Tai Po Old Market Public School

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Tai Po (POA 84)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Co-educational

Religion: Not Applicable

Medium of Instruction: Chinese (including Putonghua) and English

School Picture

Outlook of Tai Po Old Market Public 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. This school has no religious affiliation; 223 primary schools (42%) fall into this category overall, including 148 of the 416 aided schools (36%). 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	46+4
2020	120	60	43+4
2021	120	60	57
2022	120	60	55
2023	120	60	45
2024	120	60	56
2025	100	50	33
2026	100	50	28

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

Our school seeks to provide quality all-round education for our students. We strive to enhance development in seven aspects of life encompassing moral, emotional and intellectual development, physical education, social integration, aesthetics and spiritual growth. We encourage our students to take the initiative to explore the world, to acquire international views and to maximise each individual’s potential.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1964 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Humble, Prudence, Honesty, Intellectual

Name of Sponsoring Body

Tai Po Old Market Public School Ltd.

Supervisor

Mr. Li Kwok Fai

School Head

Ms. Cheung Lai Chu

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	49	55	84%	24%	16%	60%
2019	49	58	43%	12%	23%	65%
2020	49	56	46%	23%	16%	61%
2021	50	58	23%	21%	19%	60%
2022	50	59	51%	28%	12%	60%
2023	50	58	52%	23%	15%	62%
2024	50	55	49%	22%	14%	64%
2025	50	57	49%	26%	16%	58%
2026	49	57	49%	26%	16%	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 6,400 square metre.

Special Rooms: 60 iLAB, InnoSpace, Pottery Room, Activity Room, Digital Music Room, Campus TV Room, English Room, IEco Learning Space, IGreen Park, Science Zone, Amusement Zone, Ecological Zone etc.

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

Others: Every classroom is equipped with a computer, a visualizer, 86” LED Interactive Board. We have more than 500 computers and a standard swimming pool.

Area Occupied by the School

about 6,400 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Tai Po Old Market Public School is located at 10 On Cheung Road, Tai Po, N.T.. 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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