Kong Shing Tong Middle School

Confucius Hall Secondary School

Kong Shing Tong Middle School
Kong Shing Tong Middle School

Confucius Hall Secondary School is a Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) school located in Wan Chai District. The school accepts both male and female students and the medium of instruction is mainly Chinese and English. Founded in 1953, the school is organized by the Hong Kong Confucius Hall Limited.

School Type

  • District: Wan Chai
  • School Type: DSS
  • Student Sex: Co-educational
  • School Banding: Band 2
  • Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
  • School Religion: Not Applicable

School History

  • Year of establishment: 1953
  • Organizer: Hong Kong Confucius Hall of Fame Limited
  • Objective: The only English and Chinese Direct Subsidy Scheme secondary school in Hong Kong that aims to promote the teachings of Confucianism, and to establish filial piety as the main value and righteousness as the pillar of morality. In addition to the teaching of knowledge, we pay special attention to the development of students' integrity and emphasize on their introspective ability and sense of responsibility.
  • School motto: Filial piety, fraternal duty, loyalty, propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame.
  • Management structure: The highest authority of the school is the School Council, which comprises representatives of parents, alumni and teachers, in addition to those appointed by the school sponsoring body. Under the Chancellor, there is a Principal, a Vice-Principal and a Head of Administration who are responsible for the administration of the school.
  • Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. WAN Wai-lin
  • Existing Principal: Yeung Wing Hon

Teacher Information

  • Total number of teachers in the school: 26
  • Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 73%
  • Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 31%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 35%

Teacher seniority:

  • Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 54%
  • Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 19%
  • Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 27%

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, NCS Chinese Language, Putonghua, Chinese History, NCS Chinese History

English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:

English

Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:

Chinese Language, NCS Chinese Language, Chinese History

Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:

English

School-wide language policy:

The school has always emphasized on students' "biliteracy and trilingualism". Apart from the language subject, the rest of the subjects are taught in English or mother tongue according to the classes, and non-Chinese Chinese language and Chinese history courses are also offered to the needy non-Chinese speaking students.

Tests and study adaptation measures:

  1. Each subject team works on students according to their abilities and specialists follow up with students individually on a one to two basis.
  2. The promotion and retention team discusses each student's individual situation and decides on the promotion and retention of a student based on his/her moral character first and his/her academic performance second.
  3. In order to cater for students with special needs and learning disabilities, the school will provide different accommodation arrangements for assignments and tests according to cases, including extending the time for answering questions and enlarging the font size, etc., so as to support students' learning.

Class Establishment:

  • Number of S1 classes in this school year: 2
  • Number of S2 classes in this school year: 2
  • No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 2
  • Number of S4 classes in this school year: 2
  • Number of S5 classes in this school year: 2
  • Number of S6 classes in this school year: 2

School fees:

  • S1 (S1) Tuition Fee for the 2022-2023 school year: $5190
  • S2(S2) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $5190
  • Tuition fee for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year: $5190
  • Tuition fee for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year: $5190
  • S5 (S5) Tuition Fee for the 2022-2023 school year: $5190
  • S6 (S6) Tuition Fee in the 2022-2023 school year: $5190

Tuition Fee Remission: The school provides free or 1/2 tuition fee remission. Needy students (including students from families on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and students receiving financial assistance from the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) of the Working Families and Student Financial Assistance Agency (WFSFA)) may apply for fee remission.
- New students may submit their tuition waiver applications within 2 weeks of the start of the school year, and the results of their applications will be announced 2 weeks after submission.
- Details of the School Fee Remission Scheme, including the family income limits, can be found in the online version of the website.hyperlinkThe

Application for S1 admission:

The school accepts applications for S1 places. The school does not participate in the SSPA central allocation. Academic Achievement 30%; Conduct and Attitude 30%; Interview Performance 30%; Extra-curricular Activities 10%.

