Victoria Shanghai Academy — VSA — in Shum Wan, Aberdeen, is a bilingual English-Mandarin school running the full IB continuum (PYP, MYP and DP), and 2026 was the best IB year in its history. This profile gathers VSA's publicly reported 2026 results and how we support its students. For the territory-wide picture, see our Hong Kong IB results 2026 compilation.

VSA's 2026 IB results — a school record

VSA's Class of 2026 delivered the strongest IB results in the school's history, led by a record nine perfect scores:

Measure	VSA 2026	Hong Kong overall
Average Diploma score	39.0	37.02
Students scoring 40+	48%	34.8%
Perfect scores of 45	9 (school record)	65+
Pass rate	100%	98%
IB cohort size	122	2,912 candidates

Beyond the nine 45s, VSA reported eight students on 44 and thirteen on 43 — and the 2026 average of 39.0 continues a clear upward climb from 37.6 in 2025 and 38.0 in 2024. Few Hong Kong schools can show both this consistency and this trajectory.

The full IB continuum advantage

Because VSA runs the PYP and MYP before the Diploma, its students arrive in the DP years already fluent in IB-style assessment — the IA structure, the Extended Essay, TOK. Families can help most by treating the first Diploma year as the foundation of university applications: HL subject choices and early predicted grades determine which offers are reachable in the second.

University pathways from VSA

VSA graduates head in all directions — the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong's own universities — and the bilingual diploma is a genuine asset in applications everywhere. With nearly half the 2026 cohort at 40 or above, VSA applicants are academically competitive at the world's most selective universities; the differentiators are essays, interviews and list strategy.

How we help VSA students

Our IB tutors support VSA students across HL and SL subjects and the DP core, and our university admission consultants build the application plan around each student's target list — from UCAS and Common App strategy to interview preparation. Book a free consultation via our contact page. 

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By Sabrina Ma, Admissions Consultant

Published 17-08-2026