🎒 Primary ・ Kwun Tong
St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese Primary School
📰 School Stories
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
27
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎒
St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese Primary School
Kwun Tong ・
Primary ・ Est. 1958
📍 Address
57 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
📞 Phone
23255851
📠 Fax
23227466
✉️ Email
info@sjacps.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Cheng Tak Ming Timothy
📅 Founded
1958
👫 Gender
Boys
🗣️ Language
English
🎯 Mission
Provide quality education so that our students excel in all fields of school life. Develop students' potentials and creative thinking, establish their self-confidence through their own achievements, let them learn to strive for excellence through healthy competitions among themselves.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Fully Implemented: Language-rich Environment, Gifted Education (whole-class and pull-out programmes). Other than the basic curriculum, there are also: theme activities, mass lectures, project collaboration, personal growth education, thinking skills development, Wednesday Programmes, Friday Activities.
💛 SEN Support
For individual students: subject remedial classes, learning skills classes, training on social skills.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Regular Course: Fencing, Gymnastics, Wushu, Karate, Swimming, Golf, Bowling, Go, Japanese, Spanish, German. Gifted Education: SJ Maker, Cyber Rangers (Photography), SJ Journalist, SJ Pilot. After School: Leadership Training, English Drama, Presentation Skills, Mathematical Olympiad, English Choral Speaking, Tennis, Table-tennis, Football, Basketball, Choir, Cub Scout, Putonghua, Rope Skipping, Coding, Drone, Sailing etc.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | / |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Private |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Not Applicable |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | Not Applicable |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ms. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| school_motto | AD ASTRA- a Latin phrase meaning to the stars, it signifies our desire to excel in all fields of school life. |
| school_size | 4500 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | St.Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | Yes |
| nanny_van | Yes |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | $56300 Paid in 10 installments |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $30 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | - |
| asc_others | Replacement of student card $70 |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 18 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 2 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | Multi-Media Learning Centre, Music Room, Visual Art Room, Computer Room, Gifted Education Learning Centre, Multi-function Game Room. |
| fac_others | Church, Tennis Court. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | - |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 83 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 27 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 7 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 36 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 18 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 46 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 18 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 18 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | 1. English, Mathematics, General Studies, Science and Humanities are taught in English. 2. Teaching Chinese Subject in Putonghua. Cantonese is assisted. 3. Three-tiered gifted education program to cater to the needs of high-ability students. 4. P.5 - P.6 students need to study Japanese, Spanish or French. 5. Develop multiple learning elements on Wednesday, such as thinking and STEAM courses. |
| cs_remarks | - |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 3 |
| replace_test_exam_P1 | No |
| no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_P2-P6 | 3 |
| formulate_appropriate_school_based_assessment_assignment_policy_inform_parents_collect_views_from_teachers_students_parents_regularly | Yes |
| upload_school_assessment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| diversified_assessment | Oral and written exam, project work, presentation, role play, etc. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Averaging. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 8 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 8:00 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:00 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:45 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:50 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | - |
| school_management_url | http://www.sjacps.edu.hk |
| school_organisation | School Management Committee, Supervisor, Principal, Vice-Principal, Senior Teachers, Teachers. |
| imc_smc_mc | School Management Committee members: Supervisor (chairman), Principal, current/retired school heads, devoted Catholics.<br>Attending: Vice-Principal, representatives from alumni, PTA & teachers. |
| school_green_policy | School, teachers and students always try our best to reduce waste. Awarded "The Outstanding Zero Carbon Contribution Award" and "the Green Campus Certification". Our school has completely replaced energy-saving electrical appliances. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.sjacps.edu.hk |
| school_major_concerns | Together We F. L. Y.! |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.sjacps.edu.hk |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | strengthening values education, including life education; making good use of learning time and creating space to promote a balanced physical and mental development; enriching life-wide learning experiences and promoting whole-person development; better catering for learner diversity; reinforcing, STEAM education, and nurturing students’ media and information literacy; strengthening cross-curricular learning and reading across the curriculum for developing lifelong learning capabilities; and promoting learning and teaching effectiveness. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Cross-subjects learning. Wednesday Programmes and Friday activities: They are scheduled on Wednesdays and Friday during regular school hours. They are enhancement lessons and different physical activities which provide our students with more opportunities to acquire knowledge other than the regular subjects. The design of the programmes aims at enriching the thinking and communication skills of our students and providing them more chances to expose to other languages and cultures. It is essential that students develop different skills to meet the needs of their future learning. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Positive Education. |
| student_support_url | http://www.sjacps.edu.hk |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | For individual students: subject remedial classes, learning skills classes. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Students familiarize themselves with the use of English, Putonghua and Cantonese through a language-rich environment and daily curriculum: English, Mathematics and General Studies are taught in English, Chinese is taught in Putonghua, and other subjects are taught in Cantonese.<br>Develop students' potentials by providing Gifted Education programmes and various extra-curricular courses/activities. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.sjacps.edu.hk |
| home-school_co-operation | The Parent-Teacher Association was established in 1971 with the objective to promote home-school relations. Committee members (parents and teachers) meet regularly throughout the year to discuss school matters. The association also arranges activities such as the annual parent-child picnic, parent seminar, graduation lunch, and the Parent-Also-Appreciate-Teachers Drive. <br>The school also invites parents to join our school outings, participate in the Sports Day and Swimming Gala. |
| school_ethos | The school has a strong and vibrant school ethos. Students are courteous and disciplined. A harmonious rapport is established between teachers and students. Religious activities, bible sharings, assemblies and prayers help foster students' positive attitudes of life and proper moral values. Parents are invited to join different school functions such as parents' days, seminars and parent-child picnics. This strengthens school-parent relationship and cooperation. Student Guidance Officer and Educational Psychologist provide individual and group counselling and activities to parents and students. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.sjacps.edu.hk |
| school_dev_plan | Further Strengthen: Phonetics Learning (IPA), Gifted Programmes, Language-rich Environment Scheme, E-learning, Applied AI Learning, Native-speaking Teachers Scheme (English & Putonghua), English drama. A particular school-based Extra-Curricular Activities Programme is provided to students of each level to foster multiple-intelligence. |