Orientation and Healthy Living:

During the summer vacation, the "Secondary 1 Induction Program" will be organized, covering academic, English enrichment, personal growth, interpersonal relationship, extracurricular activities, STEM, etc. It will guide students to understand themselves and others, and at the same time enable them to establish learning partners in an unfamiliar environment and build up a quality learning network, so as to prepare them for the new school year.
At the same time, the school also organizes an eight-week, 24-hour school-based Initiation Program for newly arrived students from the Mainland, which includes learning traditional Chinese characters/Cantonese, basic Chinese, basic English, English for classroom use, communication in English, community awareness, understanding of the local culture, education for daily living, the local education system and progression pathways, and Confucianism, so as to provide newly arrived students from the Mainland with an opportunity to adapt to learning in Hong Kong earlier.

How is Confucius Hall Secondary School?

How is Confucius Hall Secondary School?

Kong Shing Tong Middle School Band:

Estimated Ranking of Confucius Hall Secondary Schools in Band 3A-2C

School Wind:

  1. The school has a simple school ethos and the students are well behaved in the school and are highly appreciated by their parents, the district and outsiders, such as being filial to their parents, scavenging for lost and found, visiting singleton elders, and helping the elderly and the weak to carry heavy loads.
  2. The school promotes a family spirit, treating students like children and catering to the needs of every student, including new arrivals, low achievers and gifted students.

Learning and Teaching Strategies :

  1. In view of the number of students, we utilize the group teaching mode, with the number of students in each group not exceeding 35, in order to maximize the advantages of small class teaching, thereby enhancing teachers' care for students and enabling students to learn effectively. In both English and Chinese subjects, students are divided into small groups according to their abilities to enhance the effectiveness of teaching.
  2. The course design is centered on "inquiry-based learning" with questioning skills, hoping that each student will learn to learn, build up lifelong learning abilities and interests, develop their strengths, and find their ideal career paths.

Teacher professional training and development:

The school has an excellent staff team, with many of them having obtained a master's degree or above. Among them, the Discipline Officer, Mr. Chan Shu Chun, has been awarded the "Hong Kong Outstanding Teacher Award", Ms. Lui Wai Yee has been awarded the "Hong Kong Outstanding Social Worker Award", and the Principal, Dr. Yeung Wing Hon, has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the former Director of Education and a Letter of Commendation by the current Vice-President of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Dr. Yeung is also an exemplary lifelong learner, having received two doctoral degrees and three master's degrees, which is highly acclaimed by the education sector.

Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:

Schools will make use of the Learning Support Grant to provide a wide range of accommodation measures for students with SEN, including teaching adaptation, one-to-one pull-out individual counseling, social training, test adaptation, listening to parents' views and a mechanism for negotiating students' progress.

Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:

The School provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g., pull-out learning on a need basis, small group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; organizing cultural integration activities; and employing additional staff and/or purchasing additional translation/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents. To facilitate communication with parents, the school will also be required to provide additional staff and/or purchase additional translation/interpretation services.

School facilities:

  1. The 120,000-square-foot building is an elegant setting with a traditional design of the auditorium, making it a great place for students to learn about Chinese culture.
  2. The school is well-equipped for multi-media interactive learning, including school-wide wireless network coverage, multiple computer rooms and multi-media learning rooms.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System consists of two phases: Discretionary Places Allocation (DP) and Central Allocation (CA).
Discretionary places refer to S1 places reserved by schools for self-admission of students. Government, aided and caput secondary schools are allowed to reserve S1 places not exceeding 30%, while DSS secondary schools are allowed to reserve S1 places exceeding 30%.
The application period for the 2024 Discretionary Places is from January 2 to January 16, 2024. All secondary schools participating in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System (participating secondary schools) will accept applications during the same period. Parents of current Primary 6 students participating in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) will receive two copies of the Application Form for Secondary 1 Discretionary Places in early December 2023 through their children's elementary school.
Parents may refer to the "Handbook on Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places", or visitEducation Bureau(https://www.edb.gov.hk/) or call: 2891 0088 for a list of schools through the Education Bureau's automated telephone enquiry system.
Parents can submit applications in paper form or through the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) e-Platform. Once an application is submitted, it cannot be withdrawn, canceled or changed.

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Parents can only apply for a maximum of two participating secondary schools for their children. Note: Applications for Discretionary Places from more than two secondary schools, whether submitted in paper form or through the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) e-platform, will be considered invalid.
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