No. 2 Experimental School Affiliated to Shanghai Normal University (hereinafter referred to as the "No. 2 Experimental School") is a high-quality public nine-year-system compulsory education school jointly built by the Putuo District Government and Shanghai Normal University. It was inaugurated in 2014 as a university-government school cooperation model. The school is located in the sub-center of Zhenru Town, Putuo District, adjacent to Zhenru Ancient Town and south of Wuning Road, covering an area of about 21.69 acres, with a teaching area of about 21,477m2.

Educational philosophy: wholesome thinking toward the truth.

Educational objectives: A first-class nine-year-system compulsory school in the region that students like, where parents are satisfied and teachers feel happy, and that society recognizes.

Educational goal: Healthy, intelligent new-age citizens with the 5C core competencies for survival in the 21st century.

Teaching style: Meditating carefully and observing clearly as well as practicing personally

School culture: Practicing the core team of "Loyalty, Pragmatism, Passion and Endeavor" and pursuing the excellence of "Education without Trace".

As a seed experimental school of project-based learning in Shanghai, the school embodies the disciplinary advantages, creates a project-based learning brand, supports a basic education to the satisfaction of the people, and runs a school at the doorstep with high-quality resources.