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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

     Versions: English (Update in March 2020)   

                     Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu (Update in February 2020)   

  • 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] (Update in February 2020)   

[Please click to download Notes for Parents on Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places] (Update in February 2020)   

Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu 

  • 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] (Update in February 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 7 April 2020
  • EDB Circular No. 18/2019
  • Frequently Asked Questions 

     Versions: English (Update in March 2020) 

                     Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu (Update in February 2020)                    

 

Central Allocation (CA)

  • Choice-making period from early April to early May in 2020
  • Notes for Parents on Central Allocation for SSPA 2018/2020

     Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu 

     Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu 


Announcement 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] (Update in February 2020)   

[Please click to download Notes for Parents on Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places (Applicable to Non-participating Students)] (Update in February 2020)   

Versions: English , Bahasa Indonesia , Hindi , Nepali , Punjabi (Indian) , Tagalog , Thai , Urdu 

  • 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 7 April 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] (Update in February 2020)     

 

  • Application for a subsidised S1 place for 2020/21 school year

[To be allocated by EDB]

  • Aapplicants* may apply for a subsidised S1 places from May to August 2020.  Places available after central allocation will be allocated to eligible applicants by EDB.  Parents may call 2832 7740 or 2832 7700 during office hours to make an appointment by phone and visit the School Places Allocation Section of EDB at the designated time for submitting the application.  Parents should bring along with the originals of student applicant's identity documents upon submission of application concernedNote
  • [*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 secondary schools and English Schools Foundation secondary schools.]
  • [Note: If parents could not submit the application 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.]
  • The results of the first batch of applications will be announced on 7 July 2020, the second batch in early August, the third batch in mid-August 2020, and thereafter students will be informed individually

 



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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