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Creative Secondary School is situated in Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong’s New Territories. The area is well connected by MTR, bus, and minibus routes, with dedicated school bus services covering Kowloon and New Territories districts. Families relocating to Hong Kong will find the campus in a residential and educational hub that is accessible from major urban centres.
CSS offers education for Forms 1–6, covering the equivalent of lower secondary to upper secondary. Forms 1–3 follow the IB Middle Years Programme framework, while senior students in Forms 4–6 may pursue either the HKDSE or the IB Diploma Programme.
The school is an English-medium Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) institution. It is co-educational and operates as a day school, with no boarding provision.
CSS provides structured support for students with additional learning needs. Services include access to school-based educational psychology and speech support, small group teaching, academic counselling, and co-teaching models. The Centre for Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) also supports students requiring English language development.
The school does not have a formal affiliation with any particular country. It is part of the Creative Schools Continuum in Hong Kong.
The school does not have any religious affiliation.
The school does not publish its daily timetable publicly.
A school bus service is available, operated by Wah Cheung Travel and Tourist Bus Co. Ltd. Routes are revised annually and currently include Tseung Kwan O, Kowloon districts such as Kwun Tong, Kowloon Bay, and Tsim Sha Tsui, and New Territories areas including Shatin and Tsuen Wan. This makes the school accessible to families living in multiple parts of Hong Kong.
Tuition Fees (Per Year)
Form 1 – Form 2: HK$173,652 (10 instalments)
Form 3: HK$179,512 (10 instalments)
Form 4: HK$191,997 (10 instalments)
Form 5 (HKDSE): HK$197,127 (10 instalments)
Form 5 (IBDP): HK$244,642 (10 instalments)
Form 6 (HKDSE): HK$197,177 (8 instalments)
Form 6 (IBDP): HK$244,632 (8 instalments)
Billing Schedule and Payment Terms
Fees are billed monthly, in 8 or 10 instalments depending on the year group. For new students joining mid-month, fees are pro-rated:
1st–7th of the month: 100%
8th–15th: 75%
16th–23rd: 50%
24th–31st: 25%
If a student withdraws mid-month, the full month’s fee remains payable.
Refund Policy
Parents must submit a Student Withdrawal Form at least one month before the last attendance date, or one month’s fee will be charged in place of notice. For end-of-year withdrawals, notice must be given by 30 June. Library books and any borrowed equipment must be returned before departure.
Financial Assistance
CSS offers a Fee Remission Scheme (need-based) and a Scholarship Scheme (merit-based, covering academics, arts, STEM, leadership, and service).
Creative Secondary School (CSS) is an English-medium Direct Subsidy Scheme secondary school in Tseung Kwan O. From Forms 1–3, students learn Hong Kong’s junior curriculum through the IB Middle Years Programme framework; in senior years, they follow the HKDSE, with an option to study the IB Diploma Programme in Secondary 5–6. The school highlights arts education, with regular visual arts exhibitions, and provides structured wellbeing and leadership through house tutoring, a Student Union, and student leader roles that include community service. CSS also offers the CLACH programme to deepen Chinese language, literature, arts, culture and history, and runs CALP to support academic English. Wah Cheung operates the school bus service across many Kowloon and New Territories routes, easing daily transport for families. Campus contact details and public transport options are listed on the site.
