Canossa Primary School (San Po Kong)

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Wong Tai Sin (POA 45)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Co-educational

Religion: Catholicism

Medium of Instruction: Chinese

School Picture

Outlook of Canossa Primary School (San Po Kong)

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 Catholic-affiliated; 105 primary schools (20%) have the same affiliation overall, including 93 of the 416 aided schools (22%). 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	150	75	63
2020	150	75	53
2021	150	75	70
2022	150	75	64
2023	150	75	68
2024	150	75	72
2025	150	75	72
2026	150	75	72

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 Canossian educators of Faith draw inspiration from Jesus on the Cross and St. Magdalene of Canossa. We dedicate ourselves to the Formation of Heart of our students, to love life and learning, to serve the Community, especially those whose needs are greatest.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1968 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Charity, Righteousness, Humility

Name of Sponsoring Body

Canossian Missions

Supervisor

Ms. Yuen Wai Ching

School Head

Mr. Chan Cheong Shun Charley

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	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2019	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2020	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2021	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2022	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2023	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2024	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2025	6	6	6	6	6	6	36
2026	6	6	6	6	6	6	36

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	62	64	40%	19%	8%	73%
2019	63	64	45%	23%	8%	69%
2020	64	64	43%	22%	7%	71%
2021	65	65	43%	36%	8%	56%
2022	66	66	34%	26%	17%	57%
2023	67	67	34%	22%	20%	58%
2024	67	67	50%	22%	20%	58%
2025	66	67	59%	22%	28%	50%
2026	66	67	86%	8%	29%	63%

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

School Facilities

The school has 36 classrooms, 1 school hall, 4 playgrounds and 1 library, occupying an area of about 5,960 square metre.

Special Rooms: STEM Room, English Room, Activity Rooms, Language Room, Multi-purpose Rooms, Visual Arts Room, Music Rooms, General Studies Room.

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

Others: Roof-top Garden, Medical Room, PTA Room, Prayer Room, Counselling Room, Conference Room.

Area Occupied by the School

about 5,960 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Canossa Primary School (San Po Kong) is located at 9 Choi Yee Lane, San Po Kong, Kowloon. 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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