Sacred Heart Canossian School

Sacred Heart Canossian School is an aided Catholic girls' primary school with origins in 1860. Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute, it belongs to one of Hong Kong's earliest Catholic girls' education traditions. Its motto, Via, Veritas, Vita, expresses the Canossian emphasis on faith, truth, service and formation of girls through disciplined whole-person education.

School Classification

Finance Type
Aided
District & POA Net
Central and Western (POA 11)
School Level
Primary
Student Gender
Girls
Religion
Catholicism
Medium of Instruction
Chinese (including Putonghua) and English

School Picture

Campus Photo of Sacred Heart Canossian School
Outlook of Sacred Heart Canossian 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
20191507570
20201507570
20211507570
20221507570
20231507570
20241256358
20251256357
20261256358

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

The Canossian Educators of Faith draws 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: 1860

School Motto
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14 : 6)
Name of Sponsoring Body
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute
Supervisor
Ms. Lee Yuk Shan Rossetti
School Head
Ms. Ho Ka Yee Martina

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
201855555530
201955555530
202055555530
202155555530
202255555530
202355555530
202455555530
202555555530

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+
2018545648%39%13%48%
2019545743%14%14%72%
2020565740%12%12%76%
2021565845%7%19%74%
2022565840%14%14%72%
2023575945%20%15%65%
2024575971%15%14%71%
2025576083%23%15%62%

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

School Facilities

The school has 30 classrooms, 1 school hall, 2 playgrounds and 1 library, occupying an area of about 1,900 square metre.

Special Rooms: 10 (Visual Arts Room, 2 Music Rooms, Computer Room, Innolab, Student Guidance Room, English Resource Room, Student Sick Room, 2 Parlours)

Area Occupied by the School
about 1,900 square metre
Number of Classrooms
30

School Location & Map

Sacred Heart Canossian School is located at 26 Caine Road, Central, Hong Kong. Use the interactive map below to explore the surrounding area.

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