Search kindergartens, primary schools (with Primary One school net numbers), secondary schools, and international schools across Hong Kong — sourced from the Education Bureau. Below you'll also find a school net district reference table and a full walkthrough of the Primary One Admission System.
Hong Kong's Education System
Hong Kong's education system is divided mainly into three stages: kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school leading to the Diploma of Secondary Education. After completing the mandatory 12 years of schooling under the New Academic Structure (six years of primary school, then three years of junior secondary and three years of senior secondary), students sit the annual Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE).
School Directory Search
This page covers all 966 kindergartens across Hong Kong (including kindergarten-cum-child care centres). All are privately run, operated by voluntary organisations or private bodies, and fall into two types — "non-profit-making kindergartens" and "private independent kindergartens." Non-profit-making kindergartens can join the Kindergarten Education Scheme to receive government subsidies that reduce tuition fees.
District
School Name
Funding Type
Kindergarten Education Scheme
Session
Kindergarten Admission Application Process
Stage 1
From September to November each year, parents submit a "Registration Certificate" application to the Education Bureau
K1 Admission Application
If parents provide all required information and supporting documents when submitting the application, the Education Bureau can generally complete the review within six to eight weeks and mail the "Registration Certificate" / "Notice of Admission" to parents (Note 1).
Stage 2: By 16 December, kindergartens notify parents of the K1 place application result
If successful
Register at the kindergarten on the "Uniform Registration Date," submitting the "Registration Certificate" / "Notice of Admission" and paying the registration fee (Note 2)
If unsuccessful
After the "Uniform Registration Date," refer to the K1 vacancy information published by the Education Bureau
Note 1: If parents fail to submit the "Registration Certificate" / "Notice of Admission" to the admitting kindergarten by the "Uniform Registration Date," the kindergarten may not be able to register the child. Parents must therefore submit their "Registration Certificate" application to the Education Bureau by the specified date.
Note 2: If a child is admitted after the "Uniform Registration Date," parents must still register using the "Registration Certificate" / "Notice of Admission." If parents wish to transfer their child after registering at one kindergarten, they must retrieve the "Registration Certificate" / "Notice of Admission" from the originally registered kindergarten — meaning that kindergarten will no longer reserve the place for the child. Generally, the originally registered kindergarten will not refund the registration fee.
Source: Education Bureau overview of the Kindergarten Education Scheme admission procedures, compiled 2026-07-14. Actual dates, procedures, and document requirements are subject to the latest announcements from the Education Bureau and individual kindergartens.
Kindergarten Overview
What is a kindergarten?
All kindergartens in Hong Kong are privately run, serving children aged 3 to 6 (K1-K3). Some kindergartens have an attached child care centre (i.e. a kindergarten-cum-child care centre), which can also provide care services for children under 3.
Kindergarten application process
Kindergartens generally start accepting applications from September to November of the year before K1 admission, and notify parents of the K1 place application result in December of the same year. Parents who wish to apply for the Pre-primary Education Voucher can submit a "Registration Certificate" application to the Education Bureau during September to November of the year before their child enters K1; once approved, the Bureau will mail out the Registration Certificate / Notice of Admission. Once it's confirmed which voucher-redeeming kindergarten the child will attend, parents must register at that kindergarten on the "Uniform Registration Date," submitting the "Registration Certificate" / "Notice of Admission" and paying the registration fee. If the child is not admitted during this period, parents should refer to the K1 vacancy information published by the Education Bureau after the "Uniform Registration Date." For kindergartens that do not redeem vouchers, admission procedures vary, so parents should check the school's own website.
Is kindergarten compulsory?
The Hong Kong Government provides nine years of free, universal basic education for children aged 6 to 15, roughly from Primary One to Secondary Three. Kindergarten education is not included, so children are not required to attend kindergarten. However, since both parents work in many Hong Kong households, with children cared for by grandparents or domestic helpers, many families choose to send their children to kindergarten. Kindergartens offer half-day (morning or afternoon session), whole-day, and long whole-day modes.
What is the education voucher?
