How do mainland children attend primary schools in Hong Kong?

Mainland children go to Hong Kong to attend secondary schools.

The transfer of secondary schools from the Mainland to Hong Kong

1. visa issues

If it is registered in Hong Kong, you can pass this part. Theoretically, Hong Kong schools only admit Hong Kong nationals or foreigners (Hong Kong International Schools), so children with mainland household registration cannot apply for Hong Kong schools.

However, if children registered in the Mainland get a residence visa in Hong Kong, they can study in Hong Kong.

What are the ways for mainland registered children to study in China, the Mainland and Hongkong?

Parents applying for work visas, study visas, talents and professionals need to be analyzed according to specific circumstances.

Can children who pass the stay visa go to public schools?

There is no difference between children who apply for a school through a residence visa and those born in Hongkong, China. He can choose to attend public schools (government-funded schools, non-profit-making schools) or international schools. And like children in Hong Kong, attending public schools enjoys the benefits of free tuition.

If either parent is a Hong Kong citizen and the child is born in the Mainland, can TA go to Hong Kong to study?

Children can go to Hong Kong to study, provided that as a Hong Kong-born father or mother, they need to apply for a one-way permit for their children, and after being approved, they can apply for admission to Hong Kong schools.

Father or mother is sent to work in China Mainland and Hong Kong by enterprises, can they take their children to school in China Mainland and Hong Kong?

As long as either parent holds a work visa in China and Hong Kong, the child can study in Hong Kong with the approval of the dependent.

Prepare for work

(that is, what skills are needed to go to Hong Kong)

Speak cantonese

Know traditional Chinese characters (Hong Kong Middle School learns to write simplified Chinese characters)

Looking for a school

You can ask the Education Bureau for help when looking for a school, but the Education Bureau will see which school has a degree for you, but it is generally not so good. You can find another school yourself. Many students originally studied in an international middle school in Shenzhen, and then tried to find an intermediary to help them find a suitable Hong Kong school, interviewed many schools and then enrolled.

Then generally, when transferring from the mainland, you will be required to repeat the first grade, because many things need to be re-adapted (this is also the reason why Hong Kong Excellent Education has always told everyone to let lower-grade children cross Hong Kong as much as possible, so that they can adapt faster). But if your academic performance in all subjects is excellent enough and the school thinks you can keep up, it doesn't matter, and you don't have to repeat the grade.

Summary of Secondary School Degree Allocation Methods

The whole distribution process can be divided into two stages. The first stage is the independent distribution of degrees, and the second stage is the unified distribution stage.

1. In the first stage, students can apply directly to their favorite middle school without being restricted by the school network. Schools can make their own admission criteria. The school can't inform students of the application results, but if they are accepted, they will not be allocated another place in the unified allocation, and the results will be announced at the same time. Students will not know whether they have obtained their secondary school degrees in the self-allocation stage or in the unified allocation stage. Those who fail to get admission can still be included in the enrollment volunteers in the unified allocation stage. Students can only apply for one middle school. If you apply for more than one secondary school, your self-allocation qualification will be cancelled. ("No.1 Middle School" here refers to government secondary schools, aided secondary schools and DSS secondary schools participating in the allocation; Students can still apply for admission to some DSS secondary schools or private secondary schools that do not participate in the allocation. Even if students have been admitted to secondary schools at the stage of discretionary places, they still have to take the academic aptitude test and select 30 secondary schools in the second stage.

In the second stage, students can choose 30 middle schools in turn from their school network. The school will report the examination results of the fifth and sixth grade students to the education department in advance, and the education department will make adjustments according to the academic aptitude test. After adjustment, students will be grouped according to their school networks, and divided into three allocation groups (usually called Band 1-3, Band 1 Highest) in each school network according to the adjusted scores. Students in the same allocation group will be assigned a random number to determine the allocation order of students in the same allocation group. When all evaluation procedures are completed, it will enter the allocation stage. Each school network has three distribution groups. The higher the group, the higher the priority of the allocation position. Under this mechanism, all students in the first allocation group will be allocated places first, and when the students in the first allocation group are allocated places, they will be allocated to the students in the second allocation group, and so on; The allocation order of students in the same group will be determined by random numbers. The allocation system will consider students' wishes and select schools with the highest wishes and surplus places for the students concerned. If there are no remaining places in the 30 voluntary middle schools selected by the students, the system will randomly select a middle school with all remaining places in its school network and allocate them to the students.