General Information on Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System

Admission to Secondary 1 (S1) in September 2022

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

• Information Leaflet on the SSPA System 2020/2022 Cycle
• Video on the SSPA System 2020/2022 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 2020/2022 [October 2021]
• Frequently Asked Questions on SSPA 2020/2022 
  • Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Vietnamese

• Parents' Talk on "Choice of Secondary Schools" [December 2021] (Chinese version only) 
   
  • [Please click to view details of talks]
• PowerPoint on Education Support Measures for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students and SSPA 2019/2021 [December 2020] (with narration) (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 3 January to 17 January 2022]
  • [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 , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Vietnamese
    • [^#In view of the COVID-19 epidemic situation, this year's DP applications can also be submitted via post.  Parents could arrange to submit the completed Application Forms and other documents required by the secondary school by post between 3 January (Monday) and 17 January 2022 (Monday), both dates inclusive (the postmark date should not be later than the prescribed deadline)]
  • [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 2020/2022]

• 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 2022
• 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 early April to early May in 2022
  

• Release of DP and CA results on 12 July 2022
• S1 registration on 14 and 15 July 2022

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 3 January to 17 January 2022]
  • [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 , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu , Vietnamese
    • [^#In view of the COVID-19 epidemic situation, this year's DP applications can also be submitted via post.  Parents could arrange to submit the completed Application Forms and other documents required by the secondary school by post between 3 January (Monday) and 17 January 2022 (Monday), both dates inclusive (the postmark date should not be later than the prescribed deadline)]
    • Apply for the issuance of the Application Form for Secondary One Discretionary Place from the School Places Allocation (SPA) Section of the EDB during office hours from 6 December 2021 to 17 January 2022, bringing along the originals of student-applicants' identity documents^Note
      • [Note: If parents could not proceed to submit the application to the SPA Section in person owing to personal reason, he/she may authorise a representative to proceed the related procedures on his/her behalf.  The authorised person should bring along with the original of letter of authorisation signed by parent (Please click to download Sample Letter of Authorisation), the copy of parent's identity document, the originals of student applicant's identity documents and the copy of student applicant's birth certificate.]
    • Submit the Application Form for Secondary One Discretionary Place and documents required to the school direct from 3 January to 17 January 2022
    • 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 2022
    • 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 12 July 2022, 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 2020/2022]

• Application for a subsidised S1 place for 2022/23 school year*  
  • [To be allocated by the EDB]
    • Apply for a subsidised S1 place at the SPA Section of the EDB during office hours from May to August 2022, bringing along the originals of student-applicant's identity documents.  Places available after Central Allocation will be allocated to eligible applicants by the EDB
    • The results of the first batch of applications will be announced in mid-July, the second batch by the end of July, the third batch in mid-August 2022, and thereafter students will be informed individually
      

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