Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
School Type
- District: Tuen Mun
- School Category: Koon Lap
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1982
- Sponsoring Body: Government
- The mission of the school is: to honor virtue and learning, to educate the whole person, and to achieve knowledge and goodness.
- School Motto: Respect Virtue and Learning
- Management Structure: A School Management Committee, comprising representatives from the Education Bureau, the Principal, two teacher representatives, two parent representatives, one alumni representative and two members of the public, is set up to decide on school policies. The school also has a number of departments and teams to coordinate curriculum, discipline, counseling, moral education, extra-curricular activities, student welfare and parent liaison.
- Current Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: LAM Sze-han
- Current Principal: Mr. Chan Yum-ki
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 52
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 52%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 25%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 4%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 10%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 86%
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, History, Science, Geography, History, Strategy and Management, Computing, Technology and Life, Visual Arts, Music, Sports
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Civic and Social Development, Health Management and Social Care, Chinese Literature, Chinese History
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, Information and Communication Technology, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Music.
School-wide language policy:
The school adopts English as the medium of instruction for all subjects except Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Putonghua, Health Management and Social Care, Civic and Social Development (S4 and S5) and Liberal Studies (S6). We also encourage our students to speak more Putonghua in order to improve their biliteracy and trilingualism.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Apart from examinations and tests, there are also assessments on homework and classroom performance, project reports, etc. to achieve the goal of multi-intelligence development, so that students can develop their strengths.
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 participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Admission Criteria: 1. conduct of B or better; 2. interview performance (English, Chinese, and Math proficiency) of 40%; 3. extracurricular activities of 15%; and 4. sub-grade of 45% issued by the Education Bureau.
How is Tuen Mun Government Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2B-2A
School Wind:
The school is committed to providing quality education and making learning a pleasant experience in an ideal environment. The Discipline and Guidance Teams work closely together to ensure the healthy growth of the students and to create a simple school ethos. The Academic Section offers a wide range of tutorial classes to enhance students' academic performance, while the Student Support Section organizes a wide range of large-scale activities to broaden students' life experience. The Student Union is elected by universal suffrage and organizes various recreational activities for students.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
Teachers at the school are passionate about teaching, and not only teach students according to their aptitude, but also provide them with good guidance. They are all able to keep abreast of the times and continue to learn. All teachers have completed basic IT training. The school also places special emphasis on whole-person education for its students, providing them with a balanced and diversified curriculum. Apart from academic teaching, the school also emphasizes on other aspects such as life education, civic education, moral training, media education, physical education and aesthetic education.
In order to cultivate students' interest in reading and achieve the goal of lifelong learning, the school has set up a morning reading class in addition to the Chinese and English Extensive Reading Programs to cultivate students' habit of reading news and current affairs, to pay attention to the affairs of the society, and to consolidate their knowledge of the humanities. In addition, the school regularly organizes activities such as morning assembly book sharing, author talks, book fairs, and the Moon Reading Month, creating a strong reading culture.
Teacher professional training and development:
- Recognize the developmental needs of the whole student;
- Recognizing Special Educational Needs;
- Enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school is committed to building an inclusive culture and adopting a Whole School Approach to support students with special educational needs (SEN). Through resource deployment and professional intervention, the school provides appropriate and diversified support services to enhance students' learning effectiveness and facilitate their integration into campus life.
The Student Support Team consists of the Deputy Principal, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, the Student Guidance Officer, the Discipline Officer, the Career Planning Officer, the Academic Affairs Officer, the Regular Resident Educational Psychologist, the Resident Social Worker and the Integrated Education Assistant. The school systematically plans professional training for teachers, identifies students in need of support through resource deployment, sets support targets according to their different needs, and provides them with appropriate and diversified support services to help them integrate into school life and achieve the expected learning targets. Specific support work includes teaching and assessment adaptation, classroom pull-out mode, etc. Professional support will be sought to set up remedial groups, literacy training groups, social behavior and emotional training groups, speech therapy services, concentration training and individual learning plans, etc., and individual counseling and assessment will be provided for students with special educational needs (SEN).
Apart from that, the school emphasizes home-school co-operation and has established a regular communication mechanism to discuss and formulate strategies on supporting students with parents through different channels and to review the effectiveness.
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; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
In addition to regular classrooms, laboratories, special rooms, library and computer labs, the school also has a lecture hall, dance studio, campus TV station, activity room, parent resource center, discipline room, counseling room, English activity room and student union office. In addition, the school provides specialized facilities for the disabled.
School contact information:
- Phone: 24580459
- Fax: 26183160
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.tmgss.edu.hk
- Address: 393 Castle Peak Road, Castle Peak Bay Section, Tuen Mun, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
