General Information on Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System
Admission to Secondary 1 (S1) in September 2020
Applicable to Students Participating in SSPA
(Students studying Primary 6 in schools participating in SSPA)
General Information 
- Information Leaflet on the SSPA System 2018/2020 Cycle
- DVD on the SSPA System 2018/2020 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 2018/2020 [October 2019]
- Frequently Asked Questions on SSPA 2018/2020
Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Punjabi (Indian)
- Parents’ Talks on “Choice of Secondary Schools” [December 2019] (Chinese version only)
[Please click to view details of talks]
Discretionary Places (DP)
- Application to government, aided and caput schools as well as Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools participating in SSPA
[Application period from 2 January to 16 January 2020]
[Please click to download Handbook for Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places]
[Please click to download Notes for Parents on Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places]
Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Punjabi (Indian)
- Application to non-participating Direct Subsidy Scheme (NDSS) 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 2018/2020]
Implementation of New Arrangements for Notifying Successful DP Applicants starting from SSPA 2018/2020
- Secondary schools participating in SSPA will notify parents of successful applicants of their children's inclusion in the Successful Lists for Discretionary Places on 31 March 2020
- EDB Circular No. 18/2019
- Frequently Asked Questions
Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Punjabi (Indian) (
in October 2019)
Central Allocation (CA)
- Choice-making period from early April to early May in 2020
Release of Allocation Results
- Release of DP and CA results on 7 July 2020
- S1 registration on 9 and 10 July 2020
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 schools participating in SSPA*
[Application period from 2 January to 16 January 2020]
[Please click to download Handbook for Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places]
[Please click to download Notes for Parents on Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places (Applicable to Non-participating Students)]
Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Punjabi (Indian)
- 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 5 December 2019 to 16 January 2020, 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 2 January to 16 January 2020
- Secondary schools participating in SSPA will notify parents of successful applicants of their children's inclusion in the Successful Lists for Discretionary Places on 31 March 2020
- 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 7 July 2020, i.e. the date of announcement of the allocation results
- Application to NDSS 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 2018/2020]
- Application for a subsidised S1 place for 2020/21 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 2020, 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 2020, 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 : 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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