Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin)
Shatin So Che Public School is an aided school located in Shatin District. The school accepts both male and female students and is a Band 1 school. The medium of instruction is mainly English. Founded in 1978, the school is organized by the Hong Kong Suzhou, Zhejiang and Shanghai Clansmen's Association.
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Self-allocation and central allocation (Part A and Part B) places in 2024
| Form 1 | Secondary One places | Self-supporting places | Part A places | Part B places | Knock-in Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 132 | 40 | 8 | 76 | 8 |
Admission requirements, criteria and weighting:
- 30% Interview Performance;
- 20% In-school grades in Chinese, English, and Math;
- 20% Conduct Grade;
- 20% Subdivision of grades provided by the Department of Education;
- 10% Performance in extracurricular activities and personal expertise.
School Type
- District: Shatin
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 1
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1978
- Sponsor: Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Clansmen's Association
- Objective: To develop students' moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic qualities and to provide quality whole-person education in accordance with the three principles of "equal emphasis on Chinese and English", "equal emphasis on arts and sciences", and "equal emphasis on further studies and employment".
- School Motto: Neat and Serious
- Management structure: The External School Review (ESR) team of the Education Bureau (EDB) described the school as performing well in the areas of "management and organization" and "self-evaluation". The concept of school management aims to establish a purposeful and systematic planning and evaluation system for continuous self-improvement. The school was invited by the Education Bureau (EDB) to become a "Resource School" and a "Self-evaluation" Pilot School, and was awarded the "Distinguished School Award" by the EDB.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Yim Yuen Ho
- Current Principal: Alice Chan
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 60
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 93%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 97%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 58%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 28%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 15%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 10%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 75%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly English.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Teaching in Putonghua: Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Putonghua Drama (S1)
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Drama, Mathematics, Life and Society, History, Geography, Science, Computing, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Design and Technology, Music, Sports
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Civic and Social Development Division
Teaching in Putonghua: Chinese Language, Chinese Literature, Chinese History
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics (Compulsory and Extended Parts), History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education (non-examination)
School-wide language policy:
All classes are taught in English, while subjects taught in Putonghua include Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Putonghua and Putonghua Drama. The school is committed to creating an excellent language learning environment and enhancing students' "biliteracy and trilingualism".
Tests and study adaptation measures:
In addition to the summative assessment by examination, the school also adopts developmental assessment to evaluate students' character, assignments, project reports, classroom performance and extra-curricular activities, and sends regular reports on students' conduct and academic performance to parents.
For students with outstanding academic performance, the school awards scholarships, arranges for them to participate in subject enrichment classes and recommends them to participate in off-campus gifted education programs and activities, while teachers also provide individual guidance and elite training; for students with low academic performance, the school arranges for them to participate in subject tutorials. The school also offers weekend tutorials to support students of all abilities.
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:
No Tuition Fee Payment
How is the Shatin-Su Chit Public School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 1B-1A
School Wind:
The school's motto is "Neat and Serious", and the school is committed to cultivating good character and simplicity in its students. The External School Review (ESR) report of the Education Bureau stated that the school performed well in the area of "School Ethos and Student Support". The Moral Education and Guidance Committee has implemented a whole-school moral education and guidance program, which includes Grade Morning Meetings, Moral Education and Current Affairs Discussions, Dual Class Teacher System, Parents' Day, and Seminars on Further Education and Career.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
According to the External School Review of the Education Bureau, the school has performed well in the area of "Learning and Teaching". The school provides students with a balanced and diversified curriculum, implements subject-specific teaching, interactive teaching, and uses information technology to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. At the same time, the school promotes reading culture, STREAM education and project learning, and combines classroom learning with whole-school extra-curricular activities and community services to inspire students' multiple intelligences and strengthen their generic learning abilities.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school has participated in a number of professional collaboration projects organized by local universities, such as the "Promoting STEM Education through Independent Learning" project organized by the University of Hong Kong and the "Quality School Improvement Project" organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In addition, the school arranges professional development for teachers and implements activities such as collaborative lesson planning, collaborative teaching, peer lesson observation and school exchanges, etc., so as to not only enhance their professional knowledge, but also to build up a professional learning community and to create new knowledge. Teachers are actively engaged in furthering their studies and participating in the school's programs. Teachers actively participated in various educational workshops and seminars, and received professional training on the care of students with special educational needs.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school has an Integrated Education Unit (IEU) and adopts a Whole School Approach (WSA) to support students with special educational needs (SEN). Through the deployment of resources, the school provides students with appropriate and diversified support to meet their learning, behavioral, emotional and social needs, and ensures that students have equal opportunities to develop their talents. The school has established a regular communication mechanism between home and school to discuss student support measures with parents to enhance the effectiveness of the support measures. The school also consults other professionals, such as educational psychologists and social workers, to provide appropriate professional support to students.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to its admitted non-Chinese speaking students to help them learn Chinese: it is committed to building a caring culture in the school to help students of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds to integrate into the school life.
School facilities:
The school is equipped with three lifts, five computer rooms, a multimedia learning center, a campus TV station, a fitness room and a school history room, etc. The library has a collection of more than 30,000 books, and the whole school is equipped with Wi-Fi and air-conditioning facilities, while every classroom is equipped with computers, projectors and physical projectors, as well as a computerized student attendance record system and a campus information kiosk. The campus is fully landscaped with fish ponds and greenhouses, and a six-storey high school wing was constructed at a cost of HK$$70 million by the school sponsor to provide an additional 20,000 square feet of space and related facilities.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26972179
- Fax: 26025293
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://kccshatin.edu.hk
- Address: 7 Fung Shun Street, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
- Shatin-Suzhe Public School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
