📚 Secondary ・ Sha Tin
Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
40
Average
Secondary：10 indicators apply, 4 matched
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Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School
Sha Tin ・
Secondary ・ Est. 1985
📍 Address
1 Mei Tin Road, Tai Wai, Shatin, New Te…
📞 Phone
26073881
📠 Fax
26047350
✉️ Email
info@sttss.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Protestantism / Christianity
👩🏫 Principal
Leung Kit Yin
📅 Founded
1985
🏷️ School Type
Aided
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🎯 Mission
It is hoped that each Shatin Tsung-Tsiner can acquire the 5 personality traits, namely being self-disciplined, thoughtful, trustworthy, self-motivated, and willing to serve, thus growing into a youngster with self-care, love for others as well as God and becoming a leader in step with the times by being innovative, having global perspectives and capable of commitments in this knowledge-based society.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Collaborative teaching featuring joint effort to work out the curriculum framework, division of labour in lesson preparation, collective discussion, revision in teaching plans, peer/cross-curricular lesson observation, reflection and evaluation, is promoted. We promote a student-centered learning approach emphasizing teacher-student and peer interactions. Students are required to have lesson preparation and reflect on what they have learnt during lessons to cultivate in them the ability for self-learning to enable them to become a life-long learner. Together with the project learning in various KLAs, students can construct their own learning in these processes. We strive to create a rich English learning environment and promote teaching of Chinese through Putonghua. We designed the S.1-S…
💛 SEN Support
With the aim of being inclusive and nurturing a caring school culture, our school adopts the "Whole School Approach" to provide support for students with special educational needs. Through home school cooperation and appropriate allocation of resources, we provide our students with suitable and comprehensive support in the hope of enhancing students' learning effectiveness and ability to adjust to the school life. An SEN Support Team has been established in our school. The team consists of an Assistant Principal, the SENCO, SENSTs, the Educational Psychologist, the Speech Therapist, class teachers and Student Counsellor. Teachers and teaching assistants have taken courses on integrated education so as to enhance their professional capabilities. For students with special educational needs,…
🎨 Whole-person Learning
設30多個興趣小組及校隊（如數學、體育、舞蹈、音樂、戲劇及學生自訂），並20多個樂器班（如揚琴、單簧管、色士風），亦設有立體打印、雷射切割、機械人及人工智能課程。初中設「一人一樂器」及「一人一體藝」政策，高中設「一人一藝術」政策，推動學生發展體藝潛質。本校設標準編制之中樂隊、管樂隊、管弦樂隊及男女聲合唱團，又安排學生參與各項資優培訓（包括體藝、語文、數理及領袖訓練等）及數理競賽，近年，學生曾於國際性和全港性數學比賽、香港的生物、物理及電腦奧林匹克、國際奧林匹克機械人競賽香港區選拔賽、戲劇、舞蹈、中、英文寫作、辯論及朗誦比賽，獲不少獎項；上學年於聯校音樂大賽及香港青年音樂滙演共獲3項金獎、3項銀獎及2項銅獎，又於學界體育比賽13種體育活動合共27個組別獲前4名，另於23個組別晉身前8名。本校上年在沙西區約50所中學中，男、女子組均位列第五。近年曾參與全港籃球、羽毛球、乒乓球、越野及手球精英賽。
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ms. |
|---|---|
| title_of_principal | Ms. |
| principal_qualifications_experiences | (BSSc, DipEd, MEd) |
| imc | Established |
| school_size | 6600 |
| sponsoring_body | Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong |
| school_motto | “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| student_union_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 65 |
| tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 88 |
| tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 42 |
| tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 39 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 39 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 8 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 53 |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_chinese_s1_to_s3 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua (S.1 & S.2), Citizenship, Economics and Society, Christian Education (conducted in the form of a fellowship with groups led by teachers and preachers) |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_english_s1_to_s3 | English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science (S.1, plus an independent STEM lesson), Technology (An integration of Computer and Design and Technology with a curriculum that covers programming, AI and robotics), Physics (S.2 & S.3), Chemistry (S.2 & S.3), Biology (S.2 & S.3), History, Geography, Economics (S.3), Arts-in-Life (An integration of Music, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Drama and Videography), Physical Education |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_others_s1_to_s3 | Multiple-intelligence LearniVerse curriculum (S.2) |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_chinese_s4_to_s6 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Citizenship and Social Development, Christian Education, Physical Education (HKDSE elective subject) |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_english_s4_to_s6 | English Language, Mathematics, Maths Extended Modules 1 & 2, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Information & Communication Technology, Geography, Economics, History, BAFS, Visual Arts, Physical Education |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_others_s4_to_s6 | Multiple-intelligence LearniVerse curriculum (S.4) |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_chinese_s1_to_s3 | Chinese Language (Cantonese/Putonghua, depending on the enrolment number), Chinese History, Putonghua (S.1 & S.2), Citizenship, Economics and Society, Christian Education (conducted in the form of a fellowship with groups led by teachers and preachers) |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_english_s1_to_s3 | English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science (S.1, plus an independent STEM lesson), Technology (An integration of Computer and Design