HHCKLA Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Sai Kung (POA 95)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Co-educational

Religion: Buddhism

Medium of Instruction: Chinese (including Putonghua) and English

School Picture

Outlook of HHCKLA Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School

Note: This school has the most common type-and-gender profile among Hong Kong primary schools: it is aided and co-educational. Aided schools account for 416 of 533 schools (78%), while 505 schools (95%) are co-educational. It is Buddhist-affiliated; 15 primary schools (2.8%) have the same affiliation overall, including 15 of the 416 aided schools (3.6%). Click to view an illustration.

Primary One Admission

In Hong Kong, the Primary One Admission (POA) System is administered by the Education Bureau to allocate Primary One places in government and aided primary schools. It consists of two stages: Discretionary Places Admission and Central Allocation. At the Discretionary Places stage, parents may apply directly to one government or aided school without being restricted by school net, and each school generally reserves about half of its Primary One places for this stage. The remaining places are allocated centrally, with 10% available for unrestricted school choices and 90% restricted to schools within the applicant’s residential school net. The table below summarises past years’ allocation figures, including Discretionary Places (DP), Central Allocation (CA), and total places.

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Year	Total	DP	CA
2019	125	63	81
2020	125	63	74
2021	125	63	72
2022	125	63	84
2023	125	63	96
2024	125	63	90
2025	125	63	88
2026	125	63	91

Note: The figures for Discretionary Places (DP) and provisional Central Allocation (CA) places are published by the Education Bureau, while the total number of Primary One places is estimated from these figures. Where DP is lower than CA, this generally indicates that some discretionary places were unfilled and transferred to Central Allocation, suggesting relatively lower demand at the DP stage. Where DP and CA are approximately equal, the available discretionary places were generally fully taken up, suggesting relatively strong demand at the DP stage. Where DP is higher than CA and DP + CA is less than the estimated total, this generally indicates that the number of must-admit applicants exceeded the places normally reserved for them, with additional places taken from the original CA quota. These figures should therefore be used only as a general indication of admission demand and not as a definitive measure of a school's popularity.

View illustration: How to understand DP, CA and total places in POA

School Fees

This is an aided school, the most common type of primary school in Hong Kong. Aided schools account for approximately 78% of all primary schools and receive government funding to provide free primary education. No school fee is charged. By comparison, government schools account for around 6%, DSS schools 4%, and private schools 12%. Only DSS and private schools generally charge school fees.

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School Mission & Governance

The goal of our school is to cultivate values and morals in students according to the teachings of Buddhism and to shape decent manners and appearance among students which enable them to contribute positively to society. Besides teaching students’ basic academic knowledge, we will also help them build up a solid moral foundation as well as broaden their horizons through the teaching of Buddhism.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1995 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Diligence, Obedience, Trustworthiness and Sincerity.

Name of Sponsoring Body

Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association

Supervisor

Rev. Shi Hongming

School Head

Principal Koo Mei Ki

Class Structure & School Size

The table below presents the number of classes in each form from S1 to S6 in recent years. These figures provide a useful reference for understanding the school’s overall scale, form structure, and possible changes in enrolment trends.

Year	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Total
2018	5	4	3	3	4	2	21
2019	4	5	4	3	3	4	23
2020	4	4	5	4	3	3	23
2021	4	4	4	5	4	3	24
2022	3	3	3	4	4	4	21
2023	2	3	3	3	4	4	19
2024	2	2	3	3	3	4	17
2025	2	2	2	3	3	3	15
2026	2	2	2	2	3	3	14

Note: Class-related figures were obtained from the CHSC Primary School Profiles in September of each year.

Teachers Statistics

The table below presents some teacher statistics in recent years. TC# denotes total number of teachers, AE# = Approved Establishment, SET = Special Education Training, E = numbers of years of experience (0-4 years, 5-9 yesrs, 10 years or above).

Year	AE#	TC#	SET	E:0-4	E:5-9	E:10+
2018	36	41	38%	38%	5%	57%
2019	41	46	32%	28%	20%	52%
2020	45	51	37%	25%	24%	51%
2021	45	50	40%	24%	26%	50%
2022	47	50	38%	18%	32%	50%
2023	42	50	38%	10%	38%	52%
2024	39	50	38%	10%	38%	52%
2025	36	38	80%	8%	30%	62%
2026	32	32	80%	0%	18%	82%

Note: Teacher statistics were obtained from the CHSC Primary School Profiles in September of each year.

School Facilities

The school has 30 classrooms, 1 school hall, 2 playgrounds and 1 library, occupying an area of about 6,500 square metre.

Special Rooms: Computer Rooms, Digital Piano Room, Handchime Room, Handbell Room, Music Room, Library, English Room, Dance Room, Table Tennis Room, General Studies Lab, STEM Room, LEGO STEM Lab, Visual Art Room, Parents’ Center, etc.

Facilities for supporting students with Special Educational Needs: Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.

Others: A LEGO STEM Laboratory with in-house LEGO STEM courses. A newly built “Dreamland” has been established, providing students with a place for games.

Area Occupied by the School

about 6,500 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

HHCKLA Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School is located at King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, N.T.. Use the interactive map below to explore the surrounding area. Alternatively, use our School Map to view this school and explore nearby schools.

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