[3] It opened in September 2011, making it the first girls' only school in Guangdong province in the modern era.
It began enrolling students the previous March, and half of its slots filled after 10 days despite what the Beijing Review characterized as high tuition fees.
[3] At one time QSI International School of Zhuhai was on the Girls' Middle campus.
[2] Courses include home economics, foreign languages (in which students may take two different ones at a time), exercise, and self-defense.
[2] In 2010 there was debate over the school, with some championing its female-oriented programming and others criticizing separating girls from boys.