Yan Tak Catholic Primary School

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Tuen Mun (POA 70)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Co-educational

Religion: Catholicism

Medium of Instruction: Chinese

School Picture

Outlook of Yan Tak 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.

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Year	Total	DP	CA
2019	100	50	52+4
2020	100	50	43+4
2021	100	50	43+4
2022	100	50	42+4
2023	100	50	41+4
2024	100	50	43+4
2025	100	50	44+4
2026	100	50	65+4

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

We adhere the church’s mission in preaching the gospel, so that students can understand the principle of loving the Lord and others, and be able to practice, live out the spirit of Christ, and strive to serve others and contribute to society.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1983 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Benevolence, Wisdom, Kindness, Virtue

Name of Sponsoring Body

Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

Supervisor

Mr. Ip Wai Wing

School Head

Ms. Lo Suk Ching

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	5	4	4	4	3	24
2019	4	4	5	4	4	4	25
2020	4	4	4	5	4	4	25
2021	4	4	4	4	5	4	25
2022	4	4	4	4	4	5	25
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	2	4	4	4	4	4	22

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	42	49	70%	44%	4%	52%
2019	46	49	70%	44%	4%	52%
2020	47	54	70%	25%	29%	46%
2021	48	54	40%	24%	22%	54%
2022	48	54	40%	24%	22%	54%
2023	48	52	40%	48%	33%	19%
2024	47	49	50%	22%	28%	50%
2025	47	48	50%	12%	29%	59%
2026	47	49	60%	8%	29%	63%

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 3,900 square metre.

Special Rooms: STEAM Lab, Music Room, Library, Social Workers Room, Guidance & Counselling Room, EP consulting room, English Room, YT Creative Kids Hub, Distance Video Conference Room, Chapel, Moral Education Activity Room, Comprehensive Activity Room.

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

Others: All the classrooms are equipped with smartboards, computers and visualizers. All rooms and covered playgrounds in the school are air-conditioned.

Area Occupied by the School

about 3,900 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Yan Tak Catholic Primary School is located at Estate Primary School No 2 Phase II, Butterfly Estate, Tuen Mun, 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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