General Information on Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System

Admission to Secondary 1 (S1) in September 2021

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

• Information Leaflet on the SSPA System 2019/2021 Cycle
• Video on the SSPA System 2019/2021 Cycle
  • Part 1: Overview [Eligibility for Participation / Discretionary Places / Central Allocation]
  • Part 2: Illustrations [Allocation of Discretionary Places / Division of Allocation Bands / Central Allocation]
• PowerPoint on SSPA 2019/2021 [October 2020]
• Frequently Asked Questions on SSPA 2019/2021
  • Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Vietnamese

• Parents' Talk on "Choice of Secondary Schools" [December 2020] (Chinese version only) Cancelled 
  • [Please click to view details of talks]
• Briefing Session for Parents of Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students: Education Support Measures for NCS Students and SSPA 2018/2020  (English version only)

Discretionary Places (DP)

• Application to government, aided and caput schools as well as Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) secondary schools participating in SSPA^Note
   
  • [Application period from 4 January to 18 January 2021]
  • [Note: Should students / parents be unable to return to school and collect the Application Forms for Secondary One Discretionary Place and related documents in person, parents should authorise in writing a representative to collect documents from the school on behalf of their child.  For details, please contact the respective primary school (Please click to download the Sample of Letter of Authorisation for Collecting Documents for Application for Secondary 1 Discretionary Place)]

• Application to non-participating Direct Subsidy Scheme (NDSS) secondary schools
  • [Application period at the schools' discretion]
  • [Please click to download List of Direct Subsidy Scheme Secondary Schools Not Participating in Secondary School Places Allocation 2019/2021]

• Secondary schools participating in SSPA will notify parents of successful DP applicants of their children's inclusion in the Successful Lists for Discretionary Places on 31 March 2021
• EDB Circular No. 18/2019
• Frequently Asked Questions 
   
  • Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Vietnamese

Central Allocation (CA)

• Choice-making period from mid-April to early May in 2021

• Release of DP and CA results on 6 July 2021
• S1 registration on 8 and 9 July 2021

Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test

• For more information, please click here

Applicable to Students NOT participating in SSPA
(including newly arrived children and students studying Primary 6 in schools NOT participating in SSPA)

Schedule

• Application to government, aided and caput schools as well as DSS secondary schools participating in SSPA*
  • [Application period from 4 January to 18 January 2021]
    • Apply for the issuance of the Application Form for Secondary One Discretionary Place from the School Places Allocation Section of EDB during office hours from 3 December 2020 to 18 January 2021, bringing along the originals of student-applicants' identity documents
    • Submit the Application Form for Secondary One Discretionary Place and documents required to the school direct from 4 January to 18 January 2021
    • Secondary schools participating in SSPA will notify parents of successful DP applicants of their children's inclusion in the Successful Lists for Discretionary Places on 31 March 2021
    • If student-applicants are admitted by participating secondary schools or Jockey Club Ti-I College at DP stage, the secondary school concerned will call the parents to inform them of the application results and the related arrangements on 6 July 2021, i.e. the date of announcement of the allocation results

• Application to NDSS secondary schools
  • [Application period at the schools' discretion]
  • [Please click to download List of Direct Subsidy Scheme Secondary Schools Not Participating in Secondary School Places Allocation 2019/2021]

• Application for a subsidised S1 place for 2021/22 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 2021, bringing along the originals of student-applicant's 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 by the end of July, the third batch in mid-August 2021, and thereafter students will be informed individually

Address : Office 2, 2/F, Manulife Financial Centre, 223 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon

Telephone : 2832 7740, 2832 7700

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

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