Form One Admission

Updates

Due to the inclement weather conditions, the Secondary One Registration originally scheduled for Friday, July 11 will be rescheduled to next Monday, July 14.

For enquiries, please contact our school office at 2336 2378 during office hours* on school days or the School Places Allocation Section of the Education Bureau at 2832 7700 or 2832 7740 to make appropriate registration arrangements.

*Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Form 1 Registration (2025-2026)

If your child has been allocated to our school by the Education Bureau under the SSPA system, you and your daughter are invited to register with our school on 10 July at 9:00 a.m. and to attend a parents’ meeting held in the school hall. To prepare for the registration day, you should download this document (click here) and read it carefully. For enquiries, please contact our school office at 2336-2378 during office hours* on school days.

*Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Application for Form One Extra Places (2025-2026)

1. Interested applicants please refer to the Notes to Applicants for details, and download one of the following application forms:
• For applicants who have previously applied for Form One Discretionary Places (DP)
  downloadF.1 Admission for EP - DP Applicant.pdf
• For new applicants
  downloadF.1-4 Admissions for EP - New Applicant.pdf
2. For new applicants, please refer to this video (or click here) when completing the application form.
3. The completed application form and supporting documents MUST be returned to our school between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on 8 July 2025 (Tuesday). No application will be accepted before or after the specified period.
4. A non-refundable application fee of HK$75 is required for each application. Please pay in cash and in exact amount. No change will be provided.
5. Applicants are required to attend an entrance examination in the afternoon (2:00-4:00 p.m.) on 9 July 2025 (Wednesday). No make-up examination will be arranged for applicants who fail to attend the entrance examination.
6. All applicants are reminded to complete the registration procedures with the secondary school to which they have been allocated.
7. Your application should be deemed unsuccessful if you do not receive any notification by the end of August.

*Office hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Arrangements for Notifying Successful Discretionary Places (DP) Applicants

Parents/Guardians of successful DP applicants (for inclusion in the Successful List for Discretionary Places) have been notified by phone and email on 31 March 2025. This notification may not be the final DP application results under SSPA; the school allocation for your child will be announced concurrently with the Central Allocation result on 8 July 2025.

The reserve list is not disclosed at this stage.

Should you wish to apply for Form 1 (2025-2026) vacancies after the release of SSPA allocation results, details will be available on our school website in July.

General Information about Application for Form 1 Discretionary Places (2025-2026)

Admission to Form One at Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section), an aided school, is regulated by the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System. Students are admitted either through the discretionary place system or allocated by the Education Bureau (EDB).

Candidates who apply for discretionary places are reminded that each student may apply to NOT MORE THAN TWO secondary schools participating in the SSPA system. Otherwise, the application will be rendered void.

The number of Form One classes and that of discretionary places for the 2025-2026 academic year are 5 and 54 respectively (tentative; pending final approval from the EDB).

The collection of applications will start on 2 January 2025 and end on 16 January 2025.