St Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School
Application for S1 admission:
The school does not participate in the central allocation of Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA).
Admission requirements, criteria and weighting:
- 30% Academic;
- 30% Quality;
- 10% Activity;
- 20% Interview;
- 5% Contact the school;
- 5% Other.
School Type
- District: Sham Shui Po
- School Type: DSS
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 1
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of foundation: 1965
- Sponsor: St. Margaret's Educational Organization Limited (Registered Charitable Organization)
- Mission: The school is committed to building an international campus and implementing "whole-person education", which advocates the use of enjoyable learning to enable students to develop their full potential and become talents with excellent communication skills, positive attitudes and international perspectives to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
- School motto: To be virtuous and new, to stop at the highest good
- Management structure: The Government provides Direct Subsidy Scheme schools with flexible operating conditions and modernized management.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ng Chi Hang
- Current Principal: Lee Lan Yuen
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 57
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 86%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 60%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 9%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 44%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 11%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 45%
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 (Putonghua/Cantonese), Chinese as a Second Language (NCS students; Putonghua/Cantonese), Adapted Chinese Language (NCS students; Putonghua/Cantonese), Chinese History
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Life and Society, Integrated Science (S3 including Biology, Physics and Chemistry modules), ICT, Physical Education, Music, Dance, Visual Arts (Arts and Technology Education Center), Elementary Science and Technology, Bible, History, Geography, School-based Curriculum (e.g., Orientation for S3, Diversified and Interactive Learning Activity Classes for S1-S2, Performing Arts/Drama for S1-S2, English Language Arts and Literature for S1-S3, etc.). Performing Arts/Drama for S1-S2, and English Language Arts and Literature for S1-S3, etc.)
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese as a Second Language (Non-Chinese Speaking Students), Chinese History, Chinese Literature
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Literature, Citizenship and Social Development, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Information and Communication Technology, Mathematics, Mathematics Module I/II, Chinese History, History, Economics, Geography, Tourism and Hospitality, Ethics and Religion, Design and Applied Technology, Technology and Life, Visual Arts (Centre for Arts and Technology in Education), Dance, Music, Physical Education and Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance.
School-wide language policy:
All subjects are taught in English. In addition to Chinese, Chinese History, Values Education (for local students) and Modern Languages, 10-12 foreign English teachers are employed to enhance students' English proficiency. Chinese is taught in Putonghua/Cantonese. In order to achieve the educational goal of "Three Languages, Four Languages", S1 students are required to take French, German, Japanese or Spanish. Students are encouraged to participate in annual English/foreign language study tours to consolidate their language learning.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Diversified assessment is provided for each module and an examination is held each semester. The examinations are designed to provide valid educational indicators to enable teachers to make professional judgments to help students with different needs.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 3
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 3
School fees:
- S1 (S1) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $46770
- S2(S2) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $46770
- Tuition Fee for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year: $46770
- Tuition fee for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year: $44800
- S5 (S5) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $44580
- Tuition fee for S6 in the 2022-2023 school year: $44070
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.
How is St. Margaret's Co-educational English Primary and Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 1C-1B
School Wind:
The school has a simple school culture that places special emphasis on the cultivation of students' character, and adopts a "discipline and counseling" approach to deal with students' behavioral and emotional problems. Each grade has a counselor who cares about the growth of the students, and adopts "Positive School, Positive Life" as the goal of their work, so as to enable the students to positively face up to the difficulties they encountered. All classes have two class teachers to take care of the students.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
Among the 400 secondary schools in Hong Kong, the school has been recognized by the former Education Department for two consecutive times as one of the secondary schools with significant improvement in academic performance. The school has been actively promoting multi-media teaching and information technology (IT) teaching activities to stimulate students' self-learning spirit through active and interactive teaching and learning. Special emphasis is placed on diversified and life-oriented curriculum design to develop students' creative thinking, and to cultivate their independent learning and problem-solving abilities.
Teacher professional training and development:
Teachers are encouraged to pursue further education in line with their work and professional needs, aiming at a total of 150 hours over a minimum of three years.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school has a learning assessment and adjustment system and employs educational psychologists to provide counseling and appropriate training for students with special learning needs. SEN teams are formed by trained teachers who work closely with school social workers and educational psychologists to develop individualized education plans for students with special needs.
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 language learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive modes of Chinese language teaching and learning (e.g. pull-out learning, group learning, etc. on a need basis); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities. Provide additional support, e.g. small group learning, etc., as needed in the implementation of universal education in all sections at all levels.
School facilities:
In addition to the "Millennium Design" school building, which is 30% to 40% larger than a normal school building, with 31 classrooms, 16 special rooms, a 130-meter all-weather running track, a long-distance jumping pool, a rock-climbing wall, a modern language room, a dance studio, and an auditorium, the school has also constructed a new extension wing at the same site in order to cope with the development of the school, which consists of a 25-meter x 5 indoor heated swimming pool, a 7-meter-high multi-purpose auditorium, 6 standard classrooms and 3 small group teaching and counseling rooms, with ample space for rest and activities. The new wing includes a 25m x 5 indoor heated swimming pool, a 7m high multi-purpose hall, as well as 6 standard classrooms and 3 small group teaching and counseling rooms. With the completion of the new wing, the teaching and learning space on campus has been significantly increased by nearly 20%, while the flexibility of other learning experiences and activities has been greatly enhanced. Students can also learn organic planting and cultivate "green" culture and education in the campus flower garden. The school is equipped with low-noise split air-conditioning, fiber-optic network and advanced IT facilities such as interactive whiteboards/educational touch panels and mobile devices.
School contact information:
- Tel: 23966675
- Fax: 27890485
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.smcesps.edu.hk
- Address: 33 Sham Mong Road, West Kowloon, Hong Kong
- St. Margaret's Co-educational English Elementary and Secondary School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
