Briefing on Secondary School Places Allocation SSPA System School Places Allocation Section Educatio

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Briefing on Secondary School Places
Allocation(SSPA) SystemSchool Places
Allocation SectionEducation Bureau
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Eligibility for Participation

• Being a Hong Kong resident
• Studying in a primary school participating in the
  SSPA System
• Never been allocated a Secondary 1 (S1) place

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Two Stages

• Discretionary Places (DP)
• (Application periodJanuary each year)
• Central Allocation (CA)
• (Choice-making periodLate April to early May
  each year)

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Percentage of School Places
Repeater Places
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30
Discretionary Places
Central Allocation
65
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DP Stage

• Parents
• If to apply, not more than two participating
  secondary schools, otherwise the chance of
  acquiring a DP will be forfeited
• Application is not subject to restriction on
  districts

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DP Stage

• Secondary Schools
• Schools admit students according to their own
  admission criteria and weightings
• Criteria should be fair, just, open and
  educationally sound
• Schools may arrange interviews, but no written
  tests should be conducted

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Application Form for S1 Discretionary Place
(Sample)
Two Application Forms to each student (only
applicable for applying to participating schools,
not applicable for applying to non-participating
schools)

• Parents are only required to write the name of
  the school they apply for according to their
  order of preference in each of the parts

• Method of submission Must be submitted in
  person (Submission by mail not accepted)

• There is no need for parents to indicate their
  order of preference to the school (Parents should
  tear off the part containing the order of
  preference before submitting the application)

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Allocation of DP
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CA Stage

• After the deduction of repeater and discretionary
  places, the remaining places in a secondary
  school are used for CA
• 10 for Part A Unrestricted School Choices
  (choose a maximum of three schools from any
  school nets, including the students own net)
• 90 for Part B Restricted School Choices (choose
  a maximum of 30 schools from the students own
  net)

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Demarcation of School Nets
In line with district administration boundaries,
the whole territory is divided into 18 school
nets for the allocation of places in Part B
(Restricted School Choices) of CA. The school
net to which a student belongs is determined by
the physical location of the primary school
he/she attends.
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School Choices Within the Net

• To ensure all the nets have sufficient places to
  meet the demand for CA, each school net
  comprises
• all participating secondary schools located in
  their own district and
• a number of participating secondary schools in
  other districts

secondary schools and school places from other
districts may vary from year to year
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Criteria for CA
Part A Unrestricted School Choices
Part B Restricted School Choices

• Students Allocation Band
• (Territory Band)
• Parental Choice of Schools
• (a maximum of 3)
• Random Number

• Students Allocation Band (Net Band)
• Parental Choice of Schools
• (a maximum of 30)
• Random Number

Allocation Band A student gets the allocation
band according to his/her scaled internal
assessment results at the end of Primary 5 and
both in mid-year and at the end of Primary
6 Random Number It is used to determine the
order of allocation within the same allocation
band. If the demand for school places of a
certain secondary school exceeds the supply, the
student possessing a smaller random number will
be allocated a place first
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Choice-making Reference Materials for Parents

• Committee on Home-School Co-operation
• Secondary School Profiles (Distributed in mid
  December 2009)
• Education Bureau
• Handbook for Application for Secondary 1
  Discretionary Places (Distributed in mid December
  2009)
• Secondary School Lists and Handbook for
  Unrestricted School Choices (Distributed in late
  April 2010)

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Secondary One Choice of Schools Form (Sample)

• Should complete and submit the Secondary One
  Choice of Schools Form irrespective of whether
  application for DP has been made
• CAN repeat the same school choice in both Part A
  and Part B if it is in the students own net
• DO NOT repeat the choices in the same part
• DO NOT choose only a few favourite schools in
  Part B. This will not increase the chance of the
  student being allocated to the school

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Central AllocationComputerised Procedures

• A random number is first assigned to each student
  by the computer. It is used to determine the
  order of allocation within the same allocation
  band.
• The Unrestricted School Choices in Part A will be
  processed first, to be followed by the Restricted
  School Choices in Part B.

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Part A Allocation Process

• The computer will first process the school
  choices of students in Territory Band 1,
• then the choices of students in Territory Band 2,
  and
• finally the choices of Territory Band 3 students.
• Only after the computer has finished processing
  the choices of all the students in Part A will
  the unallocated students choices in Part B be
  processed.

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Part B Allocation Process

• After all the students in Net Band 1 have been
  allocated school places,
• the computer will follow the same procedure to
  allocate places to students in Net Band 2, and
• finally to allocate places to students in Net
  Band 3

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2008/2010 Schedule
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Admission to Secondary One in September 2010

• Requirements
• Being a HK resident
• Studying in a primary school participating in the
  SSPA System
• Never been allocated an S1 place

Wish to be Allocated a
Subsidised S1 Place

• Application period is from 4 January to 25
  January 2010
• Secondary schools reserve not more than 30 of
  their S1 places as DP for admission of students
• No restriction on districts, but apply to not
  more than two participating schools

Participate in SSPA System
Discretionary Places Stage
Not to Apply for a Discretionary Place
To Apply for a Discretionary Place
Fill in Choice of Schools Form Part A
Unrestricted School Choices (a maximum of 3
schools) Part B Restricted School Choices (a
maximum of 30 schools)
Central Allocation Stage

• Choice-making period is from late April to early
  May 2010
• Students will be allocated according to their
  allocation band, parental choice of schools and
  random number

Central Allocation
Release of SSPA Result (6 July
2010) and Registration (8 and 9 July 2010)
In case of adverse weather, parents should pay
attention to the announcements on the
radio/television or visit EDBs Homepage for the
special arrangements
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Enquiries

• Address
• Room 203, 2nd Floor, Lui Kee Education Services
  Centre, 269 Queens Road East, Wan Chai, Hong
  Kong
• Telephone
• 2832 7740 or 2832 7700
• Website
• Education Bureau (www.edb.gov.hk) Home gt
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  Systems gt Secondary School Places Allocation
  (SSPA) System