The High School Affiliated to Peking University is a star middle school in Haidian District that has carried out a number of reforms in recent years, and its school-running philosophy is quite distinctive. In 2013, the High School Affiliated to Peking University underwent an important transformation, the original unit structure was further upgraded to a college and college system, and the four colleges of Xingzhi, Yuanpei, Boya and Dalton were born, and the school was officially transformed into a complete middle school with a course and credit system. At present, the new school concept is only realized in the "high school part", but its junior high school teaching has also been affected, so it is recommended that parents of elementary school students understand the concept and management methods of the high school of the North Affiliated High School, which is related to their children's future school career.

In the 2016 and 2017 high school entrance examinations, the average score of the Chinese course attached to Peking University ranked fourth in Haidian District, and it usually performed "worse" in the test test, ranking outside the sixth place many times, which has a lot to do with the school's teaching methods. The High School Affiliated to Peking University does not provide too much professional training for test-taking ability. In addition to the courses prescribed by the Education Commission, the school will also add subjects such as psychology, comprehensive practice, physical health, and interest electives. Although the third stage of junior high school will suspend the teaching of special subjects and arrange centralized review, in the eyes of many parents, the preparation period for the high school entrance examination of the high school affiliated to Peking University is still short, and the test-taking training is not sufficient.

The junior high school of the High School Affiliated to Peking University does not advocate the cultivation of students' competition level, and in recent years, its teaching philosophy has tended to be in line with the high school. Classes, assignments, and test questions are more open-ended, requiring students to have certain skills in analysis, planning, retrieval, and material interpretation. This is reflected in the syllabus: Geography, History, Biology and Politics can be assessed by essays instead of written exams, and physics and chemistry courses require students to design their own exploratory experiments. The high school affiliated to Peking University focuses on self-study, and the education method of emphasizing ability and ignoring exam-taking in junior and junior high schools seems to be "understandable".

Many primary school parents have invested a lot of energy in the "Yuanpei Class" of the High School Affiliated to Peking University, and the design concept of the Yuanpei Class is very similar to the Early Training Class of the High School Affiliated to the National People's Congress and the Excellent Talent Dragon Class of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University, and even surpasses it. In 2015, for example, 37 junior high school students went directly to Yuanpei Academy, the main high school, without passing the high school entrance examination, and then 13 students were re-registered, allowing them to devote more energy to learning high school knowledge. Since then, about 50 students have been able to take this "free ride" every year, in addition to avoiding the high school entrance examination, the Yuanpei class of the High School Affiliated to Peking University is also generally believed to be able to get policy preferences, and there will be more opportunities to go directly to Peking University than other key classes. Yuan Peisheng's level has also been questioned, and the first batch of students once took a touch test without adequate preparation, and the average score was about 500 points, which was lower than the experimental class of key middle schools. However, from this point of view, the education level of the High School Affiliated to Peking University is actually very outstanding, and in the past three years, the results of the high school entrance examination have been contributed by non-first-class students who have not been selected for the Yuanpei class.

There are ample extracurricular activities in the middle school attached to Peking University. The Rubik's Cube Club often organizes tours, and there are more than 20 projects available for application every year. The difference with 101 Middle School is that the Rubik's Cube Club will also hold some competitions, requiring students to work together in groups, and after research, they will show their paper results in the form of PPT, and many students say that they have received good exercise. Judging from the extracurricular activities, the atmosphere of the High School Affiliated to Peking University is relaxed, but this is limited to ordinary classes, and Niu Wa, who goes directly to high school Yuanpei, usually does not leave school until 20:00. Regular classes close at 16:30 and end at 15:05 on Fridays. Many students will use self-study in their spare time, and playful students are easy to fall behind, Peking University High School can cultivate students with outstanding ability, but this requires strong consciousness and self-discipline.

The headquarters of the High School Affiliated to Peking University does not recruit special students, and the number of public boarding students is about 80 every year, and the number of registered students is about 40. In recent years, the internal elimination rate of the class is not too high, and you can enter the Yuanpei class if you are successfully selected, and the junior high school is named after the "experimental class". Parents can also pay attention to training institutions such as Gift, Liberal Arts, and Lexue Dacheng, and the enrollment path of reading classes is not very accurate. In addition, the High School Affiliated to Peking University attaches more importance to students' physical fitness and competition.