🎒 Primary ・ Kowloon City
Bishop Walsh Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
36
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 4 matched
🎒
Bishop Walsh Primary School
Kowloon City ・
Primary ・ Est. 1963
📍 Address
150 Junction Road, Kowloon
📞 Phone
23372058
📠 Fax
23361664
✉️ Email
info@bishopwalsh.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Lo Shuk Yee Jenny
📅 Founded
1963
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese(incl.: Putonghua) and English
🎯 Mission
The primary mission of Bishop Walsh Primary School motivated by the Spirit of Christ is to educate students with love and devotion. The school, trusting in its dedicated staff and advanced teaching methods, intends to provide an excellent learning environment conducive to an all-rounded formation of students. In this regard, the school aims at developing students' abilities by promoting their self-reliance, sense of responsibility, social participation, as well as academic achievement.
📚 Approach & Strategies
To enrich students' learning experiences by adopting the Language-rich Environment Policy. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in some world-wide recognized exams, overseas learning tours and diversified learning activities.
💛 SEN Support
Different levels of learning tasks are designed so as to cater the different abilities of the students. Special arrangements on the adjustment of homework and assessment are set for SEN students. Besides, there are enrichment classes, reinforcement classes, remedial classes, morning reading sessions and School-based Speech Therapy Service.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Interest groups, school teams, and clubs that nurture Students' multiple intelligences are organized as follows: Catholic communities (Pioneers of Christ) Music groups (String Orchestra, Choir, Wind Band, Percussion Band) Physical Training (Football, Swimming, Fancy Rope Skipping, Latin Dancing, fencing) Arts group (Oil Pastel Drawing, Chinese Painting, Sand Painting) Uniformed and training groups (Road Safety Patrol, Red Cross, Scouts, Community Youth Club, flag-raising team, Students' Union, Hong Kong Basic Law Ambassadors) Academic training (Chinese and English Debate Teams, Abacus Calculation, STEM Explore, Maths Olympiad)
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 41 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 100% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Mr. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| school_motto | Diligence, Prudence, Humbleness, Faithfulness |
| school_size | 3123 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | Yes |
| nanny_van | Yes |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | - |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $25 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $300 |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 24 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 2 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | CAL Room, Computer Room, Guidance Rooms, Dance Studio, Visual Art Room, Music Room, English Activity Room, Conference Room, Library, Prayer Room, STEM Lab, Smart Gym Room. |
| fac_others | Labyrinth Garden, Planting Plot, Interactive Learning Corner and Campus TV. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 45 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 43 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 57 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 12 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 22 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 66 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 24 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 24 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | To enhance teaching and learning, Small Class Teaching is implemented.<br>To cater for students' diversity, various classes and groups are organized. |
| cs_remarks | 1. To develop talents through the school-based gifted programmes. Students are encouraged to enhance their potential by participating in different internationally recognized exams and outside-school training.<br>2. To develop generic skills and build positive values through Cross-curricular Project Learning Week. |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 1 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 2 |
| replace_test_exam_P1 | No |
| no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6 | 2 |
| no_of_exam_P2-P6 | 2 |
| 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 | Different modes of assessment, including self assessment and peer assessment, are used in order to enhance teaching and learning. Diversified assessment is implemented through Project Learning and Thematic Learning.<br>3-times Assessment per school year of Assessment Policy will be updated on the coming academic year of 2025-2026. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Streaming according to students' English academic abilities in Primary 5 and 6. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 9 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 8:10 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:15 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 1:00 |
| lunch_end_time | 2:00 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | To make good use of learning time and create additional space for educational experiences, various activities are conducted in the afternoon through multiple intelligences education and growth education. This approach aims to develop diverse types of intelligences and promote overall student growth, catering to different learning styles and fostering both personal and academic development. |
| school_management_url | http://www.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/content.php?cnt=85 |
| school_organisation | School Organization is divided into "Management and Organization", "Learning and Teaching" and "Student Support and School Ethos". Teachers are under different assigned groups that are led by the principal. School Management Committee supervises the school. School Executive Committee and Parent-teacher Association give valuable advice to school. |
| imc_smc_mc | Including Sponsoring Body Managers, School Principal, Teacher Manager, Independent Manager and Parent Manager. |
| school_green_policy | To promote healthy living and inculcate the values of caring for the environment among teachers and students. Current Year Programmes include the Green Lunch Charter Scheme and Green Elites Campus Accreditation Programme. |
| school_major_concerns_url | https://www.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/ |
| school_major_concerns | Promoting Christian love<br>Inspiring Growth and Wisdom<br>Illuminating Diverse talents<br>Achieving Infinite Possibilities. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/content.php?cnt=85 |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | To promote cross-curricular learning and the using of feedback from assessment to improve teaching and learning. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | To cultivate students' generic skills and their ability to apply interdisciplinary reading through cross-curricular learning, "Reading to Learn", STEM education and IT education. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. To uphold and pass on the Five Core Values of Catholic Education.<br>2. To promote Values Education which connects various cross-curricular domains, including life education, moral education, civic education and national education (including Constitution, Basic Law and national security education). |
| student_support_url | http://info.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/home/am/index_counseling.htm |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Adaptation of curriculum, homework and assessments before and after school for students with learning difficulties. Training for gifted students is provided. Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), school-based social worker, school-based educational psychologist and school-based speech therapist support students in need. Supports for students and parents regarding the transition from P.6 to S.1 and from kindergarten to P.1 are arranged. |
| support_for_non_chinese_students | Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching mode(s), e.g. pull-out learning if necessary, split-class/group learning, etc; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and our school uses Putonghua to teach Chinese in all classes / groups at all levels with extra support as appropriate, e.g. pull-out/small-group classes, learning and teaching resources with Pinyin, etc.. After-school Chinese support group is arranged for non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | 1. J.1-3 Primary Literacy Programme Reading, Development of Test Sets (DTS) and J.4-6 School Based Rac Programme.<br>2. Maths Curriculum adaptation for P.1-P.6.<br>3. Chinese lessons are conducted in Putonghua.<br>4. STEM Education and interdisciplinary. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/content.php?cnt=112 |
| home-school_co-operation | PTA organizes various activities to strengthen positive home-school relationship and foster parents' sense of belonging to the school. Parents volunteer team is supportive of building our school learning community of love and service. |
| school_ethos | Students are nurtured in a spirit of Christian love, fostering a caring and harmonious campus culture through the implementation of a whole-school approach to guidance and discipline. Efforts are also made to help students build self-confidence, civic awareness, and participation. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/ |
| school_dev_plan | 1. To promote students' health and wellness with school based religious and life educations, values education (moral, civic and national education) and by implementing various guidance and discipline measures.<br>2. To maximize pleasurable learning experiences through life-wide learning activities.<br>3. To develop students self-directed learning capabilities through effective learning resources.<br>4. To cater for learner diversity through small class teaching and gifted education.<br>5. To promote language abilities through language rich learning environment, overseas learning tours and campus TV. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | To develop school learning community with long term development plan and enhance teachers' effectiveness of teaching and learning. |