Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Kwun Tong (POA 46)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Co-educational

Religion: Catholicism

Medium of Instruction: Chinese (including Putonghua) and English

School Picture

Outlook of Ping Shek Estate Catholic 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	125+15	63	101
2020	100+12	50	72
2021	100	50	83
2022	100	50	72
2023	100	50	83
2024	100	50	77
2025	100	50	85
2026	100	50	84

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

Live by core values of Christian teaching in everyday life and foster positive values in children. To provide young children with an all-rounded education based on Christian values. We stress the total development and the multi-intellectual growth of each child so that they can flourish and contribute positively to themselves and their future. We promote understanding and cooperation between teachers and parents, so as to enhance the quality of school life and family life.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1969 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Love & Perseverance

Name of Sponsoring Body

Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

Supervisor

Ms. Wong Man Ping Annie

School Head

Ms. Wong Kuen Heung

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	5	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	3	3	4	4	4	4	22
2023	2	3	3	4	4	4	20
2024	2	2	3	3	4	4	18
2025	1	2	2	3	3	4	15
2026	1	1	2	2	3	3	12

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	47	47	60%	29%	22%	49%
2019	47	47	60%	19%	15%	66%
2020	47	47	60%	17%	21%	62%
2021	47	47	59%	22%	22%	56%
2022	45	47	53%	24%	20%	56%
2023	44	47	57%	13%	17%	70%
2024	40	47	74%	12%	17%	71%
2025	37	40	87%	16%	13%	71%
2026	30	34	97%	21%	9%	70%

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 1,200 square metre.

Special Rooms: Computer Rooms, Multi-media Room, Dancing Studio, Music Rooms, Activity Room, Counselling Room, Prayer Room, English Room, Steam Room, Playroom

Area Occupied by the School

about 1,200 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School is located at Estate School No 1 Ping Shek Estate, Kwun Tong, 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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