Primary School Profiles 2026 
Primary School Profiles 2026
| Address: | 58 Shek Kip Mei Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon | |||
| Phone: | 27797654 | Email: | enquiry@sfaeps.edu.hk | |
| Fax: | 27769710 | Website: | https://www.sfaeps.edu.hk | |
School Information | Supervisor/ Chairman of Management Committee | : | Ms. Ting Tak Ching Teresa |
| School Head | : | Ms. Tam Ka Ming |
| Incorporated Management Committee been established? | : | Not Applicable |
| Percentage of School Supervisor and Managers / Chairperson and Members of School Management Committee (SMC) of Government Schools Fulfilling the Training Targets | : | Not Applicable |
| School Type | : | Private Whole Day |
| Student Gender | : | Co-ed |
| Sponsoring Body | : | The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| Religion | : | Catholicism |
| Year of Commencement of Operation | : | 1955 |
| School Motto | : | Dominus Meus Deus Meus |
| Area Occupied by the School | : | About 2000 Sq. M |
| Through-train Secondary School | : | - |
| Feeder Secondary School | : | - |
| Nominated Secondary School | : | - |
| Medium of Instruction | : | Chinese & English |
| School Bus Service | : | School Bus; Nanny van |
| Parent-Teacher Association | : | Yes |
| Past Students' Association/Alumni Association | : | Yes |
| 4Rs Mental Health Charter | : | - |
| Whole School Health Programme | : | Action School |
2026/2027 Annual School Charges| School Fee | : | $58500 (in 10 instalments) |
| Tong Fai | : | - |
| PTA Fee | : | $20 |
| Approved Charges for non-standard items | : | - |
| Other Charges | : | - |
School Facilities | Number of Classroom(s) | : | 24 |
| Number of School Hall(s) | : | 1 |
| Number of Playground(s) | : | 2 |
| Number of Library(ies) | : | 1 |
| Special Rooms | : | Gifted Education Resource Centre, Visual Art Room, ITLC, Music Room, Conference Room and Student Guidance Room. |
| Facility(ies) for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs | : | Gifted Educational Resource Centre. |
| Others | : | School Studio |
Teaching Staff Information (Including School Head) in the 2025/2026 school year | Number of teaching posts in the approved establishment | : | - |
| Total number of teachers in the school | : | 47 |
| Qualifications and professional training (%) | ||
| Had Received Teacher Training | : | 87% |
| Bachelor Degree | : | 100% |
| Master/ Doctorate Degree or above | : | 57% |
| Special Education Training | : | 100% |
| Years of Experience (%) | ||
| 0 - 4 years | : | 36% |
| 5 - 9 years | : | 38% |
| 10 years or above | : | 26% |
Class Structure | 2025/26 school year | ||
| P1 Number of classes | : | 5 |
| P2 Number of classes | : | 5 |
| P3 Number of classes | : | 4 |
| P4 Number of classes | : | 4 |
| P5 Number of classes | : | 3 |
| P6 Number of classes | : | 3 |
| Total | : | 24 |
| 2026/27 school year | ||
| P1 Number of classes | : | 5 |
| P2 Number of classes | : | 5 |
| P3 Number of classes | : | 4 |
| P4 Number of classes | : | 4 |
| P5 Number of classes | : | 4 |
| P6 Number of classes | : | 3 |
| Total | : | 25 |
| Mode of teaching at different levels | ||
| Teaching Chinese Subject in Putonghua. English, Humanities and Science are taught in English. P.3 - P.6 students need to study Japanese or French. |
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| Remarks | ||
| - | ||
Performance Assessment | Applicable to P1 only | ||
| Number of test(s) per year | : | 0 |
| Number of exam(s) per year | : | 3 |
| Replace tests and examinations with diversified assessments in the first term of P1 | : | No |
| Applicable to P2 to P6 only | ||
| Number of test(s) per year | : | 0 |
| Number of exam(s) per year | : | 3 |
| Applicable to P1 to P6 | ||
| Formulate appropriate school-based assessment and assignment policies, inform parents of related arrangements, and collect views from teachers, students and parents regularly (at least once per school year) for ongoing review and optimisation of the school assessment and assignment policies | : | Yes |
| Upload the school-based assessment policy onto the school webpage for information of the public and stakeholders | : | Yes |
| Upload the school-based assignment policy onto the school webpage for information of the public and stakeholders | : | Yes |
| Diversified Assessment for Learning | : | Students' Self-assessment, Peer Assessment, Teachers' Assessment. All the assessments are based on the gifted education elements: creativity, higher order thinking and personal and social competence. |
| Avoid arranging tests or examinations immediately after long holidays in order to let students take more rest during the holidays | : | Yes |
| Arrange the timetable flexibly according to the school context, with a tutorial session provided in the afternoon as far as possible for students to finish some of their homework under teachers’ guidance | : | No |
| Streaming arrangement | : | Normal Distribution. |
School Life | Number of school days per week | : | 5 |
| Number of periods per day | : | 10 |
| Duration of each normal period | : | 30 |
| School starts at | : | 7:50 AM |
| School ends at | : | 2:50 PM |
| Lunch break | : | 12:45 - 1:45 |
| Lunch arrangement | : | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| Healthy school life | : | 'Growth Education' is designed for teaching students the importance of school healthy life and communicative skills. Besides, regular morning sharing sessions and talks are set up for teaching students how to live healthily. |
| Remarks | : | The lessons are taught in a cycle system: six days in one cycle. The duration of extra-curricular activities is about one hour. In addition, students can join some activities after school or on Saturdays. |
Life-wide Learning | The extra-curricular activities are multi-dimensional, including gifted education pull-out programmes, choir, Art & craft and various kinds of sports activities. |