The "voucher" refers to the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme, in place since the 2007/2008 school year, which subsidises tuition fees for children attending K1, K2, and K3 at eligible local non-profit-making kindergartens, easing the burden on parents. Kindergartens eligible to redeem the voucher must be non-profit-making kindergartens offering a local curriculum, with tuition fees not exceeding the cap set by the Education Bureau. Parents must first apply for a Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme eligibility assessment for their child; if approved, the Student Finance Office will issue a Certificate of Eligibility. Parents present the original certificate as required by the kindergarten, which can then redeem the voucher from the Education Bureau, and parents also receive the fee subsidy.
What is "N class"?
"N class" (nursery class) prepares children before they move on to K1 and later K2-K3, focusing mainly on expressive ability, self-care, social skills, cognitive ability, comprehension, and toilet training, with a curriculum broadly similar to kindergarten. Children don't have to attend kindergarten, let alone N class; however, N class graduates at some kindergartens can move directly into that school's K1. If your preferred kindergarten admits this way, you'll need to enrol your child in its N class — otherwise, after the school allocates K1 places to its own N class students, few places may remain, making competition for outside applicants to K1 considerably tougher.
What is a child care centre?
Both child care centres and kindergartens provide pre-school education and care for children under 6, but child care centres caring for children under 3 are regulated by the Social Welfare Department, while kindergartens for children aged 3 and above are regulated by the Education Bureau. Subsidised child care centres provide whole-day care for children under 3, while other centres also offer half-day care. Since September 2005, kindergartens and child care centres have been permitted to operate on the same premises, providing services for children aged 0 to 6.
"Through-train" kindergartens?
Hong Kong has no kindergartens and primary schools that operate under a strict "through-train" model, but some sponsoring bodies that run both a kindergarten and a primary school will admit a set percentage of their kindergarten's students into the primary school — typically 50% to 85%.
Early childhood teaching methods
Hong Kong kindergartens most commonly use the Project Approach and the Multi-intellect Approach, sometimes supplemented with the Big Book Approach or the Story Approach to Integrated Learning (SAIL); a good number also adopt European approaches such as the Montessori Approach and Waldorf Education.
Project Approach The teacher sets the theme and direction, drawing material from everyday life — fruit, stationery, visiting the doctor, sports day, and so on — guiding learning and inquiry through activities such as gathering information, craftwork, musical play, and outdoor lessons. It emphasises children's thinking, expression, and creativity, focusing more on nurturing self-directed learning and intrinsic motivation.
Multi-intellect Approach Proposed by Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University, this approach holds that human intelligence can be divided into at least eight domains — linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic — and that intelligence can be learned, taught, and enhanced. The curriculum emphasises content diversity and breaks down subject boundaries, designing "multi-channel activities" that incorporate all eight intelligences to help students apply what they learn to everyday life.
Montessori Approach Founded by Dr. Maria Montessori in 1907, this approach aims to develop children's senses, character, practical life skills, and learning ability. Its features include: teaching tailored to each child; attention to individual children's sensitive periods at each developmental stage; letting children freely explore their surroundings to develop their potential; and using specially designed materials that let children focus, self-correct, and learn, with the teacher observing and acting as a guide.
Waldorf Education Proposed by Austrian philosopher and educator Dr. Rudolf Steiner, this approach emphasises closeness to nature, creativity and imagination, learning rhythm and sequence, and arts education. It holds that child development unfolds in three seven-year stages (0-7 early childhood / 7-14 primary school / 14-21 secondary school to university), each paired with a suitable style of education. Schools typically offer main lessons (covering language, mathematics, nature, and society) alongside subsidiary lessons (cultivating emotional development, complementing the main lessons).
Source: Education Bureau pre-primary education information and the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme overview, compiled 2026-07-14. Actual admission arrangements, fees, and voucher eligibility are subject to the latest announcements from the Education Bureau and individual kindergartens.
This page covers all 546 primary schools across Hong Kong; children are typically of primary school age from 6 to 12. Fee-free government and aided primary schools require application through the Education Bureau's Primary One Admission System; DSS (Direct Subsidy Scheme) and private primary schools accept applications directly. "School net" numbers apply only to government and aided primary schools (which fall under the Admission System's allocation).
