026 fee register does not list a nursery fee.

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Campus / address
2093 Yanhe North Road, Luohu, Shenzhen
Stages / ages
Ordinary preschool within Luohu’s ages 3–6 framework. Confirm the current classes; the 2026 fee register does not list a nursery fee.
School type & curriculum
District public kindergarten; the official profile describes play-based early education.
Teaching language
Classroom language provision is not specified in the cited official profile; ask the campus.
Who can apply
Local catchment, age and family documentation follow Luohu’s published rules; an application does not guarantee admission.
How to apply
Luohu’s main round has closed. Ask the kindergarten about any permitted late intake and the district application route.
Fees & extra costs
Autumn 2026 register: RMB 1,008/month care-and-education fee before applicable relief; meals RMB 22/day at the main site. Confirm the final-year waiver and optional charges. Guangling teaching-site meals are separately listed at RMB 25/day.
Practical notes
This card identifies the Yanhe North Road kindergarten, not every campus in the Jiaogong group.

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Baoan · Lingzhiyuan Community, Xin’an Subdistrict

Bao’an Xinghua Kindergarten

深圳市宝安区兴华幼儿园

Kindergarten; confirm the offered age groups and any separate 2–3 nursery class with the campus.

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Campus / address
286 Xinghua Second Road, Bao’an, Shenzhen
Stages / ages
Kindergarten; confirm the offered age groups and any separate 2–3 nursery class with the campus.
School type & curriculum
Public kindergarten in Bao’an’s June 2026 register. The register does not describe a branded curriculum.
Teaching language
Not specified in the official register; request the classroom language arrangements.
Who can apply
Ask the campus to check the family’s public-kindergarten eligibility and housing documents.
How to apply
Use Bao’an’s current admissions guidance and request the campus notice; confirm any vacancies directly.
Fees & extra costs
June 2026 register: filed care-and-education fee RMB 1,008/month. Ask for the current itemised bill and applicable final-year reduction.
Practical notes
The 2026 register lists this campus separately from the group’s Qinchengda and Ziyun kindergartens.

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Baoan · Dachan Bay, Xixiang Subdistrict, Qianhai

Mingwan Kindergarten

深圳市宝安区西乡街道明湾幼儿园

The 2026–27 school notice lists nursery through K3; ask for each class’s birth-date cutoff.

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Campus / address
Plots 01 and 02, block DY01-05, Internet+ Future Technology City project, Dachan Bay port area, Xixiang, Bao’an, Shenzhen
Stages / ages
The 2026–27 school notice lists nursery through K3; ask for each class’s birth-date cutoff.
School type & curriculum
Registered private kindergarten within Mingwan’s nonprofit bilingual-school setting; the school describes personalised early-childhood education.
Teaching language
The school identifies as bilingual. Confirm the kindergarten class’s actual language balance and support rather than assuming a particular ratio.
Who can apply
The cited admissions page does not publish a complete nationality or residence eligibility list. Request confirmation for your child’s documents.
How to apply
The official site carries 2026–27 admissions information. Contact admissions for the current process and places; the page is not a live vacancy count.
Fees & extra costs
June 2026 district register: filed care-and-education fee RMB 24,800/month. Request the current school-year schedule, nursery rate, extras and any final-year offset separately.
Practical notes
The register uses a development-plot address. Ask admissions for the visitor entrance and map pin before travelling.

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Longhua · Minzhi Subdistrict

Pui Kiu Xinyi Kindergarten, Longhua

深圳市龙华区香港培侨书院信义幼儿园

PN to K3, ages 2–6, according to the school.

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Campus / address
1 Zhiyuan North Road, Minzhi, Longhua, Shenzhen
Stages / ages
PN to K3, ages 2–6, according to the school.
School type & curriculum
Licensed private kindergarten; the school describes bilingual, inquiry-based early education.
Teaching language
Chinese and English class teachers; separate simplified- and traditional-Chinese classes are advertised.
Who can apply
Confirm nationality, residence and class-age requirements directly. The cited notice requests identity documents but does not set out a complete eligibility list.
How to apply
On 18 September 2026, the official admissions page marked September 2026 kindergarten applications closed and February 2027 transfers not yet open.
Fees & extra costs
Ask for a current written schedule: the March 2026 admissions notice is headed 2026–27 but its proposed-fee paragraph still says 2025/26. That figure is not treated here as a verified 2026–27 price.
Practical notes
Use this Shenzhen address, not a similarly named Hong Kong kindergarten. Primary-school progression is conditional, not an unconditional guarantee.

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Nanshan · Jingshan campus, Shekou

Shekou International School — Early Years

深圳市蛇口外籍人员子女学校

Nursery, PreK1 and PreK2, approximately ages 2–5. The published policy uses a 31 October birthday cutoff for International Programme Early Years; French programme placement follows birth year. Confirm the current programme and class allocation.

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Campus / address
1007 Nanhai Boulevard, Shekou, Nanshan, Shenzhen
Stages / ages
Nursery, PreK1 and PreK2, approximately ages 2–5. The published policy uses a 31 October birthday cutoff for International Programme Early Years; French programme placement follows birth year. Confirm the current programme and class allocation.
School type & curriculum
Early-years division of a private school for children of foreign personnel, not a standalone municipal kindergarten; IB PYP framework.
Teaching language
Confirm the chosen programme’s classroom languages. The French pathway starts at PreK1 and combines French with English and Chinese.
Who can apply
Published admissions practices cover foreign-passport families and eligible Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents. Ask admissions to verify the full current document requirements; the policy/practices pages were reviewed in 2024.
How to apply
Use the official 2026–27 application route and admissions team; placement and available capacity are assessed by the school.
Fees & extra costs
Official 2026–27 annual tuition: Early Years RMB 190,000. The separate Primary Kindergarten class is RMB 288,500. Application fee RMB 2,000; lunch and bus are extra. Confirm the complete offer before payment.
Practical notes
Early Years is listed at Jingshan. Do not use the separate primary or secondary campus address without checking your child’s allocation.

