2011 to 2013
Ray Education is founded in Shanghai with the philosophy “Rooted in China, Globally Oriented”, opening its first international curriculum and university preparatory centres across China.
2014 to 2016
The network expands to more than ten international high school curriculum centres and four university preparatory centres, backed by a strategic investment from an A-share listed technology company.
2017
Acquired a controlling investment in Adcote School UK, a renowned British private school founded in 1907 in Shrewsbury.
2018
Adcote School Shanghai opens as the first overseas campus of Adcote School UK, a boarding school for Grades 9 to 12 set at the foot of Sheshan Mountain in Songjiang District.
2020
Adcote School Suzhou opens on the historic site of the century-old Tongchuan Academy, the second Adcote campus in China.
2023
Adcote School Zhezhong opens in Zhejiang province, the third Adcote campus in China and the first purely British-style school in the central Zhejiang region.
2024
Acquired Adcote Matrix International School in Seremban, Malaysia, a K-12 boarding and day school for 2,600 students and the group's first campus in Southeast Asia.
2026
Ray Global Management Group (RGMG) is established as the group's Singapore-headquartered holding entity, anchoring an international education group spanning K-12, vocational and holistic education. Singapore is the global operating headquarters, where strategy, brand governance and curriculum development are anchored.