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District
School Name
Category
Religion
School Net
Gender
Territory-wide Primary One School Net District Reference
港島區校網
中西區11
灣仔區12
東區14・16
南區18
九龍區校網
油尖旺區31・32
九龍城區34・35・41
深水埗區40
黃大仙區43・45
觀塘區46・48
新界東校網
北區80・81・83
大埔區84
沙田區88・89・91
西貢區95
新界西校網
荃灣區62
葵青區64・65・66
屯門區70・71
元朗區72・73・74
離島區96・97・98・99
資料來源：教育局《區域與小一學校網對照表》，查閱日期 2026-07-13。
Primary School Overview
Before Primary One: know your school types. The Hong Kong Government provides 12 years of free primary and secondary education through public sector schools. For primary schools, government and aided primary schools are fee-free; there are also fee-charging primary schools — DSS, private, and international schools. Parents arranging for their child to attend a government or aided primary school must apply through the Education Bureau's Primary One Admission System; those wishing to enrol their child in a DSS, private primary school, or international school may apply directly to the school. Note, however, that any child who has already accepted a Primary One place at a DSS primary school cannot subsequently be allocated a government or aided Primary One place through the Admission System.
Government Primary Schools
Public sector primary schools directly managed by the Education Bureau, providing six years of free education. They are co-educational and have no religious affiliation. Beyond the core curriculum set out in Education Bureau guidelines, schools may also design their own specialised programmes. Children must go through the Primary One Admission System to enrol in a government primary school.
Aided Primary Schools
Run by non-profit sponsoring bodies and managed by the school's Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee, these schools receive government subsidies and provide six years of free education; many have a religious affiliation. Beyond the core curriculum set out in Education Bureau guidelines, schools may also design their own specialised programmes. Children must go through the Primary One Admission System to enrol.
DSS Primary Schools (Direct Subsidy Scheme)
Managed independently by the school's Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee, the sponsoring body receives a government subsidy calculated per eligible enrolled student and may also charge tuition fees. Beyond the core curriculum set out in Education Bureau guidelines, schools may design their own specialised programmes; some are "through-train" schools, letting Primary Six students move directly into a linked through-train secondary school. Children may apply directly regardless of where they live, with each school setting its own Primary One admission arrangements.
Private Primary Schools
Self-funded and run by the sponsoring body, with the school board managing operations independently and no government subsidy — tuition fees are generally higher than at DSS primary schools. Curricula enjoy considerable flexibility: schools may follow the local core curriculum per Education Bureau guidelines, or offer programmes bridging into international schools and overseas curricula (such as the IB). They also set their own Primary One admission arrangements. A small number of private schools are "Private Independent Schools Scheme" schools, which receive land at a nominal premium and a one-off capital grant for facilities from the government.
Benefits of feeder and linked secondary schools: Among government and aided primary schools, some have linked ("feeder") secondary schools, and some have "through-train" secondary schools. Generally, after deducting places allocated at the Discretionary Places and repeater stages, during the Central Allocation stage a feeder secondary school must reserve 25% of its remaining places for its linked primary school, while a through-train secondary school must reserve 85% of its remaining places for its through-train primary school. Primary Six students at a through-train or feeder primary school who fall in School Net Allocation Group 1 or 2, and who list their through-train or feeder secondary school as their first "by school net" choice in Part B of Central Allocation, are eligible for a reserved place; if the linked secondary school also admits students from Allocation Group 3, those students are eligible too. Parents may enquire with the relevant through-train or feeder secondary school; if the number of eligible students exceeds the reserved places, the computer will allocate places by school net.
Source: Education Bureau overview of the Primary One Admission System and school funding categories, compiled 2026-07-14. Actual admission arrangements and place allocations are subject to the latest announcements from the Education Bureau and individual schools.
Primary One Admission Application Process
1
Apply for Discretionary Places every September
Choose up to 1 primary school territory-wide, as an unconditional or point-scored applicant
Places: 50% of total places
Admission results announced in November; those not admitted
2
Apply for Central Allocation the following January (random)
Complete both Part A and Part B at the same time
Part A
Choose up to 3 primary schools territory-wide
Places: 5% of total places
Part B
Choose up to 30 primary schools within your school net
Places: 45% of total places
Applicants not admitted via Part A → allocated by Part B school choices within the net and random number
Allocation results announced in June
Primary One Admission System (Full Process)
The Primary One Admission System is administered by the Education Bureau to allocate government or aided primary school places to eligible children who take part; Primary One places at DSS and private primary schools are not included. The System is organised around school nets — Hong Kong is divided into over 30 Primary One school nets, and parents can identify their school net based on their address. The System has two stages: "Discretionary Places" and "Central Allocation."
