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SSHK supports social and emotional learning through a child-centred approach and social pedagogy, using group work and cooperative learning, and it promotes leadership roles such as mentoring, house captain, and prefect to build self-confidence and resilience.
The school describes an inclusive approach and recognises the individuality of all learners, but it does not publicly disclose dedicated SEN staff, specific SEN provisions, or whether it is a specialist SEN institution.
EAL support is integrated within a tri-lingual programme (English, Spanish, Mandarin) with English as the main medium of instruction and immersive use across subject classes.
Mental wellbeing is a priority in SSHK's overall focus on well-being and holistic development, with a social-pedagogy approach that promotes student leadership and peer support to foster resilience.
The school does not publicly disclose information regarding safeguarding and child-protection policies.
Spanish School of Hong Kong (SSHK) is a private, non-profit international school in the Tai Po area of Hong Kong, opened in 2017. SSHK operates across two campuses (Tai Po Market Campus and Shuen Wan Campus) and has relocated its main campus to Tai Po Market in 2024 while remaining adjacent to the Hong Kong Railway Museum. The school offers a trilingual English–Spanish–Mandarin programme within a Cambridge International Curriculum framework, with Madrid National Curriculum for Spanish language and a local Chinese language curriculum taught in Putonghua. SSHK provides extensive indoor facilities, including a main Hall, multisport arena, science laboratories, music and practice rooms, a library, and ICT spaces, designed to support active, outdoor-friendly learning. Students study core subjects (English, Maths, Science, Spanish, Chinese) plus non-core subjects (Physical Education, Music, Art and Design, Computing, Global Perspective, Leadership) and participate in weekly ECAs. The school teaches Spanish and Chinese as languages, and offers English-medium instruction with trilingual language exposure for students. SSHK emphasises leadership, creativity, community spirit and cross-cultural understanding within a bilingual/multilingual learning environment.