Milestones & Awards

2021

Mrs Ng Gim Choo has been featured in the Forbes 2021 ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ list of twenty outstanding business leaders in Asia
Platinum award from Community In Bloom (CIB) Awards 2021 awarded to Mountbatten 223
Mountbatten 223 achieved a Diamond award, with the third consecutive Platinum award received for Community In Bloom (CIB) Awards 2021. This is in recognition of the effort in creating and maintaining a beautiful and engaging garden.
Platinum award for being a Healthy Preschool from Health Promotion Board awarded to Mountbatten 223

2020

EtonHouse celebrates its 25th anniversary
Launch of The Eton Academy
EtonHouse Orchard gets its IB Diploma authorisation
Launch of eBooks – A New Virus has Arrived, The Language of Kindness, Super Sleuths
Launch of EtonHouse Heritage and Academic scholarships
Launch of commemorative book 25 Tales – The Story of EtonHouse
EtonHouse International awarded the SQC accreditation
EtonHouse Community Fund received a Certification of Appreciation from President Halimah Yacob

2019

The first REACH (Reggio Emilia in Asia for Children) conference, held in Chengdu, China was attended by more than 520 delegates from across Asia
EtonHouse Community Fund received the Community Cares Award at the Volunteer and Partner Awards 2019 held by Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development
EtonHouse Community Fund partnered with KKH Health Fund (KKHHF) to support children with diabetes
Founder and Managing Director, Mrs Ng Gim Choo, won EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Education category, an annual awards program that honours Singapore’s top entrepreneurs for their contributions to the economy and society
E-Bridge Pre-School received 3 awards from Singapore’s Early Childhood Development Agency, including the “Outstanding Centre for Teaching and Learning” Award
E-Bridge Pre-School opens second large childcare centre for 600 children
First Middleton International in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
EtonHouse Zhong Hua students were the youngest group to have performed at the Youth Opera Showcase
EtonHouse International School and Oxford Summer Courses formed an exclusive partnership to offer scholarships to EtonHouse students
First mindfulness programme in the Singapore Girls’ Home, launched by EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF), enhances emotional well-being of youth
More than $300,000 was raised at the EtonHouse Community Fund Charity Walk and Fun Fair 2019
EtonHouse Orchard celebrated its first A* Cambridge IGCSE Grade

2018

First campus in Shenzhen, China opens, making it the 40th EtonHouse campus in China
First campus in Dalian, China
First K-12 EtonHouse campus in Singapore, in the heart of Orchard
Second Middleton campus opens in Singapore, with a capacity of 1000 students
EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF) receives IPC Status
Play library and creative languages programme launched by EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF)
First trilingual Reggio Conference in Singapore, organised by Reggio Emilia in Asia for Children, supported and sponsored by EtonHouse
EtonHouse Pre-School Vanda becomes official member of WWF-Singapore

2017

First campus in Bahrain
Middleton International School launched in Singapore, providing international education at affordable fees
EtonHouse Zhong Hua Pre-School opened, becoming Singapore’s first 100% Chinese immersion child care centre
Opened the first primary school on Sentosa Island in Singapore

2016

E-Bridge Pre-School opens first large childcare centre in Singapore
3 EtonHouse schools receive IB PYP authorisation: 718 Mountbatten in Singapore, Chengdu Times Residence in China, and EtonHouse Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
3 EtonHouse campuses receive the NParks Community in Bloom Award – EtonHouse Vanda, 223 Mountbatten, 717 Mountbatten
EtonHouse International School Suzhou received IB Diploma Authorisation
EtonHouse Thomson launched International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme for students up to the age of 12
First campus in Foshan, Guangzhou

2015

Launched EtonHouse Community Fund, a Registered Charity in Singapore committed to advancing education among children from underprivileged backgrounds
ECDA Early Childhood Innovation Award (Distinction) 2015 awarded to EtonHouse 223 Mountbatten
Four new campuses in Singapore – Sentosa, Robertson Walk, 215 Upper Bukit Timah and 681 Bukit Timah
Two new campuses in China – Changshu, Shanghai South Pudong
First campus in Kazakhstan

2014

Commenced operations in Hong Kong
Four new campuses in China – Henan, Xuzhou, Changsha, Zhuhai Horizon Cove
Appointed by the Government of Singapore to launch E-Bridge Pre-Schools under the Anchor Operator Scheme
Outstanding Centre for Teaching and Learning 2014 from Singapore’s Early Childhood Development Agency awarded to EtonHouse Vanda
CHERISH (Championing Efforts Resulting in Improved School Health) Junior Award by Singapore’s Health Promotion Board and Ministry of Education awarded to EtonHouse 223 Mountbatten
Healthy Eating in Child Care Centres Programme (HECCP) Award from Singapore’s Health Promotion Board awarded to EtonHouse 717 Mountbatten

2013

Signed agreement with Reggio Children to launch REACH (Reggio Emilia in Asia for Children), becoming the first organisation in Asia to represent Reggio Children
EtonHouse International School, Nanjing became fully authorised as an International Baccalaureate World School for Primary Years
Founder and Managing Director, Mrs Ng Gim Choo received the “Active Participant of Foreign Affairs” award from the Mayor of Yiwu in China
Opened the second Hampton Pre-School in Singapore
Opened first campuses in Cambodia and Vietnam
Three new campuses in China –Suzhou Baitang, Shanghai, and a third campus in Chengdu
Healthy Eating in Child Care Centres Programme Award by Singapore’s Health Promotion Board awarded to EtonHouse Outram

2012

Won the “Outstanding Early Childhood Leader”, “Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher” and “The Early Childhood Innovation” awards from Singapore’s Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
EtonHouse 764 Mountbatten won the Community in Bloom Award (Platinum) by Singapore’s National Parks Board
EtonHouse Vanda won the CHERISH (Championing Efforts Resulting in Improved School Health) Junior Award by Singapore’s Ministry of Education and the Health Promotion Board
EtonHouse campuses at 764 Mountbatten Road, Outram and Broadrick Road awarded the Healthy Eating in Child Care Centres Programme by Singapore’s Health Promotion Board

2011

Founder and Managing Director, Mrs Ng Gim Choo, received the Jiangsu Friendship Award, the highest award that the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government has established for foreign experts
Won the Outstanding Early Childhood Leader award from Singapore’s Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)

2010

The two pre-schools at Orchard (now moved to Thomson) and Newton in Singapore became the first stand-alone pre-schools to receive the International Baccalaureate (IB) World School status
EtonHouse schools open in Korea, Japan, Malaysia

2009

First private pre-school operator to start a campus – Hampton Pre-School in collaboration with PAP Community Foundation
Founder and Managing Director, Mrs Ng Gim Choo, became the first Singaporean woman to receive the Freedom of the City of London award for her contribution to international education
Launched VIVERO and SERRA International Pre-Schools in India together with the Edvance Group in Mumbai

2008

2007

EtonHouse International School at Broadrick was awarded the International Baccalaureate (IB) World School status

2004

Founder and Managing Director, Mrs Ng Gim Choo was named Woman of Benevolence (爱心使者) by Suzhou City in China for her contributions towards the community and promotion of cultural practices

2003