1
Browse the "Primary School Profiles" on the Education Bureau website
Before allocation begins, parents can browse the "Primary One School Net Primary School Profiles" on the Education Bureau website, note down the codes for their preferred schools, and rehearse how they'll rank their choices on the day at the Central Allocation Centre.
2
Stage 1 "Discretionary Places" admission begins — submit forms at your preferred school
Schools allocate roughly 50% of places through their own admission process; parents must submit an "Application Form" at their preferred school around September each year.
3
Stage 2 "Central Allocation" begins — complete forms at the Allocation Centre
Schools announce their Discretionary Places admission results around November the same year; parents of children not admitted must go to the Central Allocation Centre in January the following year to complete the "Central Allocation" school choice procedures for their child — that is, filling in the "School Choice Form." It's best to bring your prepared notes so you're not deciding your rankings on the spot.
4
"Knocking on doors" (post-allocation appeals)
If dissatisfied with the allocation result, parents must still register their child at the allocated school, and may then "knock on doors" at preferred schools — visiting each one to ask whether it will accept further applications. Arrangements vary from school to school, so parents should start checking their preferred schools' websites before the allocation date to understand each school's procedure.
Source: Hong Kong SAR Government Education Bureau "Primary One Admission System" and "2026 Central Allocation Primary One School Net Choice Booklets," accessed/compiled 2026-07-13. Actual procedures, dates, and place allocations are subject to the Education Bureau's latest announcements.
This page covers all 487 secondary schools across Hong Kong, offering balanced, diverse schooling. Secondary school allocation is organised by district (there are no individual school net numbers), and parents choose schools through Central Allocation.
District
School Name
Category
Religion
Gender
Secondary School Places Allocation System
The "Secondary School Places Allocation System" is the Education Bureau's method for allocating places to secondary schools. All government and aided secondary schools, plus some participating DSS secondary schools, admit students through this process, which is divided into Stage 1 "Discretionary Places" and Stage 2 "Central Allocation."
1
Stage 1: Discretionary Places
This stage accounts for up to 30% of Secondary One places. Parents may choose up to two secondary schools and submit application forms directly to the schools, with no district restrictions. Applications generally open in January each year, and the relevant schools will notify applicants for interviews. The Education Bureau requires schools to notify admitted students of their allocation results by a specified date (generally March to April) before the Central Allocation stage begins; students admitted at this stage do not need to take part in Central Allocation, and simply register at the school once results are announced in early July.
2
Stage 2: Central Allocation
Students not admitted in the Discretionary Places stage move into Central Allocation. Parents must complete the "Secondary One Allocation School Choice Form," with places allocated according to allocation group, school choice preferences, and a computer-generated random number. Forms are generally submitted from May, with results announced in early July. Schools allocate at least 65% of places at this stage (any unused portion of the 30% Discretionary Places quota also rolls into this stage), with the remaining 5% reserved for repeaters.
Part A
Not restricted by school net — choose up to 3 secondary schools; accounts for 10% of Central Allocation places
Part B
Restricted to your child's school net — rank up to 30 secondary schools within the net; accounts for 90% of Central Allocation places
Part A applications are processed first, followed by Part B.
Source: Education Bureau overview of the Secondary School Places Allocation System, compiled 2026-07-14. Actual procedures, dates, and place allocations are subject to the Education Bureau's latest announcements.
This page covers all 51 international schools across Hong Kong (including the English Schools Foundation, ESF), primarily serving the children of expatriates and returning emigrant families. Most also welcome applications from local students, mainly offer curricula such as the IB, and admit students directly, without being subject to the Primary One Admission System.
