📚 Secondary ・ Central & Western
King's College
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
30
Average
Secondary：10 indicators apply, 3 matched
📚
King's College
Central & Western ・
Secondary ・ Est. 1926
📍 Address
63A Bonham Road
📞 Phone
25470310
📠 Fax
25406908
✉️ Email
kings@edb.gov.hk
⛪ Religion
Not Applicable
👩🏫 Principal
Wong Chau Ling, Fiona
📅 Founded
1926
🏷️ School Type
Gov't
👫 Gender
Boys
🎯 Mission
King's College is committed to helping students discover their potential fully, to promoting a balanced education that takes into consideration students' moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic needs, and to providing a learning environment that is disciplined, stimulating and forward-looking.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Adopting student-centred approach and making use of a wide range of learning activities to promote interactive learning among students; 2. Emphasizing the importance of reflective learning and encouraging students and teachers to make use of the evaluative feedback to improve teaching and learning effectiveness; 3. Promoting self-directed learning and catering learners’ diversity by adopting various pedagogical techniques; 4. Promoting the culture of collaborative lesson preparation, peer lesson observation and open class among teachers; 5. Designing and conducting cross-curricular learning tasks at different levels to equip students with a variety of study skills and to train up students' higher order thinking skills; 6. Enhancing learning and teaching effectiveness and promoting inte…
💛 SEN Support
Our School adopts a Whole-School Approach to implement Integrated Education, ensuring that students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) receive holistic and sustained support. A dedicated Student Support Team has been established, comprising the Special Educational Needs Coordinator, SEN Support Teachers, Guidance Teachers, School Social Workers, and the school-based Educational Psychologist. To foster professional growth and inclusive practices, we actively encourage our teachers to participate in training programmes related to SEN. To enhance learning accessibility, the School provides tailored teaching strategies and assessment accommodations for students with diverse needs. Through the strategic use of the Learning Support Grant and the Grant for Supporting NCS Students with SEN, we …
🎨 Whole-person Learning
本校設有24學術、文藝、體育、社會服務、宗教及閒暇修養的學會及活動小組，為學生提供多元化課外活動機會。此外，每學年為中一至中六級學生舉行學生發展日，安排一系列的活動讓學生寓學習於活動中，冀與其他學習經歷相輔相成，以達致學生全人發展的目的。學校亦積極鼓勵學生參與各類型的公開比賽及境外交流活動，擴闊視野。中一至中三學生必須參加樂器班，並接受相關評核，務求讓學生在各方面皆有均衡的發展。
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ms. |
|---|---|
| title_of_principal | Ms. |
| imc | Not Applicable |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chair_members | 100 |
| school_size | 6500 |
| sponsoring_body | HKSAR Government |
| school_motto | Meticulous thoughts, Diligent actions |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| student_union_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 53 |
| tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 91 |
| tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 63 |
| tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 65 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 15 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 7 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 78 |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_chinese_s1_to_s3 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Life and Society (S.3), Citizenship, Economics and Society (S.1 & S.2) |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_english_s1_to_s3 | English Language, Mathematics, Music, Visual Arts, P.E., Integrated Science,<br>Computer Literacy, History, Geography, Business Fundamentals (S.3) |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_others_s1_to_s3 | - |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_chinese_s4_to_s6 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Citizenship and Social Development |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_english_s4_to_s6 | English Language, Mathematics, Mathematics Extended Part Module 1 and 2, Music, P.E., Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Information and Communication Technology |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_others_s4_to_s6 | - |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_chinese_s1_to_s3 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Citizenship, Economics and Society |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_english_s1_to_s3 | English Language, Mathematics, Music, Visual Arts, P.E., Integrated Science,<br>Computer Literacy, History, Geography, Business Fundamentals (S.3) |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_others_s1_to_s3 | - |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_chinese_s4_to_s6 | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Citizenship and Social Development |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_english_s4_to_s6 | English Language, Mathematics, Mathematics Extended Part Module 1 and 2, Music, P.E., Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Information and Communication Technology |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_others_s4_to_s6 | - |
| current_year_no_of_class_s1 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s2 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s3 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s4 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s5 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s6 | 4 |
| 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 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s5 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s6 | - |
| sc_pta_fee | $100 |
| sc_student_union_association_fee | - |
| sc_charges_for_non_standard_items | 300 |
| sc_others | Extra-curricular Activity Fee: $155 (S.4 - S.6 students only) |
| sc_remarks | - |
| 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 ).Applicants will be invited to attend an interview in late February. Admission criteria are as follows:<br>1. Performance in the interview (English and Chinese Proficiency, general knowledge, Mathematical skill) (40%);<br>2. Academic Performance (35%);<br>3. Extra-curricular activities, services and special talents (25%).[If there is any change in the assessment weighting, the latest information will be announced on the School website.] |
