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Kowloon Junior School embeds wellbeing and social-emotional development across the school day. The school provides a dedicated wellbeing curriculum, focusing on healthy eating, physical activity, and emotional awareness. A full-time school counsellor, Mr Ian Ong, supports students and staff with guidance and counselling services. Teachers promote student voice and leadership through initiatives such as class representatives and the Student Council. The school’s culture of inclusion and respect is reinforced through assemblies, pastoral activities, and classroom discussions.
SEN support is coordinated through the Individual Needs Department, which works collaboratively with teachers and families. The department supports four main groups of learners: students with significant learning difficulties or disabilities, students who require additional help within mainstream classes, students who need language support, and students performing above expected levels who need enrichment. KJS is not a specialist SEN school, but it provides differentiated instruction and targeted support within the mainstream setting. Provision is designed to ensure all students can access the curriculum and progress according to their abilities.
Students requiring additional English support are assisted through the Individual Needs Department, which includes provision for EAL learners. The school offers targeted support to help students access the curriculum in English while building fluency and comprehension skills. The website identifies EAL as one of the four supported learner categories under “Student Support.” Specific programme structures and language intervention details are not publicly disclosed on the KJS website.
KJS promotes mental well-being through its wellbeing framework and the presence of a full-time counsellor, who provides confidential support to students. The school ensures all staff receive regular safeguarding and well-being training. Activities that encourage mindfulness, empathy, and resilience are integrated into daily routines and assemblies. The school’s approach to wellbeing aims to maintain a safe and caring environment where students feel heard and supported.
KJS maintains a formal safeguarding policy with named officers responsible for implementation. Mr Ciarian Fay serves as the Safeguarding Lead and Child Protection Officer, with Ms Dawn Doucette as a secondary Child Protection Officer. The school uses the secure platform Record My to manage safeguarding records and collaborates with the ESF central safeguarding team. Staff undergo regular training to identify and respond appropriately to child protection concerns.
Kowloon Junior School (KJS) is an ESF primary school in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, serving approximately 900 students from Year 1 to Year 6. KJS delivers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), with English as the medium of instruction and a structured Chinese (Mandarin) programme that increases in frequency through the year groups, becoming daily from Years 3–6. Specialist provision includes Music (choir, orchestra and instrumental ensembles), Drama, and a broad Physical Education and sports offer that spans basketball, football, netball, athletics, cross-country, cricket and more. Student leadership is a distinctive feature: pupils in Years 4–6 take on roles that include opening assemblies, supporting wellbeing initiatives and facilitating student-led clubs. Families can access a published private school bus network serving many neighbourhoods across Hong Kong. School hours run from 8:30 to 14:45, Monday to Friday.
