Application Method for Admission (Year of 2024-2025)
Local Stream Nursery Class
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Admission Age:
Local Nursery Class (Join the Kindergarten Education Scheme～Parents must apply for the “Registration Certificate for Kindergarten Admission”): For children who were born on or before 31st December 2021.
Application Method:
- Please fill in the “Application Form” online, upload the child’s birth certificate, passport photo, and the bank receipt of the application fee to the application system. Once all the steps are finished, a confirmation email will be sent to the email account that you have provided.
Please kindly add [email protected] to your safe email contact list to ensure the system does not automatically delete the email.
- Collection of application Forms (No quota):
~ Download from school website
~ Obtain from school in person
Distribution Period:
- Date：1st July 2023 (Saturday)
- Time：9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Mondays to Fridays) / 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon (Saturdays)
Online application / Return of application Forms in person (No quota):
- Date：1st July 2023 (Saturday)
- Time：9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Mondays to Fridays) / 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon (Saturdays)
- Return of application forms : Online application / In person / return to our school by post
【together with the documents required (including identity document)】
Application Fee:
- Online Application：HK$40 Please go to HSBC branches and directly deposit the application fee to the following bank account or pay the application fee through Automated Teller Machine
ATM
Bank name：The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
Account number：004-012-2-135320
(HSBC users do not need to enter the bank code “004” for the transfer.)
Account name: William (Smart) Kindergarten / Smart Education Organisation Limited
- Obtain application forms in person : HK$40(Cash)
*The application fee is non-returnable whether the application is successful or not. If any information provided in the application form is not accurate or complete, the application will not be accepted.
*If parents pay the application fee through other banks, interbank transfer fee will be charged.
Application for the “2024/2025 Registration Certificate for Kindergarten Admission”
- The Free Quality Kindergarten Education policy has replaced the “Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme”. Under this scheme, EDB will use the “Registration Certificate for Kindergarten Admission” as the document for registration in the 2024/2025 school year.
- Parents are required to submit an application for the “2024/2025 Registration Certificate for Kindergarten Admission” (hereafter referred as “2024/2025 RC”) to EDB from September to November 2023. The “2024/2025 RC” will be open for applications in September 2023 and EDB will announce and upload the details of application onto EDB’s website (http://www.edb.gov.hk/k1-admission_e) in due course.
Admission Criteria:
1. Applicants will be prioritized regarding the conditions listed below:
– Current students
– Siblings of the current students
– Residential location where is accessible
– Any parents’ or sibling graduates with the supporting documents
– Other factors, e.g. , agreeing with our school mission and philosophy; any applications with family needs for the whole day class
2. Interview performance
(Due to the limited spots,
NOT all prioritized applicants will be admitted.)
Interview Arrangements：
- The kindergarten will arrange interview for all applicants.
- Interviews will begin in November. The confirmed date and time will be notified through email in mid-October. If no email is received by 27th October, please contact our admissions department at 2333 2886.
- Please kindly add [email protected] to your safe email contact list to ensure the system does not automatically delete the email.
- Group/Interview interviews will be arranged.
- Parents should accompany their child for the interview.
- If any translation service is needed for non-Chinese speaking children during the interview, please kindly call our kindergarten office for assistance.
*Please contact us at 23332886 if interpretation service is required.
Announcement of Admission Results︰
Our school will inform parents of the K1 admission results before 15th December 2023 by email.
Registration Arrangements：
- Successful applicants: Parents should complete the registration procedures for their child from 4th to 6th January 2024 (“Centralised Registration Dates”) by submitting the original of the “2024/2025 RC” to the kindergarten and paying the registration fee.
- Applicants on the waiting list: the kindergarten will notify the parents by phone. Parents should complete the registration procedures for their child according to the specified date set by the school. Parents are required to submit the original of the “2024/2025 RC” to the kindergarten and pay the registration fee.
- If parents cannot submit the “2024/2025 RC” during registration, the kindergarten may not be able to complete registration for their child. Hence, parents are required to submit application for the Registration Certificate to EDB within the specified period.
- The registration fee for 2024/2025 K1 place is HK$970 (half day) and $1570 (whole day). Should parents decide to change school after registration, please notify the kindergarten in writing. The kindergarten will return the “2024/2025 RC” but the registration fee will not be refunded. Upon obtaining the “2024/2025 RC”, the kindergarten will no longer keep the school place for the child.
Assisting non-Chinese speaking children measures：
- Create a Chinese language environment for providing non-Chinese speaking children learning opportunities, e.g. Chinese learning group activities.
- Enhance home school cooperation with non-Chinese speaking families for their growth, e.g., family support group.
- If there is any queries for non-Chinese speaking parents, please kindly contact us via phone 2333 2886 or email [email protected].
The hyperlink of Admission Arrangements for Nursery (K1) Classes in Kindergartens:
https://www.edb.gov.hk/k1-admission_e
The hyperlink of Overview of our Kindergarten Information:
https://kgp2021.azurewebsites.net/edb/schoolinfo.php?lang=en&schid=6063&district=kowlooncity
Application Method for Admission (Year of 2024 -2025) Int’l Stream
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Admission Age:
Int’l Pre-Nursery Class: For children who were born on or before 31st December 2022
Int’l Nursery Class: For children who were born on or before 31st December 2021
Transfer Student: For details, please contact our admission department at 23332886.
Application Date:
Online applications will be starting from 1st July, 2023 until the quota is full. Application period will end without notice.
Application Fee:
HK$40. Please go to HSBC branches and directly deposit the application fee to the following bank account or pay the application fee through Automated Teller Machine ATM
Bank name: The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
Account number: 004-012-2-135320
(HSBC users do not need to enter the bank code “004” for the transfer.)
Account name: William (Smart) Kindergarten / Smart Education Organisation Limited
*The application fee is non-returnable whether the application is successful or not. If any information provided in the application form is not accurate or complete, the application will not be accepted.
*If parents pay the application fee through other banks, interbank transfer fee will be charged.
Application Method:
- Please fill in the “Application Form” online, upload the child’s birth certificate, passport photo, and the bank receipt of the application fee to the application system. Once all the steps are finished, a confirmation email will be sent to the email account that you have provided. Please kindly add [email protected] to your safe email contact list to ensure the system does not automatically delete the email.
- Obtain the application form from school in person
If any information provided in the application form is not accurate or complete, the application will not be accepted.
Interview Date:
Interviews will begin in November. The confirmed date and time will be notified through email in mid-October. If no email is received by 27th October, please contact our admissions department at 23332886.
Interview Result:
The result will be announced through email within four weeks after the interview.
