Frequently Asked Questions

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Parents of children who will study at Secondary One in September 2026 are the target audience of the SSP 2025/2026. The information in the SSP 2025/2026 was collected from schools between June and September 2025.
The SSP aim at providing school information for Primary Six parents whose children are going to participate in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System. In order to choose a secondary school that suits their children, parents may make reference to the school information in the Profiles for application of discretionary places in January and for choice-making in Central Allocation (CA) from early April to early May each year.
Information in the SSP 2025/2026 is provided and checked by schools with reference to their situations as at September 2025. Schools may update the online version of the SSP 2025/2026 whenever necessary.
As for details on the SSPA System, please refer to the Education Bureau (EDB) homepage below:
https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/secondary-spa/general-info/index.html.

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In line with the administrative districts, the whole territory is divided into 18 secondary school nets for the allocation of school places as CA in Part B is done by school net. According to the existing policy, the secondary school net to which a student belongs is determined by the physical location of the primary school he/she attends.

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Provision of public sector secondary school places is planned on a territory-wide basis. Given that the demand and supply of school places in individual districts may have year-on-year changes, it is an established practice for EDB to arrange, in consultation with the SSPA Committee, the netting of S1 places among school nets under the Restricted School Choices at the CA stage. Factors taken into consideration include the demand and supply of school places in each district, the distribution of school types, the locations of schools and the availability and accessibility of transportation means. This is to ensure adequate supply of school places and school choices for parents. In other words, each school net not only comprises participating secondary schools physically located in the district, but also a number of secondary schools in other districts. The number of secondary schools and school places provided from other districts may vary from year to year according to the demand and supply situation.