St. Paul's Primary Catholic School

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Wan Chai (POA 12)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Girls

Religion: Catholicism

Medium of Instruction: Chinese

School Picture

Outlook of St. Paul's Primary Catholic School

Note: Aided primary schools account for 416 of 533 schools (78%). Girls' schools are relatively uncommon, accounting for 19 schools (3.6%) overall; within the aided sector, there are 13 (3.1%). 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	120	60	56
2020	120	60	56
2021	120	60	56
2022	120	60	56
2023	120	60	56
2024	100	50	47
2025	100	50	47
2026	100	50	47

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 school is committed to providing an all-round education to students based on Catholic values and preparing them to have a positive attitude towards themselves and others.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1960 · View School Emblem

School Motto

All Things to All Men (1 COR. IX:22)

Name of Sponsoring Body

Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres

Supervisor

Sister Fung Choi Wa

School Head

Ms. Kwan Pui Ling

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	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2022	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2023	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2024	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2025	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2026	4	4	4	4	4	4	24

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	46	44	18%	16%	23%	61%
2019	46	44	38%	16%	23%	61%
2020	47	44	23%	20%	16%	64%
2021	47	47	34%	19%	19%	62%
2022	48	48	21%	17%	19%	64%
2023	48	48	17%	21%	23%	56%
2024	48	48	53%	19%	27%	54%
2025	48	48	57%	19%	27%	54%
2026	46	50	76%	16%	26%	58%

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, 2 playgrounds and 1 library, occupying an area of about 22,176 square metre.

Special Rooms: Chapel, Music Rm, Computer Rm, General Study Rm, Visual Arts Rm, Library, English Wonderland, Multifunction Area, SGP’s Rm, Medical Rm and Activity Rms.

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

Area Occupied by the School

about 22,176 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

St. Paul's Primary Catholic School is located at 81A Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. 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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