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Kennedy School has a uniform. Guidelines on proper uniform wear are published, and the full range of uniforms can be viewed and purchased online from the supplier's site. The supplier's warehouse for fittings is Unit B1, 1/F, Tai Cheung (Liberal) Factory Building, 3 Wing Ming Street, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Hot lunches are offered and coordinated by Zebratasty. Parents register and place orders online via Zebratasty. A sample menu and related user guides are available on the lunch information pages.
Kennedy School operates a house system. Year 6 House Captains are elected by peers and lead assemblies, school tours for prospective families, and manage the house points system. There areAmbassadors and Monitors across multiple areas and a Student Representative Council for Years 2 to 6.
The Kennedy School is part of the English Schools Foundation (ESF), the largest English-medium international school network in Hong Kong. The Kennedy School Council has 13 members, is accountable to the ESF Board of Governors, and includes a Chairman appointed by the Board, three external appointees, three elected teachers, three parent members, one staff representative, the ESF Chief Executive Officer (or delegate), and the Principal; the Council meets five times a year.
ESF Kennedy School is a primary school for children aged 5–11 in Pokfulam on Hong Kong Island. It offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) across Years 1–6. The language of instruction is English as part of the English Schools Foundation’s English-medium network. The school enrols around 900 students. Families can use a dedicated bus service operated by Kwoon Chung Motors, with routes across Hong Kong Island and West Kowloon. School hours run with gates open from 8:10 am and dismissal at 2:50 pm for bus users and 2:57 pm for others. The school’s activities programme features staff-run clubs, including sports, robotics, arts, and music, alongside ESF Explore classes and external providers, with offerings that vary each term. Student support includes an inclusion team, a multi-tiered system of support, and access to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and social-emotional counselling on a user-pay basis.