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Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System

Admission to Secondary 1 (S1) in September 2011

 

Applicable to Students Participating in SSPA
(Students studying Primary 6 in schools participating in SSPA)

  

General Information

l   Information Leaflet on the SSPA System 2009/2011 Cycle

l   Frequently Asked Questions on SSPA 2009/2011

 

Discretionary Places (DP)

l   Application to government, aided and caput schools as well as Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools participating in SSPA

      [Application period from 3 January to 24 January 2011]

l   Application to DSS schools not participating in SSPA

     [Application period at the schools' discretion]

 

Central Allocation (CA)

l   Choice-making period from mid April to early May in 2011

 

Release of Allocation Results

l   Release of DP and CA results on 5 July 2011

l   S1 registration on 7 and 8 July 2011

  

Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test 2011

l   To be administered on 12 July 2011

 

Applicable to Students NOT participating in SSPA
(including newly arrived children and students studying in schools NOT participating in SSPA)

  

Schedule

 l  Application to government, aided and caput schools as well as 

      DSS schools participating in SSPA *

     [Application period from 3 January to 24 January 2011]

-          Apply for the issuance of the Application Form for S1 Discretionary Place from the School Places Allocation Section of EDB during office hours from early December 2010 to 24 January 2011, bringing along the originals of student-applicants' identity documents

-          Submit the Application Form for S1 Discretionary Place and documents required to the school direct from 3 January to 24 January 2011

 l  Application to DSS schools not participating in SSPA 

     [Application period at the schools' discretion]

 l  Application for a subsidised S1 place for 2011/12 school year *

     [To be allocated by EDB]

-         Apply for a subsidised S1 place at the School Places Allocation Section of EDB during office hours from May to August 2011, bringing along the originals of student-applicants' identity documents. Places available after central allocation will be allocated to eligible applicants by EDB

-        The results of the first batch of applications will be announced in early July, the second batch in early August, the third batch in mid August 2011, and thereafter students will be informed individually 

 

[ * Eligibility for application: Applicants must be a Hong Kong resident, have never been allocated an S1 place through SSPA and have never studied in government, aided, caput, DSS and English Schools Foundation secondary schools. ]

 

 

 

School Places Allocation Section of the Education Bureau

Address : 2/F, Lui Kee Education Services Centre, 269 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai

Telephone : 2832 7700, 2832 7740

Office hours : Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm

 

Last revision date: 31 August 2010
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