Chi Lin Buddhist Primary 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

School Picture

Outlook of Chi Lin Buddhist Primary 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.

View an illustration of the Primary One Admission System

Year	Total	DP	CA
2019	125	63	82
2020	125	63	75
2021	125	63	76
2022	125	63	85
2023	125	63	104
2024	125	63	98
2025	125	63	88
2026	125	63	102

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

Adhering to the spirit of compassion, equality and caring in Buddhism, we provide students with high-quality whole-person education by upholding our school motto ‘Do everything for students.’ and ‘Never give up on one person.’ We equip our students’ with 21st century skills and develop them to become valued members the society through our school-based curriculum.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1999 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Be faithful, discover learning diligently, and become an all-rounded individual in preparation for tomorrow's world

Name of Sponsoring Body

Chi Lin Nunnery

Supervisor

Ven. Sik Wei Che

School Head

Mr. Law Kam Yuen

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	4	3	3	2	21
2019	5	5	4	4	3	3	24
2020	5	5	5	4	4	3	26
2021	5	5	5	5	4	4	28
2022	4	4	5	5	5	4	27
2023	3	4	4	5	5	5	26
2024	3	3	4	4	5	5	24
2025	3	3	3	4	4	5	22
2026	2	3	3	3	4	4	19

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	35	35	38%	25%	9%	66%
2019	40	36	38%	25%	9%	66%
2020	45	51	39%	33%	13%	54%
2021	49	51	39%	33%	13%	54%
2022	52	53	39%	33%	13%	54%
2023	51	58	50%	48%	26%	26%
2024	49	53	50%	48%	26%	26%
2025	46	51	69%	48%	27%	25%
2026	44	45	86%	33%	42%	25%

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

School Facilities

The school has 31 classrooms, 1 school hall, 4 playgrounds and 1 library, occupying an area of about 6,311 square metre.

Special Rooms: English Room, Computer Room, Student activity Room, Visual Art Room, Music Room, Counseling Room and Multi-purpose Room.

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

Others: English Corner, Reading Corner, classrooms with Wi-fi, interactive smart BlackBoard, climbing wall.

Area Occupied by the School

about 6,311 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Chi Lin Buddhist Primary School is located at 1 Tong Chun Street, 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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