Mary of Providence Primary School

Mary of Providence Primary School is a co-educational aided Catholic primary school in Tsuen Wan, founded in 1960 and sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. Its motto is Diligence, Progress, Loyalty and Sincerity. The school emphasizes faith, moral formation, care for pupils and steady academic development.

School Classification

Finance Type
Aided
District & POA Net
Tsuen Wan (POA 62)
School Level
Primary
Student Gender
Co-educational
Religion
Catholicism
Medium of Instruction
Chinese

School Picture

Campus Photo of Mary of Providence Primary School
Outlook of Mary of Providence Primary School

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.

Year Total DP CA
2019603029
2020603027
2021603029
2022603022
2023603029
2024502524
2025502515
2026502532

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 the number of DP places is higher than the number of CA places, this generally indicates that all available places were filled during the Discretionary Places Admission stage, suggesting that applications exceeded the available places and that the school was relatively popular. Conversely, where the number of DP places is lower than the number of CA places, this generally indicates that some discretionary places remained unfilled and were transferred to Central Allocation, suggesting lower competition for admission.

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.

School Mission & Governance

Guiding principles of Christian faith are upheld in pursuit of Christian educational goals: To provide a cordial and jovial nurturing environment to pupils with love and enthusiasm. To provide pupils with quality education, developing in them independent thinking skills in concurrence with a heightened sense of citizenship and nationality. To foster all-round spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development of pupils.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1960

School Motto
Please refer to the Chinese version.
Name of Sponsoring Body
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Supervisor
Ms. Chiu Koon See
School Head
Mr. Lee Hei Sum Lawrence

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
201822222212
201922222212
202022222212
202122222212
202222222212
202322222212
202422222212
202522222212

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

Teachers Statistics

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, class structure, and possible changes in enrolment trends.

Year TC# AE# SET E:0-4 E:5-9 E:10+
2018262646%15%12%73%
2019262646%12%12%76%
2020282646%12%12%76%
2021282846%12%12%76%
2022282854%29%21%50%
2023282854%25%21%54%
2024282863%29%14%57%
2025282863%29%14%57%

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

School Facilities

The school has 12 classrooms, 1 school hall, 1 playground and 1 library, occupying an area of about 2,120 square metre.

Special Rooms: 9 (Multipurpose Room, Language Laboratory, Music Room, Interview Room, Counselling Room, Activity Room, Server Room, Prayer Room & English Corner, STREAM Studio).

Facilities for supporting students with Special Educational Needs: Ramp.

Area Occupied by the School
about 2,120 square metre
Number of Classrooms
12

School Location & Map

Mary of Providence Primary School is located at 68 Ho Pui Street, Tsuen Wan, N.T.. Use the interactive map below to explore the surrounding area.

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