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Primary Schools Not in a POA Net

Private, international, DSS and ESF primary schools — plus a few newly-established aided schools — sit outside the Primary One Admission (POA) school-net system and admit pupils directly. These are the primary schools with no school net. Sourced from the EDB.

143 schools indexed

What the data shows

By funding type: 1 government, 7 aided, 21 DSS, 73 private and 41 international. Of the 62 that state a teaching medium, 21 teach Chinese in Putonghua, 14 teach Chinese in Cantonese, 7 are bilingual and 20 teach in English. An annual fee is published by 54 of the 143; fees run from HK$7,370 to HK$154,000, with a median of about HK$55,000. Of these, 31 schools have a through-train, feeder or nominated link with another school. Of the 143, 61 have a religious background. The oldest dates back to 1851; the newest opened in 2023.

Fees are the published annual tuition and exclude other charges.

Founded18182025
Annual feeFree$155,000

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