and Technology with a curriculum that covers programming, AI and robotics), Physics (S.2 & S.3), Chemistry (S.2 & S.3), Biology (S.2 & S.3), History, Geography, Economics (S.3), Arts-in-Life (An integration of Music, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Drama and Videography), Physical Education |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_others_s1_to_s3 | Multiple-intelligence LearniVerse curriculum (S.2) |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_chinese_s4_to_s6 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Citizenship and Social Development, Christian Education, Physical Education (HKDSE elective subject) |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_english_s4_to_s6 | English Language, Mathematics, Maths Extended Modules 1 & 2, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Information & Communication Technology, Geography, Economics, History, BAFS, Visual Arts, Physical Education |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_others_s4_to_s6 | Citizenship and Social Development (S.4, depending on the enrollment number), multiple-intelligence LearniVerse curriculum (S.4) |
| current_year_no_of_class_s1 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s2 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s3 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s4 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s5 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s6 | 5 |
| sc_school_fee_s1 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s2 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s3 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s4 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s5 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s6 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s1 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s2 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s3 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s4 | $340 |
| sc_tong_fai_s5 | $340 |
| sc_tong_fai_s6 | $340 |
| sc_pta_fee | $70 |
| sc_student_union_association_fee | $20 |
| sc_charges_for_non_standard_items | Improvement of school non-standard facilities: $350 (S.1-S.5); $250 (S.6) |
| sc_others | Small-class teaching (5 or 6 classes in each form with 25-28 students in one class): $1,914 (S.1-S.4); $957 (S.5); $638 (S.6) |
| sc_remarks | Regarding the charges for specific purposes (implementation of small-class teaching), the amount will be adjusted annually based on the inflation rate and the percentage of pay increase for civil servants. Recipients of CSSA will be exempted from paying the fees automatically. Recipients of full grant and half grant of School Textbook Assistance Scheme need to pay 50% and 75% of the fees respectively. Families having other financial difficulties may apply for full or partial exemption. |
| oa_s1_admission | Our school will accept discretionary places. Our school will participate in the Secondary School Places Allocation System through central allocation stage (Applicable for admission to S.1 in September 2026 ).Rankings by the EDB (50%; each applicant gets a score proportionate to his/her ranking); Performance in the interview (50%; all applicants will be interviewed. The interview in which applicants have to read a passage, tell a story and answer some questions will be conducted in English and Cantonese. It aims to assess their language proficiency, comprehension skills and thinking ability); A maximum of extra 10% of the total mark will be awarded to students with outstanding external awards in arts, sports and services. There will be two rounds of interview. Applicants with outstanding performance in the first round will be invited to the second round. |
| oa_orientation_activities_n_healthy_life | In mid-July, an S.1 Parent Gathering is held to promote parents' understanding about school policies. An English Bridging Program (5 mornings), a Drama Workshop (4 afternoons) and a Chinese Debate Course (4 afternoons) are conducted from mid to late August. An S.1 Orientation Day and Sports Fun Day cum selection of school sports teams are held in late August. Also, a 3-day Life Education Camp is held for all S.1 students in late September or early October to help them develop the personality traits of Shatin Tsung-Tsiners and foster a positive attitude towards life. A meeting with class teachers and a talk on how to prepare for exams are arranged for S.1 parents in October and November respectively. The Peer Mentoring Scheme is in place to allow senior form students serving as student counselors to assist S.1 students in adapting to a new learning environment through their own growth experience.<br>Positive Education and Life Education are implemented to foster in students the healthy values and One-student-one-art/sport Scheme is effective in promoting a balanced school life. |
| school_major_concerns | 1. To promote cross-curricular learning using e-learning strategies.<br>2. To reinforce the traits of Shatin Tsung-Tsiners and to promote the priority values and attitudes recommended by the EDB.<br>3. To promote service learning and service activities. |
| school_organisation | The School encourages all teachers to take part in devising the school development plan and give suggestions on school policies. The School Advisory Council, including the Principal, Assistant Principals, middle managers and elected teacher representatives, conducts regular meetings to discuss school policies. All subject departments and committees implement measures enabling students' all-round development and plan for the coming year based on evaluation. The leaders monitor and support the work of departments and committees by joining relevant meetings, and review their plans and minutes. |
| imc_smc_mc | 15 members drawn from different profession sectors(like education, social service, legal profession and commerce and so on), including representatives from the school sponsoring body (Shamshuipo Tsung Tsin Church), parents, alumni, teachers, the Principal and an independent manager. |
