St. Paul's Co-educational College Form 1 Admission 2027 | Briefing Session on 7 November; Interview Tips + Teaching Features at a Glance

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St. Paul's Co-educational College (SPCC), a top Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) elite school known as the "cradle of top scorers," will hold its Form 1 Admission Briefing Session on 7 November (Saturday), with online reservations opening at 9:00 a.m. on 2 November. For the 2027/28 academic year, the school will offer about 100 Form 1 places for external students, with applications open from 26 October to 13 November. Below is a summary of the briefing session details, Form 1 application details, admission weightings, past interview questions and the school's strong features, to help parents plan immediately.

💰 School Information
SPCC is a DSS co-educational secondary school. Regarding fees, Form 1 to Form 3 is HK$87,800 per year; Form 4 is HK$84,100 per year; Form 5 to Form 6 (DSE curriculum) is HK$79,000 per year; Form 5 to Form 6 (IBDP curriculum) is HK$128,500 per year. The address is 33 MacDonnell Road, Hong Kong.

📅 Form 1 Admission Briefing Session on 7 November; Limited Places, Reservation Required
Parents interested in enrolling their children should note the reservation time and venue of the briefing session. Date: 7 November 2026 (Saturday); Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.; Venue: St. Paul's Co-educational College (33 MacDonnell Road, Hong Kong; no visitor parking). Online reservations open at 9:00 a.m. on 2 November 2026, with limited seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

📝 Form 1 Application Details: About 100 External Places
SPCC has 6 Form 1 classes with a total of 245 places, of which 140 are reserved for the affiliated primary school, leaving about 100 places open for external students. The application period is from 9:00 a.m. on 26 October to 4:00 p.m. on 13 November 2026, with all applications submitted through the school's online application system. The application fee is HK$75. Basic required documents include a recent photo of the student, Primary 5 full-year report card (including conduct), and proof of extracurricular activities and service (maximum 5 items per category, only the highest-level information need be submitted). No supplementary materials will be accepted after the deadline, and primary school recommendation letters are not required. Regarding interview dates, the School Nomination Scheme/Talent Reward Scheme will be on 12 December 2026; general applications will be on 13 March 2027. All invited interviewees will receive email notification at least two days before the interview.

📊 Admission Criteria and Interview Scoring Weightings
The school's admission focuses on academic and overall qualities, with weightings as follows:

a) Interview performance 35%
b) Academic ranking 35% (relative ranking among primary school peers)
c) Academic and non-academic performance 20% (extracurricular activities, music, sports, talents, etc.)
d) Conduct 10%

🗣️ Past Interview Questions: Mental Arithmetic / Current Affairs / Idiom Sentence-Making on the Spot
The interview is mainly individual, with no written test, comprehensively assessing students' biliterate and trilingual (Cantonese, Putonghua, English) abilities and mathematical-logical foundation. The school stresses that the interview does not test rote-learned knowledge, but focuses on children's learning attitude, curiosity for exploration and problem-solving thinking. Based on past candidates' sharing, key interview areas include:

a) Chinese and Putonghua: Candidates must read a Chinese passage aloud and answer questions. Improvisation questions have included "If you had a time machine, which dynasty would you most want to return to and which historical figure would you most want to meet?", or making sentences on the spot with the Chinese proverb "經一事、長一智" (learn from experience) and idioms "全神貫注" (fully focused) and "心不在焉" (absent-minded);

b) English: Reading an English passage aloud and filling in missing words on the spot; the teacher will ask for opinions on the content and explain vocabulary. Past passages have included shark-related articles, with follow-up questions such as "Would you touch a shark?";

c) Mathematics and General Knowledge: Including mental arithmetic and logical reasoning, as well as general knowledge and current affairs questions, such as "What category of life does a sea turtle belong to?"

🌟 Four Major Highlights of the Elite School: Cradle of Top Scorers and International Perspective

First, top results in both DSE and IB. As of 2026, the school has produced a cumulative total of 41 top scorers (13 HKCEE 10A top scorers and 28 DSE top scorers), with 5 top scorers in the 2026 DSE alone. In addition, in the 2026 global top 100 IB schools ranking, the school ranked second in the world.

Second, strong biliterate and trilingual and foreign language programmes. Chinese Language is taught entirely in Putonghua from Form 1 to Form 3, and the English Department employs over 20 fluent native and foreign teachers. The school also offers Japanese and Korean foreign language interest classes, as well as public examination classes in French, German and Spanish.

Third, unique house system and wilderness training. Form 1 students must stay overnight at school for one week to learn independence; all Form 3 students must go to Queensland, Australia during the summer holidays for a 28-day wilderness training camp, during which they must ride mountain bikes, cook their own meals, and have their phones kept by teachers, training interpersonal skills and cultivating correct moral values and life attitudes.

Fourth, comprehensive financial assistance and scholarships. The school's fee remission scheme is lenient with no quota limit. Those admitted through the "School Nomination (Financial Assistance) Scheme" may receive 100% fee remission and a bursary; students with outstanding results progressing to Form 2 to Form 6 may also receive scholarships ranging from HK$2,000 to HK$6,000.