| oa_orientation_activities_n_healthy_life | S.1 Parents' Day, S.1 Orientation Day, English Day Camp, orientation activities organized by Uniform Groups, Fig Boys Scheme, Prefects Body, etc.<br>The School has formulated and implemented the Healthy School Policy to help students reach a state of physical, mental and social well-being. Apart from drug tests, a series of programmes have been launched to raise students' awareness of a healthy lifestyle, which includes a visit to the Jockey Club Drug InfoCentre, talks on “Say No to Drugs”, survey on eating habits, Healthy Fruit Day, Fig Boys Peer Counselling Scheme, Student Support Programme, Stress Management workshops and other Integrated Education programmes.<br> |
| school_major_concerns | 1. To Empower Students as Thriving Life-long Learners in the 21st Century;<br>2. To Entrench Values Education and Nurture Students to Proactively Meet the Challenges of the New Era;<br>3. To Foster Future Leaders and Cultivate Holistic Excellence for a Healthy School Life.<br>Theme of the School Year: ‘Unity’ |
| school_organisation | The School Management Committee |
| imc_smc_mc | The School is led by a School Management Committee, chaired by a Principal Education Officer of the Education Bureau.<br>The members include the Principal, two teacher representatives, two parent representatives, two old boy representatives, and two independent members from the community. |
| school_green_policy | The School is committed to undertaking sound environmental practices throughout the entire School operations and raising all staff and students' awareness of their environmental responsibilities. Green Leaders in each class help promote various environmental protection activities in school. To keep efficient use of electricity, the temperature in classrooms is maintained at around 25 degree Celsius when air-conditioners are used. Recycle campaigns are held regularly to encourage students to reduce waste production in daily activities. The School keeps assessing students' performance in environmental protection and will give away The Green Awards to classes with good practice. The Annual Carbon Audit will be conducted for our School campus to monitor the carbon emission each year and respective measures are imposed to save energy. |
| language_policy | All subjects, except Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Life and Society, Citizenship, Economics and Society, Citizenship and Social Development, are taught in English. |
| school_based_curriculum | 1. Electives: 3X and 4X. Senior form students are free to choose 3 electives and can take Music as their fourth elective.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: Tailor-made School-based curricula are designed to cater for learning diversity among students at junior levels to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. |
| major_renewed_emphases_in_the_school_curriculum | Enhancing students' language proficiency, promoting e-learning and e-reading culture, fostering students' interest in STEAM, enhancing students' skills in scientific exploration and investigation; fostering self-directed learning among students, honing students' generic and higher order thinking skills through formal and informal curricula; nurturing righteous and self-fulfilling students through values education and national education, and building a healthy and caring campus; unleashing students' potential for key competencies for adulthood and agility for tomorrow. |
| life_planning_education | Through systematic planning and the implementation of a school-based curriculum, the School aims to help students to have a better understanding of their abilities and career inclination, design their individual plans, set goals and foster their abilities in reflection so as to keep students informed of the different pathways for further studies and job opportunities. It is expected that students can make wise decisions based on their interests and aptitude. At the same time, students' whole person development can be aligned with their individual goals for career/studies. The School organizes talks, visits to workplaces, experience-sharing sessions and workshops to enhance the knowledge and the understanding of students, teachers and parents on life planning. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | 1. S.1 and S.2 Chinese, English and Mathematics remedial/enrichment classes; <br>2. After-class group/individual teaching;<br>3. Adoption of different teaching strategies to tailor make learning materials for students in need of support;<br>4. Employment of Teaching Assistants to support students with different learning needs; <br>5. Provision of support to students with special educational needs;<br>6. Nominating students to attend gifted education programmes provided by external organizations;<br>7. Launching enhancement programmes to further develop students' potential e.g. Mathematics classes for more able students, etc.<br>8. School-based support programmes on Chinese Language, Chinese History and Citizenship and Social Development for Non-Chinese speaking students. |
| support_for_non_chinese_students | Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: providing after-school support programmes in learning Chinese; appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students’ learning of Chinese; arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching mode(s), e.g. pull-out learning if necessary, split-class/group learning, etc.; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting learning and teaching materials; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school. |
| adaptation_for_learning_and_assessment | Continuous assessment of students' performance, particularly in the development of skills and values/attitudes, is emphasized. In addition to written tests, assessment measures including students' reflections on their own performance, teacher observation, peer evaluation, presentation and peer sharing, etc., are adopted. |
| home_school_co_operation | The KCPTA conducts a variety of well-received programmes every year. These include Parent-Child activities, the publication of PTA Newsletters, parent education programmes, etc. These activities not only provide invaluable opportunities for parents and the School to communicate and exchange ideas but also strengthen students' sense of belonging to the School. |
| school_ethos | The School, founded in 1926, has rich traditions with strong support from past students and parents. There is a harmonious relationship among teachers and an excellent rapport between teachers and students. The students are generally hardworking and disciplined with a strong sense of belonging to the School. Pastoral care is provided through the Counselling Committee, the Student Support Unit, the School Social Workers, and the dedicated teachers. The School promotes peer learning among students and encourages them to help each other. After-school activities such as tutorial classes, Fig Boys Scheme and enhancement classes conducted by old boys are held. Apart from fostering brotherhood among students, students are given the opportunity to enhance their leadership and communication skills. |