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St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section)

Hong Kong

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees HK$30,000 - 32,000
Ages 11 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 1141
Type Girls School
Opened 1854
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school
Academic offering
Curriculum Bespoke Curriculum, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE
Taught languages English, Mandarin, French, Cantonese, Russian, Spanish
Typical class size 32
Strengths STEM, Languages, Performing Arts
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Cultural and Language, Social and Hobbies, Community and Service, Leadership and Professional
Stages Secondary School
Introduction

St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section) is a historic, single‑sex Catholic DSS secondary school for girls located at 140 Leighton Road in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island. It was founded in 1854 and moved to its current site in 1914; the present building was completed in 1981. The campus includes separate buildings for Secondary, Primary and Pre‑school sections, and facilities such as an indoor heated swimming pool, a library, a Studio/Media Lab, and the Smart Oasis green building. The school offers HKDSE and GCE A‑Levels, and supports a broad programme of arts, languages and STEM through specialist facilities and programmes. Fee remission and scholarships are available, with policies in place to provide financial assistance and academic/non‑academic awards to qualifying students. Open days and anniversary events continue to celebrate the school's long history and community.

www.spcs.edu.hk

140 Leighton Rd, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

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The Essentials

St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section) has 1,141 pupils, typical class sizes of 32, instruction in English.

Location
The school is located at 140 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. This places it on Hong Kong Island in the Wan Chai District. The campus sits in an urban Causeway Bay area that hosts a range of amenities and transport options.

Stages
The Secondary Section serves Form 1 to Form 6 for girls aged about 11 to 18. It operates as the secondary arm of St. Paul's Convent School, which also includes a Primary Section (P1–P6) and other early years divisions. Students in the secondary program follow the HKDSE pathway.

Type
St. Paul's Convent School is a Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) school. It is a single-sex, girls-only Catholic school run by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres.

Additional learning support
Additional Learning Needs (SEN) support is provided. A dedicated SEN team works with form teachers, subject teachers, parents, and social workers to support students.

Country affiliation
No formal country affiliation is stated beyond its Catholic identity.

Religious affiliation
Catholic, administered by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres in Hong Kong.

School day structure
The secondary school day runs from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm on weekdays.

Bus service
The school does not operate a dedicated school bus service.
Diving Deeper
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Fees

Annual tuition at St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section) ranges from HKD 30,000 to HKD 32,000 for 2026/27.

Application fees

- No separate application or registration fee is published for the Secondary Section. The public school profile for the Secondary Section lists no ‘Other Charges / Fees' or application fee for secondary applicants.

Tuition fees (by year group)

- School-wide published chargeable (tuition) fees are stated as annual amounts as follows:
- Form 1 (S1): HKD 30,000 per year.
- Form 2 (S2): HKD 30,000 per year.
- Form 3 (S3): HKD 30,000 per year.
- Form 4 (S4): HKD 32,000 per year.
- Form 5 (S5): HKD 32,000 per year.
- Form 6 (S6): HKD 32,000 per year.

- The published figures appear as annual school fees; no per-term fee amounts are published publicly for the Secondary Section. The public school profile shows the annual chargeable fees but does not provide a published breakdown by term.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The school's public materials list the annual chargeable fees but do not publish a standard billing schedule or detailed payment terms for tuition (for example, per-term or instalment deadlines and surcharges are not published in the materials available online). The fee remission and scholarship pages describe how remissions and scholarships are administered, but a standard tuition invoicing timetable and payment-terms document is not published in the public pages.

- Scholarship payments (where scholarships are awarded) are paid in two equal instalments by direct credit to the parent's designated bank account; the school issues scholarship offer letters and the payments are scheduled in November and March. (This applies to scholarship disbursement only, not to general tuition invoicing.)

Boarding fees

- The Secondary Section does not publish any boarding or hostel facilities or boarding fees. No boarding/hostel charge is listed in the school profile for the Secondary Section. The school is listed as a day secondary school (no boarding fees published).

Other costs and fees (uniforms, books, activities, association fees, etc.)

- Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) fee: HKD 500 per year is listed as an annual charge.

- The school's public profile does not publish fixed amounts for uniforms, textbooks, field trips, uniform purchase, student ID replacement, extracurricular charges or other ‘non-standard' items for the Secondary Section; the profile shows ‘Approved Charges for Non-standard Items' and ‘Other Charges / Fees' as blank for the Secondary Section. This indicates no standard published amounts for those items in the public profile. Individual items (textbooks, camps, trips, instrument tuition, extra-curricular camps or overseas trips) are commonly charged separately by most schools, but no specific standard figures for those items are published for the Secondary Section.

