One of the three major public primary schools in Jing'an District. Founded in 1945 by Mr. Chen Heqin, a famous educator in modern China, the First Normal School is a nationally renowned experimental primary school. The school was renovated and renovated in 2016, and the campus facilities are relatively new, and the environment is elegant, and it is known as one of the "most beautiful campuses in Shanghai". It covers an area of 14,000 square meters, with a construction area of 16,000 square meters, a green area of 35%, a 250-meter circular track, a 500-square-meter reading room, a 1,000-square-meter indoor swimming pool and a basketball hall, as well as 21 special classrooms such as computer rooms, language rooms, dance studios, and laboratories. The first-class and perfect hardware facilities are unique among the city's public primary schools.

As we all know, the primary school attached to the first division advocates "happy education", so its Olympiad results are not eye-catching. According to the statistics of a third-party education information agency, the number of winners in the four major cups in 2016 accounted for 6.67% of the school, ranking 21st among the city's public primary schools. In 2014, among the 431 students who were promoted to Huayu Middle School in the city, 5 students were sent by the first teacher attached to the primary school, ranking among the top 10 in the city's public primary schools.

The "happy education" of the first teacher attached to the primary school began in the 80s of the last century, Deng Xiaoping proposed the spirit of "three comprehensives" in education, and the school carried out the research of "happy education" in combination with its own actual situation at that time. At present, the primary school affiliated to the first division of the school has conducted research and design according to the learning needs of students, trained teachers who are interested in developing school-based curriculum, and has opened more than 60 school-based courses in science and technology, art, physical education, disciplines and life. Students choose the learning content according to their own interests, and take the form of "walking class" learning, and at the same time, students' choices and experiences will directly affect the "destiny" of each course. In addition, the primary school attached to the first division also adopts the form of questionnaire survey, combined with resources inside and outside the school, to open courses for students to be interested in.

At present, the Primary School Attached to the First Normal School has become a base school for curriculum reform in Shanghai, and robotics, calligraphy, and children's dance have also developed into the school's characteristic projects. The primary school attached to the first division is also a national art school, and dance, chorus and folk music are all influential in national competitions.

In the early years, the primary school attached to the first division used to set up key classes, and selected students through relatively hidden internal examinations, and the number of key classes was 1 to 2. However, in recent years, the gap between the admission rate of its school choice and that of first-class private primary schools has become wider and wider, and the quality of students has declined significantly, which has not only reduced the number of key classes, but also gradually become unworthy of the name. It can be said that it has been greatly impacted by private primary schools.

Fortunately, the school's counterpart junior high school is not bad, and its counterpart is Shixi Middle School and Qiyi Middle School affiliated to Tongji University. In the fifth grade, the key classes and Olympiad classes in the west of the city will hold examinations at the school to select students. In addition, a small number of students from the school are admitted to top junior high schools such as Huayu, Shiwai, Southwest Weiyu, Shangwai and Lansheng every year.

The corresponding neighborhood committees for the enrollment of primary schools attached to the first division (2017) are Sanhe, Sihe, Wunan, and Yeqing (the area north of Wuding Road), of which the Wunan and Yeqing neighborhood committees were included in 2017. Its school district housing representative communities include Hanlin Mansion, Sanhe Garden, Sihe Garden, Huzhong Xinyuan, etc., with prices ranging from 78,000 to 127,000 yuan per square meter. The above price information is as of June 2018.