Lai King Catholic Secondary School

Lai King Catholic Secondary School

Lai King Catholic Secondary School

School Type

  • Area：Kwai Tsing
  • School Type: Subsidized
  • Student Sex: Co-educational
  • School Banding: Band 2
  • Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
  • School religion: Catholic

School History

  • Year of Establishment: 1978
  • Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
  • Aims: The school adheres to the core values of the Catholic school - Truth, Love, Family, Life and Justice - and guides students to realize the Gospel virtues of Wisdom, Righteousness, Courage and Temperance, as well as to emphasize on the all-round development of the six spiritual disciplines, Moral, Intellectual, Physical, Social and Aesthetic. In a perfect and simple learning environment, the school endeavors to inspire students' potentials and cultivate their positive and healthy outlook on life and correct values, so that they can be responsible and contribute to their families, schools, society and the country.
  • School motto: Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Temperance.
  • Management structure: School-based management is practiced. The IMC, comprising members of the clergy, principals, parents, alumni, teachers, members of the education sector and independent persons, coordinates and decides on school policies.
  • Existing Supervisor/Chairman of School Management Committee: Lo Kai Shing
  • Existing Principal: Lau Kwong Yip

Teacher Information

  • Total number of teachers in the school: 57
  • Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 88%
  • Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 39%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 25%

Teacher seniority:

  • Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 37%
  • Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 7%
  • Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 56%

Teaching and Learning

Language of Instruction:

The medium of instruction is mainly Chinese.

The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:

Chinese Language, Chinese History, General Computer Studies, Integrated Humanities, STEM, Music, Physical Education, Putonghua, Religion and Ethics, Visual Arts, Life Education

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

English Language, Mathematics (S1 and S2), Integrated Science

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

Chinese Language, Mathematics, Civic and Social Development, Chinese History, History, Information and Communication Technology, Geography, Tourism and Hospitality, Music, Physical Education, Religion and Ethics, Ethics and Religion, Visual Arts, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, and Life Education.

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

English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics

School-wide language policy:

  • We are committed to the implementation of the biliteracy and trilingualism policy, through the creation of a favorable language environment, so that students can be proficient in both Chinese and English, and enjoy communicating with others and learning.
  • Starting from 2022/2023, Mathematics and Integrated Science at junior secondary level will gradually adopt English as the medium of instruction to prepare students for the senior secondary curriculum.
  • To promote self-directed learning and enable students to enhance their language proficiency through extensive reading programs and e-learning platforms.
  • The English Department organizes a wide range of life-wide learning activities to enhance students' English language proficiency, such as English Short Talks in the morning assembly, Reading Aloud Programme, "English Thursdays", publication of Starfish, Academic Week English activities, English Video Competition, participation in overseas English exchange tours and Inter-school Speech Festival Competition. English Week English activities, English Video Competition, participation in overseas English exchange tours and Inter-school Speech Festival Competition.

Tests and study adaptation measures:

In addition to the two standardized tests and two examinations in each academic year, each subject draws up a complete lesson plan and implements continuous assessment of lessons, in which weekday performance is calculated into the overall grade to assess students' all-round development.

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). Application for admission to S1: Ranking and internal results in the "List of Applicants" 50%; Interview 20%; Conduct 10%; Contact with the school 10%; Extra-curricular activities (including sports and arts potentials) in school or out of school service, awards 10%.

Lai King Catholic Secondary School

The school group Band is a few:

Ranking Estimate Band 2C-2B

School Wind:

The school has always been a simple school with a strong commitment to the developmental needs of its students. The school has established a comprehensive student support network to instill positive values and attitudes in students, as well as to help them develop their personal potential and build good interpersonal relationships through a comprehensive values education program and structured group activities.

In addition, the school adopts a whole-school approach to promote discipline, counseling, life education, career planning, extra-curricular activities and other learning experiences to fully support the different needs of students, so that they can grow up happily in a healthy campus full of care, trust and respect.

Learning and Teaching Strategies :

  • We adopt a student-centered approach and adopt a variety of teaching strategies to cater for the diversity of student learning, taking into account the characteristics and abilities of students.
  • We are committed to promoting IT education and enhancing teacher-student and student-student interactions both inside and outside the classroom through the e-learning platform, so as to cultivate the spirit of active learning among students.
  • To promote self-directed learning, cultivate students to establish good learning routines and habits, and enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.
  • To actively promote STEM education, the junior secondary school has a STEM class to organize cross-disciplinary STEM activities to enhance students' creativity, problem-solving and collaborative skills.

Teacher professional training and development:

The school has participated in the School-based Professional Support Programmes and the Gifted Education Schools Network Scheme of the Education Bureau, and has successfully received nearly a million dollars from the Quality Education Fund to optimize the school-based curriculum of the Humanities subject, to link up different professional sectors in the community, to enable the school management to work with the frontline teachers, to organize learning communities within the school, and to build up a culture of professional exchanges and researches. The performance of the school's teaching team has been recognized by the academic community, and the school has been the champion in international teaching competitions for four consecutive years.

Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:

The School is committed to building an inclusive and caring culture and adopts a Whole School Approach to IE. The School's Student Support Team, comprising the Deputy Principal, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, the Guidance Officer, the Discipline Officer, the Integrated Education Support Teacher, the Educational Psychologist and the Social Worker, provides appropriate support to students with special educational needs (SEN).
The school adopts a diversified mode of support by implementing a variety of training courses and group activities, providing individual counseling to students in need, and making flexible use of the Learning Support Grant to procure professional services, such as speech therapy and occupational therapy services.
The school regularly disseminates information on integrated education to all teachers, shares relevant concepts and teaching suggestions to enhance teachers' understanding of integrated education, and encourages staff to participate in training courses organized by the Education Bureau to enhance their professional knowledge. In addition, the school emphasizes home-school co-operation and communicates with parents on a regular basis, so that parents can understand their children's learning situation and support their learning and growth together.

Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:

The School provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese language teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning, small group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities.

School facilities:

In addition to general facilities, the school building has a computer-assisted learning room, a multi-purpose room, a spirituality room, a self-study room, a video production center, a fitness room, and a STEM activity room.

School contact information:

  • Webpage update: January 4, 2024
Web Design
seo company
Google sem ads

Secondary Schools in Band 1, Kwai Tsing District which you may be interested in

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.

Parents are advised to consider two important factors when choosing a school for their children: their children's abilities and the characteristics of the preferred school.

You can communicate with your child's subject teachers to learn more about your child's abilities. For the characteristics of the target school, you may refer to the "Profile of a Secondary School" issued by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation to understand the school's philosophy, language of instruction, religion, class structure, etc. You may also refer to the "School Profile" issued by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation to learn more about the school's philosophy, language, religion and class structure.Visit the school's webpage on this websiteThis is because our information is also collected from theSecondary School OverviewThe school's website and information about the school on the internet, including the schools' Youtube Channels.

We believe that as long as we choose suitable schools according to the abilities of our children, we will make them happy to learn and enjoy going to school, which will be most helpful to their studies.
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.
There is no district restriction on the application for discretionary places and parents can choose target secondary schools across districts.

The content of these secondary schools is produced by "CharaBox", which aims to provide basic information about secondary schools in Hong Kong to facilitate parents to choose their favorite target secondary schools.Secondary School OverviewIf you find any inaccuracies or improvements in the information on this website, please contact us at [email protected].

We use cookies and collect browsing data to provide you with the best possible browsing experience and to personalize content and advertisements for you. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our privacy policy regarding cookies. To learn more, please visit:Privacy PolicyThe