Refund information

- The school maintains a formal Fee Remission Scheme and may grant fee remission up to 100% in cases of proven financial hardship or emergency circumstances; fee remissions and scholarships are awarded annually and the school provides a self-assessment platform and application procedures for fee remission. The fee remission policy and the availability of emergency assistance are published in the school's fee-remission documentation.

Fee payment options

- The school's publicly listed pages and school profile provide the chargeable amounts and fee-remission/scholarship procedures but do not publish a comprehensive list of accepted payment methods (for example: bank transfer details, FPS/PayMe/PPS, in-person cheque, or credit-card gateway information) in the public profile. No standard payment-method text (credit card / bank account number / online payment gateway) is published in the public pages inspected.
Academics

St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section) teaches Bespoke Curriculum, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE for students aged 11 to 18.

Curriculum
St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section) offers a two-stage curriculum: Junior Secondary (S1–S3) with a school-based program and Ming Yi, Learning to Learn, and Project Learning, and Senior Secondary (S4–S6) with a broad set of electives and multiple qualification pathways. In S1–S3, core English-medium courses include English Language, Literature in English, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, and Integrated Science, with a wide range of electives and language options such as French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Korean. In S4–S6, core offerings include Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, and Chinese Culture & Heritage (for Chinese-medium tracks) alongside English Language, Literature in English, Mathematics (Further/ Pure), Economics, Geography, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ICT, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, and related electives. The school provides a diversified elective program (17 options) including ApL and BTEC qualifications in areas like Art & Design, Business, Home Cooking Skills, Information Technology, and Sports. Assessment pathways include DSE, IGCSE, GCE, IAL, and BTEC, with a six-class-per-year structure for S4–S6 to accommodate core and elective subjects.
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Parent Experience
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Reputation
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Admissions

Admissions
1. The school operates as a Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) school and does not participate in the Education Bureau's Central Allocation Scheme. Applications for Form One are invited from across Hong Kong and beyond, rather than being limited to a central queue. The school also makes clear that fee remission is available to all enrolled students, with the remission level determined by a Reckoner-based scoring system and by a Self-Assessment Platform that applicants can use to gauge eligibility.

2. The Form One admission process is conducted via online applications for Form One Places. The school details a merit-based selection path that includes multiple interview stages; in recent cycles, short-listed candidates proceed to a second interview after the first interview. When the 2025–2026 cycle was active, the page indicated that the application for Form One Places had closed and provided a route to the second-interview process for shortlisted candidates.

3. First-round interviews are part of the process. Shortlisted applicants are invited to attend the first interview, and successful candidates are then moved to the second-interview stage. In the published materials, candidates were instructed to bring the First Interview Form and to collect the Second Interview Form at the school reception before proceeding to the second interview.

4. The second interview is scheduled for a specific date (for example, March 15, 2025 in one cycle). Shortlisted candidates' numbers appear on a published list, and those not on the list may be considered unsuccessful. If a candidate's number is on the second-interview list, the family proceeds with the interview at the school at the arranged time.

5. Outcome notification follows the second interview. The published materials show a named list of applicants for the second interview and indicate that those not listed may be deemed unsuccessful. Successful candidates typically move toward the final offer and related enrollment steps, which are coordinated by the school's admissions team and can involve campus tours or informational sessions.

6. Fees and financial support are an explicit part of admissions. All students are eligible to apply for fee remission, with remission levels expressed as a percentage of the school fee based on a Reckoner scoring system. There is a dedicated Self-Assessment Platform to determine eligibility, and the principal can adjust remission levels in consultation with the Fee Remission / Scholarship Team.

Scholarships
Scholarships and financial assistance are an established part of the school's admissions ecosystem. Academic scholarships are available to all enrolled students and do not require a separate application; the school's scholarship team reviews academic performance to determine allocations. Non-academic scholarships require nominations from teachers-in-charge of extracurricular activities or functional groups and the nominees submit a portfolio for assessment. The school also notes that scholarship payments can be disbursed in two equal installments and that the policy is updated periodically, with the latest documented revision in mid-2025. The school also maintains a Fee Remission Scheme, with eligibility determined via a self-assessment platform and a Reckoner-based scoring system; maintenance allowances may be provided in hardship cases. In 2024–2025 the school reported that it allocates a portion of tuition revenue to both fee remission and scholarship programs, with the aim of supporting up to a substantial share of students.
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