| school_green_policy | (Please refer to the "Others" field for details.) |
| language_policy | English is used as the MOI in most subjects as what we did in the past. (Refer to Subjects Offered in the 2025/26 & 2026/27 School Years.) To create an English-rich learning environment, announcements in morning assemblies are made by students in English and school major functions are conducted in English with students being the MCs. School notices and internal posters are bilingual. Students are trained to share in English in morning assemblies and English Week is held annually. Putonghua can be used as the medium of instruction for Chinese if there are enough applicants in S.1 and there is an individual Putonghua lesson for each S.1 and S.2 class every cycle. Students are trained to participate in the Speech Festival of different languages, as well as English and Cantonese debating and drama activities. All these help to equip students with bi-literacy and tri-lingualism. |
| school_based_curriculum | 1. Electives: 2X and 3X. The subject combinations of 12 elective subjects allow students to study all arts or all science subjects or a combination of arts subjects, science subjects, business subjects, Visual Arts and Physical Education.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: <br>(i) There are school-based curricula like LearniVerse, Arts-in-Life, Technology, Christian Education & Life Education. <br>(ii) English Literature is in place to enhance students' awareness of language arts. Arts-in-Life is an integration of music, drama, home economics, videography and visual arts. Life education aims at instilling correct values in our students. There is more emphasis on drama education to enhance students' expression of ideas and creativity. <br>(iii) Junior form students will complete projects on different KLAs to equip them with various generic skills. <br>(iv) Our teaching of various subjects aim at helping our students develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. English and Chinese debate training is promoted to enhance their critical thinking and debating skills. <br>(v) STEM education is practised in every junior form and includes topics like programming and AI. In S.1 STEM lessons, students learn about electronics and making fan cars. <br>(vi) Multiple- intelligence LearniVerse curriculum covering service learning, physical and aesthetic development, humanities and STEM, is introduced in S.2 & S.4. <br>(vii) Junior form students are streamed into different classes based on their abilities in different subjects. There are programs for gifted students and remedial classes for those in need. |
| major_renewed_emphases_in_the_school_curriculum | 1. Moral and Civic Education: Foster in students the correct values through the Life Education program , Christian Education lessons, teachers' sharing of their life experiences in morning assemblies and the publication of 'Messages to Shatin Tsung-Tsiners' and the preaching of the Gospel. Students are encouraged and organized to take part in various social services so as to care about different groups in the society. <br>2. Reading to learn: The Afternoon Reading Scheme (20 minutes each day) for all students, LaLaRead (the mobile book carts), the Junior Form Reading Award Scheme and holiday reading schemes are implemented. Talk given by writers, book exhibitions and book sharing are organized to raise the reading quality. <br>3. Project Learning: During S.1 to S.3, each student has to submit projects on arts, science and cultural to equip them with different generic skills. <br>4. Information technology for interactive learning: with consideration to the curriculum, Google classroom, iPads, interactive panels and different software are employed by different subject panels to facilitate teaching and self-regulated learning. |
| life_planning_education | (Please refer to the "Others" field for details.) |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Students in the junior and senior forms are allocated to different classes with reference to their abilities in English, Mathematics or their choice to learn Chinese Language through Putonghua. These classes have a tailor-made curriculum to maximize students' strengths. Gifted students are arranged to join relevant internal and external courses/activities. Remedial classes are provided to students who are less capable. In addition to counseling students on an individual basis, the two School Social Workers and one Student Counsellor lead some growth groups and run various activities. School - based educational psychology and speech therapy service have been introduced to conduct assessments and carry out follow-up work for students in need. |
| adaptation_for_learning_and_assessment | There are one Uniform Test (only 3 core subjects are included in the S.1 & S.2 U.T.) and two exams for junior forms supplemented by continuous evaluation of students' assignments. For students with special educational needs, suitable adaptation for assignments and assessments will be provided based on expert opinions. |
| home_school_co_operation | To maintain effective contact between parents and the school, the PTA continues with programmes that contribute to the forging of a better home-school cooperation culture. Such programmes include 'Meeting Parents of First-formers', a school policy forum, Parents' Day, talk for parents and seminars on the senior secondary curriculum. Moreover, home-school communication can be further strengthened through various publications (e.g. Bulletin for Parents and the Parent Basic Law), an email link and WhatsApp. Parents are also welcome to sit in the meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association. eClass Parent App is used to deliver the most updated news and information about their wards' learning and campus life to parents and/or guardians. |