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Admissions & planning

Public, private and affordable provision

Public and private describe the operator, not the classroom language. Shenzhen’s recognised puhui private kindergartens are nonprofit private providers in an affordable-access scheme. Puhui is not a synonym for bilingual, international or specialist support.

  • Ask to see the kindergarten’s licence, current fee notice and class-specific language timetable. Do not infer bilingual teaching from an English name.
  • International-school early years have their own programme and eligibility rules. They are labelled separately below.

Kindergarten is usually ages 3–6

The city’s ordinary kindergarten framework prioritises ages 3–6. Eligible settings may separately offer nursery classes for ages 2–3. For autumn 2026, the lower-class birth-date cutoff is 31 August 2023.

  • Match the child’s birth date to the actual class, not an English label such as Nursery, K1 or Kindergarten. School-specific international placement can differ.

Check eligibility before choosing a home

The municipal 2026 kindergarten notice requires at least one parent or guardian to have Shenzhen hukou or an active Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Residence Permit. For public kindergartens, a family using the residence-permit route must additionally show that at least one parent or guardian has lived in Shenzhen for one year and continuously contributed to pension and medical social insurance for one year. Catchment and housing evidence also matter.

  • Prepare the child’s identity document, birth certificate and vaccination record, alongside the family and housing documents required by the notice.
  • Foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan families should ask the district and school which rules apply to their documents. Do not assume a foreigner’s immigration residence permit is the municipal residence card named above.

Application, health check and starting school

The main autumn 2026 application rounds have finished. Ask about any supplementary intake rather than assuming a published school listing means a place is available. Luohu’s notice permits later offline applications only where places remain.

  • Under the municipal kindergarten process, admission is examination-free. Oversubscribed settings use the published allocation rules, not a first-come queue.
  • New entrants and transferring children need a satisfactory pre-entry health check at a lawful medical institution. The kindergarten creates the child’s health record at registration; ask how vaccination verification is handled.

Final-year fee relief is not an all-inclusive free place

From autumn 2025, public kindergartens waive the care-and-education fee for the final preschool year. Approved private kindergartens receive the equivalent local public-kindergarten reduction; families may still owe the difference above that amount.

  • Meals, accommodation and miscellaneous charges are outside this national waiver. It does not make nursery or all three preschool years free.
  • Request an itemised current bill showing the class, billing period, applicable reduction and optional services. Do not automatically apply this kindergarten policy to an international school’s primary Kindergarten class.

Common questions

Can a two-year-old attend any kindergarten?

No. Ask whether that exact campus offers an authorised nursery class and accepts the child’s birth date. A kindergarten listing or a K1 label does not establish provision for children under three.

Does free final-year preschool mean nothing to pay?

No. It covers the qualifying care-and-education fee or private-school offset, not every charge. Ask the school to show the applicable reduction and remaining bill separately.

We arrived after the main application round. What next?

Ask the district or exact campus about a permitted supplementary application or transfer. Bao’an’s 2026 FAQ specifically directs families to ask the kindergarten about middle- and final-class vacancies. Prepare documents first; no vacancy is guaranteed here.

Official sources

Sources reviewed: . A researched starting point, not a complete city register or a ranking. Confirm current entry rules, fees and places directly before applying.

  1. Shenzhen kindergarten admissions notice, autumn 2026 (published 5 June 2026) Shenzhen Education Bureau
  2. Luohu kindergarten admissions notice, autumn 2026 Luohu District Education Bureau
  3. Bao’an autumn 2026 kindergarten admissions FAQ (11 June 2026) Bao’an District Education Bureau
  4. State Council policy on progressively free preschool education, 2025 State Council General Office, republished by Shenzhen Education Bureau
  5. Kindergarten fee policy, NDRC document 1644 (23 December 2025) National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Finance
  6. Shenzhen government gazette 2023, issue 1: affordable kindergarten management rules Shenzhen Municipal Government
  7. Official profile: 深圳市梅林一村幼儿园 Futian District Government / Education Bureau
  8. Official profile: 深圳市罗湖区教工幼儿园 (2 December 2021) Luohu District Education Bureau
  9. Luohu autumn 2026 kindergarten fee register (28 July 2026) Luohu District Development and Reform Bureau
  10. Bao’an 2025–26 kindergarten register, updated June 2026 (worksheet 宝安区, rows 44 and 166) Bao’an District Education Bureau
  11. Bao’an kindergarten register publication (1 July 2026) Bao’an District Education Bureau
  12. Mingwan kindergarten and 2026–27 admissions Mingwan School
  13. Longhua private kindergarten licence extensions, 2026 (row 13) Longhua District Education Bureau
  14. Pui Kiu Xinyi kindergarten curriculum and age groups Shenzhen Hong Kong Pui Kiu College Longhua Xinyi School
  15. Pui Kiu Xinyi current admissions status Shenzhen Hong Kong Pui Kiu College Longhua Xinyi School
  16. Kindergarten admission notice dated 23 March 2026 (fee paragraph still labelled 2025/26) Shenzhen Hong Kong Pui Kiu College Longhua Xinyi School
  17. SIS admissions and current campus addresses Shekou International School
  18. SIS admissions policy and practices, reviewed May / updated July 2024; currently published PDF Shekou International School
  19. SIS official school fees 2026–27 Shekou International School
  20. Nanshan government profile: Shekou International School (15 February 2022) Nanshan District Government
  21. SIS French International Programme Shekou International School
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