Choi Wan St. Joseph's Primary School

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 Choi Wan St. Joseph's 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 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	100	50	50
2020	100	50	50
2021	100	50	50
2022	100	50	43
2023	100	50	50
2024	100	50	50
2025	100	50	53
2026	100	50	50

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

We aim at providing “whole-person” education for students based on core values of Catholic education which cultivate students’ moral, intellectual, social and aesthetic values as well as encourage students to achieve academic excellence. We help to develop individual potential and foster the spirit of self-learning. We encourage a positive and a healthy attitude towards life and promote a keen sense of responsibility and commitment to the community.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1982 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Striving for excellence through 'Faith', 'Diligence' and 'Love'

Name of Sponsoring Body

Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

Supervisor

Mr. Leung Cheung Choi

School Head

Mr. Chu Ka Leung

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	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2019	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2020	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2021	3	4	4	4	4	4	23
2022	4	3	4	4	4	4	23
2023	3	4	3	4	4	4	22
2024	3	3	4	3	4	4	21
2025	2	3	3	4	3	4	19
2026	2	2	3	3	4	3	17

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	44	47	49%	4%	13%	83%
2019	45	47	49%	7%	18%	75%
2020	45	47	44%	2%	13%	85%
2021	45	46	50%	4%	13%	83%
2022	44	44	48%	5%	9%	86%
2023	44	44	43%	5%	11%	84%
2024	43	46	55%	17%	11%	72%
2025	41	44	73%	25%	16%	59%
2026	38	41	72%	24%	15%	61%

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

School Facilities

The school has 24 classrooms, 1 school hall, 1 playground and 1 library, occupying an area of about 4,305 square metre.

Special Rooms: Prayer room, STEM Room, Music Room, Visual Arts Room, Student Activity Room, Chinese Culture Room, Chinese Orchestra Room, Computer Room, Counselling Room, English Language room and library.

Others: Conference Room, Teaching Aids Room, Medical Room, Teaching Resources Room.

Area Occupied by the School

about 4,305 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Choi Wan St. Joseph's Primary School is located at Estate School No 2 Choi Wan Estate, 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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