The Chinese Independent School of Tower Hamlets (CISTH) has been successfully established for 35 years. It has served many students within the Chinese and Vietnamese Community in Tower Hamlets and beyond. Due to the popular trend of learning language, many English, Eastern European, Southern European and South Asian children also joined the CISTH to learn Chinese. The school locates in a modern purpose built near Shadwell c/o St Mary and St Michael Primary School. The school has twenty-two classrooms, an auditorium and school hall.