Admissions
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General Admission
• Around 90 places for non-feeder
primary school applicants
• Interview
 ~ 450 shortlisted applicants
 Criteria:
- information provided/
documents
- rank order
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General Admission
•Admission criteria
- Academic & non-academic
performance
(20 points)
- Interview
(30 points)
- Rank order
(35 points)
- Principal’s discretion (15 points)
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School Nomination Schemes
• School Nomination Scheme (FD)
• School Nomination Scheme (OS)
• To apply
– specify in application form
(Part IV)
– School Nomination Form
– Fee Remission Application Form &
supporting documents
(FD scheme only)
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School Nomination Scheme (FD)
• Financially disadvantaged students
• Application criteria
- Eligible for 100% fee remission
- Rank top 10 in the whole class level
- Grade B or above in conduct
- Headteachers’ nomination
• 100% fee remission in F.1
(annual application)
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School Nomination Scheme (OS)
• Very outstanding students
• Application criteria
- Rank 1st in the whole class level
- Grade B or above in conduct
- Headteachers’ nomination
• Academic entrance scholarship
- annual fees x 10% on admission
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Young Talents (YT) Scheme
• Achieve national/ regional junior level
• To apply - specify in application form (Part IV)
- submit YT application form
- provide relevant and updated
supporting documents
• YT Scholarship of no more than 1yr’s tuition
fees (depending on level of achievement)
• Shortlisted applicants – interview &/ audition
in mid-Dec
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• Sports Training by coaches
Scholarships
Scholarship Examination
• Scholarship Examination after admission
• Academic entrance scholarship to students
in top 15%
- 3-year: 100% annual fees for top 3 students;
40% annual fees for next 3 students
- 1-year: 10% annual fees for rest of top 15%
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Scholarships
Scholarship Examination
• 3-year scholarship renewable on promotion
to F2 & F3,
- remains in the top 15% of the class level
- score grade B or above in conduct
• Also an allocation test – ALL are required
to sit for the examination
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Scholarships
Scholarship for Academic Excellence
• On promotion to F.2 and up to F.6
– rank top 15% of the whole form &
– score grade B or above in conduct
• From 10% to 1 yr tuition fees
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Scholarships
•Students entitled to 2 academic
scholarships will receive
- both in name
- the scholarship of the higher value
•Academic Scholarships & YT Scholarship
may be awarded concurrently, but total
amount will not exceed annual fees
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Procedures & Documents
• Required documents:
1. Completed application form + photo
2. Copy of Primary 5 school reports
3. Information on extra-curricular activities
(most recent qualifications/ results)
4. Evidence of language skills, if any – English
and Putonghua skills
5. 3 self-addressed and stamped envelopes
(required postage: $1.7, $1.7, $3.7)
6. School Nomination Form (if applicable)
7. Fee Remission Application Form & supporting
documents (for School Nomination Scheme (FD)
applicants only)
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8. YT Application Form (if applicable)
Procedures & Documents
• Application form and supporting
documents – BY HAND
• Deadline: 20 November 2015
4:00 p.m.
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Dates to Note
OS/FD/YT
Application deadline
General
Admissions
Fri, 20 Nov 2015
Notification of Week of 7 Dec
interview 2015
Interview: Sat, 12 Dec 2015
(YT music audition:
Sat, 19 Dec 2015)
Late Feb 2016
Sat, 27 Feb 2016
Announcement of
Early Mar 2016
results Late Jan 2016
Briefing session for
Sat, 12 Mar 2016
successful applicants
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Dates to Note
Scholarship & Allocation Exam;
Registration
Scholarship result (awardees only)
Hong Kong Attainment Test;
Submit Admission Slip, collect
booklist/circulars & purchase school
uniform
Summer bridging programmes
(English, PTH & Mathematics)
Sci & Math Workshops,
F.1 Orientation
Sat, 19 Mar 2016
Late Mar 2016
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
Mid/late Jul 2016
Late Aug 2016
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School fees
• School Fee (for 2015/16 school year)
 Local curriculum
F1 – F6: HK$55,000 per annum
 IB
Prep. Yr.: HK$55,000 per annum
IBDP :
HK$82,500 per annum
• Fee remission
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Financial Aid (1)
Objective
• No students will be denied entry
due to financial reasons
• Up to 100% school fees remission
& quota free
• Can still receive government
textbook & travelling subsidies
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Financial Aid (2)
• Bursaries and subsidy for fee
paying student enrichment
activities, including R.o.P. &
overseas programs
• Additional 20% fee remission
for single parent families
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Fee Remission Scheme
• Basic criteria
– Based on a 4-person household, the Benchmark
Disposable Income (BDI) per annum is HK$300,000
– BDI = Family income after accommodation expense
Exceed the BDI by
HK$0
School Fee Payable
(local curriculum F1-6)
Nil
No more than HK$100,000
HK$11,000
No more than HK$200,000
HK$22,000
No more than HK$300,000
HK$33,000
No more than HK$400,000
HK$44,000
More than HK$400,000
HK$55,000
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Fee Remission Scheme
• Application documents required
– Completed fee remission application
forms with photocopies of required
supporting documentary evidence
– A signed declaration under oath
– 3 self-addressed and stamped
envelopes
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Fee Remission Scheme
• Fee remission calculator at school website
(www.spcc.edu.hk)
• Application period
- School Nomination Scheme (FD)
applicants: 2 Nov to 20 Nov 2015
- Other applicants after admission:
April to Mid-May 2016
• Renewal
- application made annually
• Information kept confidential
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Bursary
•Applicable to F1-6
full fee remission students
•Maximum subsidy per annum
HK$4,000 meals
HK$3,000 textbooks
HK$2,000 school uniforms
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Extra Subsidy for
Enrichment Activities
• E.g. Treble Choir Latvia Tour 2014
Items payable by students: HK$13,000
For students under the Fee Remission Scheme
School Fee
Remission
Subsidy Awarded
for Tour
Amount
Payable
$55,000
$13,000
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$44,000
$13,000
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$33,000
$10,400
$2,600
$22,000
$7,800
$5,200
$11,000
$5,200
$7,800
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Emergency Financial Assistance
• Family financial circumstances
change adversely during the
academic year
• Applications open throughout
the school year
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F.1 Admissions Briefing Session
(2015)
FAQ & Admission
Information at
www.spcc.edu.hk
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