Our Lady's College

Our Lady's College

Our Lady's College

School Type

  • District: Wong Tai Sin
  • School Type: Subsidized
  • Student Sex: Girls' School
  • School Banding: Band 2
  • Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
  • School religion: Catholic

School History

  • Year of establishment: 1953
  • School Sponsor: Mothers of Mary Help of Christians
  • Objectives: To promote whole-person education, practicing the preventive pedagogy (Reason, Religion, Charity) of Fr. Borthco, nurturing students' academic, moral and spiritual development; to provide diversified activities and learning experiences to enrich their school life; to emphasize the family spirit to help students build up a good character and a positive outlook on life.
  • School Motto: Purity and Love
  • Management structure: School-based management is implemented, emphasizing communication and collaboration at different levels. The School Development Committee (SDC) discusses and formulates school development directions and policies. The Committee is composed of appointed teachers and is divided into the following sections: Academic Development, Student Development, School Administration and Management. Monthly teacher meetings are held to promote consensus and coordination.
  • Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Tso Hing-yin
  • Current Principal: Ms. Linda Lam

Teacher Information

  • Total number of teachers in the school: 56
  • Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 96%
  • Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 57%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 30%

Teacher seniority:

  • Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 43%
  • Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 7%
  • Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 50%

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:

Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Ethics and Religious Education, Physical Education, Visual Arts

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

English Language, Integrated Humanities (S1, S2: Geography, History, Life and Society; S3: Geography, History, Economics and Business), Science (S1, S2: Science, S3: Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

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

Chinese Language, Civic and Social Development, Chinese History, Technology and Life, Ethics and Religious Education, Physical Education, Visual Art

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, Introduction to Corporate Accounting and Finance - Accounting Module and Business Management Module, Economics, Geography, ICT, Maths Module 1, Music

School-wide language policy:

English is the main language of instruction at the school.
A small number of students from S1 to S3 used Chinese as the MOI for some non-language subjects.
(Please refer to "Subjects Offered in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 Academic Years" for details.)

Tests and study adaptation measures:

In order to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching, the school balances summative and progressive assessment. In addition to regular examinations and tests, all subjects are assessed through a variety of assessment modes (e.g. classroom performance, learning attitudes, assignments, student self-assessment, peer assessment) and progress assessment. In addition, small group teaching in Chinese, English and Mathematics has been implemented in junior secondary schools and after-school enrichment classes in Chinese, English and Mathematics have been organized to meet the diversified learning needs of students.

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 for S1 Discretionary Places: Interview 35%, Academic results and "Ranking List" provided by EDB 40%, Conduct 10%, Extra-curricular activities and awards 10%, Others 5%.
Interviews are available for all applicants.

How is Notre Dame College?

The school group Band is a few:

Ranking Estimate Band 2B-2A

School Wind:

The school's ethos is simple, emphasizing the cultivation of character and spirituality, helping students to develop proper values, and enabling them to achieve balanced development in academics, character, spirituality, and community. The school has inherited the "family spirit", which enables students to grow up in an atmosphere of mutual care and concern, and to build a big family full of joy and love.

Learning and Teaching Strategies :

The school is committed to creating a harmonious and conducive learning environment, and provides students with a diversified and balanced curriculum. Apart from formal classroom learning, the school also organizes activity days to promote life-wide learning and broaden students' horizons. The school implements a student-centered teaching model and adopts diversified teaching strategies. To cater for the learning needs of students, the school has set up advanced classes for Secondary 1 to 3 to enhance the learning ability of students with outstanding academic performance, as well as remedial classes for homework and enrichment classes for Chinese, English and Mathematics. In addition, to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning, Chinese, English and Mathematics are taught in small groups at junior secondary levels, and Chinese and English at Secondary 5 and 6 levels. Learning attitudes are included in all subject assessments to help students develop a positive attitude towards learning.

Teacher professional training and development:

Teachers are encouraged and subsidized to attend professional training to keep abreast of the times. Teacher performance appraisal, peer lesson observation and group lesson planning are implemented. Teachers also engage in school-based and subject-based sharing, and attend courses tailor-made for special learning needs.

Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:

The school makes use of the Learning Support Grant to provide student counseling services, career planning activities, and after-school individual and group homework tutorials, etc. The school also encourages teachers to pursue the EDB's three-tier SEN curriculum to enhance their professionalism and build the foundation of an inclusive school. The school also encourages teachers to pursue the EDB's three-tier SEN curriculum to enhance their professionalism and to build the foundation of an "inclusive school".

Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:

The School provides additional support to 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, group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities.

School facilities:

There are 30 classrooms (each equipped with WiFi), 17 special rooms, a campus TV station, a STEAM room, an English activity room, a Chapel, a prayer room, and an auditorium that can accommodate the entire school. There are also two large playgrounds and a spacious cellar.

School contact information:

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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.

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.

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