School Mission | St. Francis of Assisi's English Primary School aims to effectively cultivate the talent and capacity in each of its students founded on Catholic education principles. We strive to: • Adhere to the principle of Catholic education with the six learning areas (Spiritual, Moral, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Aesthetic) for the holistic development of our students. • Nurture essential competencies and proactive learning attitude among our students. • Provide students with a diverse and progressive school-based curriculum. • Cultivate an effective, appreciative and respectful environment for learning and teaching. • Sustain a collaborative culture based on love, care, mutual respect, fairness and understanding among teachers. • Maintain strong partnerships with parents and alumni based on mutual trust and open communication. |
School Characteristics | School Management | ||
| School Management Organisation | : | The Catholic Education Office and the Procuration are responsible to supervise our School. The School Management Committee are the chief persons to manage the School affairs. The Principal, the Vice-Principal and Senior Teachers are responsible for School administrative work. |
| Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee/ Management Committee | : | There are 8 members in School Management Committee, including Principal, Supervisor and 6 Managers. |
| School Green Policy | : | Our school aims at building a green school and fostering sustainable development as a whole. |
| School's Major Concerns | : | - To build and develop strong and respectable character in our students grounded on the five Core Values of Catholic Education; Service Leadership Education; and Gifted Education; - To maximize students' involvement in being beneficiaries of a holistic curriculum characterised by the principles of Blended learning and Affective Education; - To continue the strengthening and refining of students' presentation skills by cultivating a strong English and Putonghua environment. |
| Learning and Teaching Plan | ||
| Learning & Teaching Strategies | : | Our school adopts a cycle system in the lessons. Students' learning aspects are various. The most important areas are their cognition, skill and attitude. |
| Development of Major Renewed Emphases of the Primary Education Curriculum | : | We uphold the Five Core Catholic Education Values of Truth, Justice, Love, Life, and Family, in line with the values education promoted by the Education Bureau, and pass them on to young people and prepare them properly for their life and future responsibilities. We strive to inculcate moral values in our students, making them responsible citizens through our value-infused curriculum and activities. We aim to broaden students' different learning experiences and promote whole-person development. Through embedding a wide range of cross-curricular learning and projects into our curriculum and established a reading culture in our school, we created an innovative learning culture that encourage and allows students to explore, create and to enhance their higher-order thinking skills. |
| Development of Generic Skills | : | Our school aims at providing an all-rounded education for our students. Students therefore will obtain much knowledge in various aspects in learning, including the abilities of communication, presentation and speaking. |
| Cultivation of Proper Values, Attitudes and Behaviours | : | Base on five core Values of Catholic Education; Service Leadership Education |
| Student Support | ||
| Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity | : | Our school has implemented gifted education for many years. Pull-out programmes, whole-class programme and curriculum compacting are used in the gifted education. |
| Whole School Approach to Integrated Education | : | - |
| Curriculum Tailoring and Adaptation | : | - |
| Home-school Co-operation and School Ethos | ||
| Home-School Co-operation | : | Our School Parent-Teacher Association is responsible for the co-operation among teachers and parents. The Association will conduct various activities every year to promote the communication of teachers and parents. Moreover, many groups are established in the Association, such as Academic Committee, Public Relation Committee and Student Affair Committee, to work with teachers so as to promote school affairs. |
| School Ethos | : | - Provide a learning environment to nurture students' virtue based on the VMV of our school. - Promote the value of "Love, Life, Family, Truth and Justice". Create a caring, loving, appreciating and harmonious environment. - Provide a love and care environment and develop students' presentation skills. - Provide diverse health services and welfare. - Organize OLE (other learning experiences) and Parents' Forums. Publish COLOURS and school-related publications that provide opportunities for students to present their work. - Provide a safe and suitable learning environment. - Nurture students' awareness to personal health and environmentally-friendly ideals, and foster a healthy and green school culture. - Develop a generation of youths which live by the principles of the Catholic A+ Value Education and the school’s five core principle. |
| Future Development | ||
| School Development Plan | : | Gifted Education and Information Technology Education are the two main aspects in our School's development. Curriculum reform, extra-curricular activities and reading scheme are all based on the above two areas in order to achieve quality education as the ultimate goal. |
| Teacher Professional Training & Development | : | Our school provides teaching staff with various opportunities of training, such as Teacher Development Day, workshops and seminars. Our School also encourages them to take part in training courses organized by EDB, universities and institutes. |
| Others | : | - Scholarship available. - Students join a lot of inter-school competitions and won a lot of awards. (For details, please refer to the school website. - P.3 to P.6 students can join some educational tours. |
School Map 
Last revision date：01 September 2026
