Sha Tin Government Secondary School
Shatin Government Secondary School is a government school located in Shatin District. It accepts both male and female students and is a Band 1 school. The medium of instruction is mainly English. Founded in 1972, the school's sponsoring organization is the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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 | 144 | 43 | 7 | 86 | 8 |
Admission requirements, criteria and weighting:
- Students must have an excellent or good conduct grade in P5 and P6;
- The "Sub-Ranking List of Applicants for Student Achievement" provided by the Education Bureau;
- Student extracurricular activities, student grades, awards, and scheduling interviews.
- For details, see the following website: http://www.stgss.edu.hk.
School Type
- District: Shatin
- School Category: Koon Lap
- 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: 1972
- Sponsor: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Mission: School Vision: We inspire every student to be an active learner, an independent thinker, a caring person, and a seeker of excellence. We provide students with comprehensive opportunities to acquire knowledge and develop their potentials; and nurture students to establish a correct attitude towards life, so as to prepare them for further studies and development in the future.
- School motto: Wisdom, benevolence, courage
- Management structure: The school is a government grammar secondary school with an establishment pattern in line with the requirements of the Education Bureau. There is a School Management Committee (SMC) and the direction of development is supported by the SMC in order to realize the school's vision.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of the School Management Committee: Mrs. Rosalind Lee
- Current Principal: Lam Yuet Wah
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 54
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 46%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 26%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 6%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 19%
- 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:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Science (S1-S3), Project-based Learning (S3), History, Geography, Life and Society, Computing, Visual Arts, Music, Sports
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Civic and Social Development
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Extended Mathematics Module 1 and Module 2, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Geography, Economics, ICT, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Music (Senior Secondary courses are held at the Arts and Technology Education Centre).
School-wide language policy:
The school uses English as the medium of instruction for all subjects except Chinese, Chinese History, Putonghua, Chinese Literature and Liberal Studies, and strives to enhance students' biliteracy and trilingualism.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
There is one standardized test and one examination per semester, and a project report is also included in the assessment. Continuous Assessment (CA) is also used to assess students' academic performance at S1 to S6 levels. Ongoing assessment includes classroom performance and daily coursework assessment.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 5
- 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
Shatin Government Secondary School
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 1B
School Wind:
The school has a simple and harmonious atmosphere and students have a strong sense of belonging to the school. The school has committees on guidance, counseling, moral and civic education, healthy living and sex education, environmental and media education, further education and employment, and extra-curricular activities to support students in different aspects.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school actively promotes information technology (IT) education and supports teaching and learning through its well-established computer network and facilities. It also emphasizes whole-person development and the five education areas to develop students' self-learning ability. The school implements the curricula of various subjects in accordance with the syllabus promulgated by the Education Bureau. The school also implements a "school-based curriculum" according to the actual needs, which is in line with the policy of the Education Bureau of "excellence and remedial work". At the same time, students' generic skills are developed through different subjects.
Teacher professional training and development:
Teachers are encouraged to pursue further education to enhance their professional knowledge. Three professional development days are organized for teachers throughout the year. In addition, the school arranges joint lesson planning sessions for teachers to have professional exchanges. A mentoring system is in place to help new and experienced teachers adapt to the work environment as soon as possible. Peer lesson observations and collaborative teaching are encouraged to improve teaching standards.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The School is committed to building an inclusive culture on campus and adopting a school-based approach to support students with special educational needs (SEN) through home-school co-operation and resource deployment. The school provides appropriate and diversified support services to students according to their needs, with a view to enhancing their learning effectiveness and communication skills, and helping them integrate into school life and grow up healthily and happily. The School has set up a Student Support Team comprising the Deputy Principal, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, the Guidance Officer, teachers who have received special education training, social workers, teaching assistants, the Resident Speech Therapist and the Educational Psychologist. All units of the Unit maintain close communication with the Supervisors of the Special Educational Needs Service Unit of the Education Bureau and parents of students with SEN. In order to support students with SEN, the school flexibly deploys various resources, including the Learning Support Grant for outsourcing professional services to take care of students with SEN, such as speech therapy and other training groups. The school emphasizes home-school co-operation and regularly arranges members of the Student Support Team or dedicated teachers to communicate with parents to jointly support students.
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 language teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning on a need basis, group learning, etc.); and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
The school has 34 classrooms, 4 well-equipped laboratories and several special rooms such as computer room, lecture hall, etc. Each classroom is equipped with projectors and audio-visual equipment. Each classroom is equipped with projectors and audio-visual equipment. The new wing has a music room, a student activity room, an English room and a conference room.
School contact information:
- Phone: 26914744
- Fax: 26091456
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.stgss.edu.hk
- Address: 11-17 Man Lai Road, Shatin, N.T.
- Shatin Government Secondary School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
