Kau Yan College
School Type
- District: Tai Po
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of foundation: 1950
- Sponsor: Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong
- Objective: To provide holistic education in the spirit of Christian love and care, to establish a positive and healthy learning environment for students, to enable them to have a balanced development in the five spiritual disciplines, so that they can serve the people, care for the society, and contribute to the country and the nation.
- School motto: Faith, Hope, Love
- Management Structure: A number of sections and committees are set up to co-ordinate learning and teaching, student character development, school development, e-learning, integrated education, examinations and assessment, IT support, religious education and ministry, discipline, counseling, student affairs, career planning education, moral and civic education, co-curricular activities, school promotion and publication, and parent and alumni affairs.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. Wong Man-shing
- Current school principal : CHOW KA KUI
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 59
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 60%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 39%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 8%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 8%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 84%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is both English and Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Putonghua, Life and Society, Chinese History, History, Ethics/Religious Education, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Science, Geography
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Compulsory Subjects: Chinese Language; Civic and Social Development
Electives: Chinese Literature; Chinese History; History; Information and Communication Technology; Visual Arts; Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance; Travel and Hospitality
Non-public examination subjects: Ethics/Religious Education; Arts Development; Physical Education
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Compulsory Subjects: English Language, Mathematics (Compulsory Part)
Electives: Mathematics (Extended - Module 2), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Geography
School-wide language policy:
- S1 students are divided into two groups according to their results in English in the Hong Kong Attainment Test (HKAT): one group adopts English as the medium of instruction for general academic subjects (with the exception of Chinese History, History, and Life and Social Studies); the other group adopts English as the medium of instruction for English Language, Science, and Geography, and teaches the key modules of Mathematics in English.
- S2 students are re-grouped into two groups according to their S1 results and are taught in the appropriate medium of instruction according to their ability and subject characteristics.
- In order to help students learn through English, the school actively creates an English learning atmosphere on campus. In addition to publishing the English school newspaper KYC Post, the school also encourages students to speak and read English more often through English activities such as dramas and debates, regular English morning assemblies, weekly assemblies, and activity days, as well as English decorations such as celebrities' quotes, trivia chapters, and introduction of learning tools in various parts of the campus to increase their confidence in the use of English.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Tests and examinations are held every semester, and there are diversified and continuous assessments in all subjects to ensure that students are assessed fairly and accurately, and that they are guided in their continuous learning.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 4
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 4
School fees:
School fees for Secondary 1 (S1) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S2(S2) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Tuition fees for S5 in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participates in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places (CASPA). Admission criteria and weighting of S1 Discretionary Places: Selection is made in two stages.
Phase I: Selection for Interview 60%: (a) Academic Achievement (50%); (b) Extracurricular Activities and Service (10%);
Stage 2: Interview Performance - Comprehension, Analysis, Presentation 40%.
How is the Salvation College?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2C
School Wind:
The school emphasizes the establishment of a caring culture based on biblical truths and the school motto of "Faith, Hope and Love" to build up the lives of students. The school has a simple atmosphere and a harmonious relationship between teachers and students, which is well received by parents in the area. Students are nurtured by the school in their appearance, speech, behavior, and mindset. Outside the classroom, teachers have close contact with students, such as devotional groups, lunchtime gatherings, hiking, after-school counseling, etc. They seize every opportunity to get in touch with students and build up a friendship with them as teachers and friends.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The School and Teaching Committee (STC) leads the e-Learning Section and the Student Learning Section, which are dedicated to promoting teachers' teaching effectiveness and enhancing students' learning ability. The Committee provides leadership to all subjects in the promotion of teaching and learning, including the coordination of peer lesson observation and open classroom, etc. It is also responsible for the coordination of academic activities in various learning areas, such as the organization of diversified remedial courses and book fairs, etc., in order to enhance the academic atmosphere in the school. The e-Learning Committee explores pedagogies and teaching strategies that are compatible with e-Learning, and leads teachers in practicing and reviewing the effectiveness of e-Learning, so as to help students construct knowledge, develop the ability and habit of independent learning, and build up self-confidence, so that they can benefit more from the e-Learning mode. The Student Learning Team encourages students to learn on their own initiative, develop good learning habits and enhance their learning effectiveness through organizing learning skills training classes, homework tutorials, promoting gifted education programmes and establishing a "School-based Gifted Talent Pool", and so on.
Teacher professional training and development:
Organize professional development activities on Teacher Development Day and encourage teachers to attend professional development courses. The Collegial Lesson Observation Scheme was implemented to enhance the quality of teaching through classroom research, collaborative lesson planning, mutual lesson observation and post-lesson reflection.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school adopts a whole-school approach to support students with special educational needs (SEN). Through the deployment of resources, the school provides appropriate and diversified support services to enhance students' learning effectiveness and facilitate their integration into the school campus. The Student Health and Support Team consists of the Deputy Principal, the SEN Co-ordinator, the Guidance Officer, the SEN Support Teacher, two social workers, the Educational Psychologist and the Teaching Assistant. The school flexibly utilizes the Learning Support Grant to employ additional SEN teachers and teaching assistants, and outsources professional support services, including interest groups to enhance concentration, social and emotional training groups, literacy groups, speech therapy, occupational therapy and after-school learning counseling, etc., to help students with special needs grow up. The school also arranges examination adaptations for students in need and assists students applying for public examinations to apply for corresponding adaptations so as to enhance the fairness of the examinations. In addition, the school organizes seminars, workshops, lunchtime table games and other activities to create an inclusive culture in the school. The school also arranges for teachers to receive special education training courses and participate in professional development activities, such as seminars and experience-sharing sessions, so as to enhance their professional competence in taking care of students with special education needs.
School facilities:
There are 14 special rooms, an assembly hall, an assembly hall, a student activity center, a career counseling room, an art room, a dance room and two playgrounds. The school is well-equipped with IT facilities, including two computer rooms, a multimedia learning center and computer-assisted learning classrooms. Interactive whiteboards are installed in all classrooms to meet the needs of e-learning and exchanges with sister schools around the world. Fiber optic network and Wi-Fi network have been installed throughout the school, and there are enough tablet computers for students to use.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26608308
- Fax: 26620377
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.kyc.edu.hk
- Address: Fu Shin Estate, Tai Po, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
