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The school offers a holistic education that follows a modified English National Curriculum. The prep program emphasises attainment in Literacy, Numeracy, Science and Digital Skills, with specialist teaching in physical education, music, art, Mandarin, public speaking and digital skills. Class sizes are capped at 24 students and Pok Fu Lam runs three classes per year group. Mandarin begins from Reception and is taught through a spiralling, sequential and communicative approach.
Expressive Arts are a core part of the Prep curriculum, and regular concerts, performances and assemblies support students' confidence and public speaking. The Pok Fu Lam Preparatory School has its own art, music and multi-purpose PE/performance venue, and art and music are taught by specialist teachers. The Kowloon Bay campus provides an auditorium for concerts and presentations.
Mandarin is taught from Reception as part of the core curriculum, with a spiralling, sequential and communicative approach. The near-native Mandarin content covers language rhetoric and Chinese literacy pieces and poems within a theme-based, age-appropriate program. Students can opt to take additional or alternative Modern Foreign Languages in Senior School.
Physical Education is a core part of the Prep curriculum and Personal, Social and Health Education is included in the programme. The Pok Fu Lam campus provides a gymnasium, a large multi-use auditorium, an Astroturf playground, an adventure playground and garden spaces for outdoor learning. The campus also includes a language lab and other facilities to support wellbeing and physical activity.
Kellett’s Pok Fu Lam Preparatory School serves ages 4–11 on Hong Kong Island’s south side, in Wah Fu at the foot of Mount Kellett. Reception follows the EYFS, moving to a modified English National Curriculum with specialist teaching in subjects including Mandarin, music, art, PE, public speaking and digital skills; classes are capped at 24 and Pok Fu Lam runs three classes per year group. Facilities include a multi-use auditorium, gym, library, science lab, drama and dance studios, ICT and language labs, music rooms, art studio, and a SEN learning support base. The school day at PFL runs 8:30–15:15 with scheduled breaks by year group. Families use a dedicated Kwoon Chung bus service. Distinctive programmes include Innovation in Prep and whole-school wellbeing via “Positively Kellett.” Graduating Prep pupils typically continue within Kellett’s through-train pathway to Senior in Kowloon Bay.
