Shaw Primary School is not only one of the "four private primary schools" in Xuhui, but also known as the "strongest king" of the Shanghai Primary School Olympiad Cup. It was founded in 1996 with a donation from Mr Run Run Shaw and converted into a private primary school in 2007.

The school is located near Xuhui New Town, covering an area of 13,032 square meters, with a construction area of 6,850 square meters and a greening rate of 35%. There are 14 special classrooms in the school, including a calligraphy and painting room, a pottery room, a Lego room, a vocal music classroom and an art classroom, as well as a plastic running track, a children's playground, a library and other facilities. By 2018, there were 72 full-time teachers in Shaw Primary School, 61% of whom had intermediate and senior professional titles, and 94% of the teachers had a bachelor's degree or above.

In 2015 and 2016, the acceptance rate of Shaw Primary School was 6.8% and 7% respectively, and the first and second choices were all within the school's interview scope. An educational information agency has summarized the key points of interviews in Shaw Primary School in recent years, which are: (1) Addition and subtraction within 20 compulsory tests in mathematics every year, mainly in the form of application problems of equal substitution, spelling flat figures and building blocks, finding rules, comparing sizes and other reasoning problems are also the focus of each year; (2) Compulsory story questions in Chinese, including talking by looking at pictures, listening to stories and answering questions, story retelling, etc., and guessing riddles, daily questions and answers, and text solitaire are occasionally tested; (3) English is mainly based on word retelling and word memorization; (4) In terms of body movements, slapping balls, jumping exercises, and dancing also often appear.

According to the statistics of a third-party education information agency, the number of winners of the four major cups in 2016 accounted for 48.33% of the school, ranking first among the primary schools in the city. And in terms of the number of people who won the first and second prizes, it also ranked first, and the gold content was extremely high. In addition, in 2014, more than 35 students from Shaw Primary School were admitted to Huayu Middle School, ranking first among all private primary schools. Its students are mainly promoted to Huayu, Southwest Weiyu, and Southwest Model schools, and the whole school can maintain about 30 people to enter Huayu every year, and the top 20 in the class can basically ensure that Huayu, Shiwai, Southwest Weiyu and other first-class private schools, and the top 30 can enter a good junior high school.

In terms of curriculum, Shaw Primary School has a large proportion of Chinese classes, with at least 2 lessons per day, 1 in Mathematics and 1 in English. It is worth mentioning that its physical education class is also 1 period per day. In addition, studying in Shaw Primary School requires students to have a certain interest in mathematics, and the school teachers pay great attention to cultivating students' mathematical habits, such as marking out key words when reviewing questions, and using rulers to do connection questions.

Shaw Primary School focuses on cultivating students' mathematical thinking, and for this reason, Lego classes are offered in grades 3 and 4. In class, the teacher assigns tasks for students to choose suitable LEGO parts and complete them by building physical objects or programming them on a computer. In the process of students' hands-on, teachers usually throw out some principles and knowledge points for students to learn from.

The experiential and hands-on teaching in the school is equally commendable. According to parents, when learning the concept of "Yuan Jiaofen", teachers will let students go into the supermarket, record the price of goods, and simulate commodity trading scenarios in the school; For example, when learning the text "The New Look of the Bund", the teacher will take the students to the Bund for a walk, observation, and record what they see and hear.

Shaw's extracurricular activities are relatively small, and the school-wide reading day is held regularly every semester. On the day of the event, the school carried out a variety of reading sessions, including various famous books and historical classics. Shaw also focuses on the learning of traditional Chinese culture and skills, with students in grades 1 and 2 learning to cut window flowers, and students in grades 3 to 5 making personalized bookmarks. In addition, the school also offers special courses such as calligraphy and pottery.

In terms of the amount of homework, the amount of homework in the first and second grades of the school is moderate, and there are slightly more exam papers at the end of the mid-term, which generally needs to be done at half past eight; From the beginning of the third grade, the amount of homework has increased, and it takes about two hours a day to complete. Shaw's teachers also leave their daily homework on the school website so that parents can refer to it and help their children with their homework. The school does not have after-school tutoring classes, only interest classes. Shaw provides lunch and the weekly menu can be found on the school website; Its school buses have opened 14 routes, which can also be found on the official website.