District
School Name
Category
Religion
ℹ️ List verification: This page's international school list is based on the Education Bureau's official open data. On 2026-07-15 we cross-checked page by page (12 pages, 166 rows in total) against similar pages on agency websites, and added the previously missing Hong Kong Japanese School (Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Wan Chai District — a different school from the "Japanese International School": the former, in Happy Valley, Wan Chai, follows the Japanese curriculum, while the latter, in Tai Po, follows an international curriculum — easy to confuse, so it's worth distinguishing). During verification we also found that Stamford American School Hong Kong (founded 2016, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon City District) was in fact already in the Education Bureau's data — the Bureau simply classifies it as "Private Primary School / Private Secondary School" rather than "International School," so it appears in the Primary School / Secondary School tab (marked "Private" under Category) — it is not missing from this page. Agency websites also list a "Canadian International School" entry, which after verification turns out to be the same school as the "Canadian International School of Hong Kong" already on this page (an abbreviated name), not a different one; we also found agency sites listing "Think International School," which, on verification, closed on 31 July 2025 and is therefore outdated — it is not included here. Agency pages also mix in a large number of international kindergarten brands (such as 明慧, 心怡天地, 麥克萊, and over 50 others), which are already covered under this page's "Kindergarten" tab (where applicable) and are not duplicated under "International Schools." As for "Funding Type" (private / private independent / non-profit), the Education Bureau's public data labels international schools uniformly as "private" (ESF is counted separately) without a further breakdown into private independent / non-profit — we're not currently able to provide this finer split, and would rather not guess.
Hong Kong has 8 public universities funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC). Below is a summary of each institution's latest world and Asia rankings for easy comparison.
ℹ️ Ranking edition note: The QS World University Rankings shown use the 2027 edition (published 18 June 2026, currently the latest); the THE World University Rankings, QS Asia University Rankings, and QS Subject Rankings use the 2026 edition (each currently the latest, with the next edition not yet published). The four ranking bodies each publish on their own independent schedules, so differing years across them is expected.
香港大學 HKU
QS世界 202711
THE世界 202633
QS亞洲 20261
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：牙科全球第2、教育學全球第5
香港中文大學 CUHK
QS世界 202718
THE世界 202641
QS亞洲 20267
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：護理學全球第6（香港及亞洲第1）、傳播與媒體研究全球第16
香港科技大學 HKUST
QS世界 202733
THE世界 202658
QS亞洲 20266
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：數據科學與人工智能全球第25、土木及結構工程全球第27
香港城市大學 CityU
QS世界 202752
THE世界 202675
QS亞洲 20267
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：語言學全球第36、材料科學全球第39（香港第1）
香港理工大學 PolyU
QS世界 202750
THE世界 202683
QS亞洲 202610
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：酒店及款待管理全球第15（香港第1）、土木及結構工程全球第18
香港浸會大學 HKBU
QS世界 2027216
THE世界 2026201–250
QS亞洲 202653
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：古典學與古代史全球第38、傳播與媒體研究全球第48
嶺南大學 Lingnan
QS世界 2027581
THE世界 2026301–350
QS亞洲 2026—
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：哲學（香港第3、亞洲第20，官方未公開確實全球排名）
香港教育大學 EdUHK
QS世界 2027406
THE世界 2026195
QS亞洲 2026152
QS學科排名 2026 尖子：教育學全球第7（亞洲第2，歷年最佳）
ℹ️ Source: QS World University Rankings 2027 (published 2026-06-18), THE World University Rankings 2026 (published 2025-10-09), QS Asia University Rankings 2026 (published 2025-11-04), and QS Subject Rankings 2026 (published 2026-03-25) — all drawn from each university's official press releases and the QS/THE official websites, accessed/compiled 2026-07-14. No reliable public figure could be found for Lingnan University's QS Asia 2026 ranking, so it is shown as "—" rather than estimated; rankings change year to year, so please refer to the latest publications when making education decisions.
ℹ️ Source: Education Bureau "School Location and Information" open data (data.gov.hk／edb.gov.hk) + Education Bureau "2026 Central Allocation Primary One School Net Choice Booklets" + Education Bureau "Kindergarten and Kindergarten-cum-Child Care Centre Profiles 2025/26" (kindergarten funding types and Kindergarten Education Scheme participation status), compiled 2026-07-15, totalling 2,075 school records (kindergartens 966 · primary schools 546 · secondary schools 487 · international and ESF schools 76, 51 schools in total; funding type could not be matched in the 2025/26 Profiles for 26 kindergartens, so the relevant field shows "—" rather than an estimate). For the latest admission arrangements, addresses, and contact details of individual schools, please refer to official announcements from the Education Bureau and the schools themselves.
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