Tutoring in Central and Western: 29 Primary and 17 Secondary Schools, Transport and Study Resources

2026-10-28

Tutoring by district · Central and Western

Central and Western has only 29 primaries against 17 secondaries, a 41.4% shortfall in secondary places and the steepest imbalance of the 18 districts. It still holds long-established and direct-subsidy schools, which is why cross-district travel is normal here.

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1. The school structure of Central and Western

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The table below lists every school in Central and Western from the EDB school location data of October 2026, split by type. Hong Kong had 3496 schools at the same date, so this district accounts for 4.0%.

Item	Number	Note
All schools	139	primary, secondary and kindergarten combined
Primary schools	29	20.9% of the district
Secondary schools	17	12.2% of the district
Kindergartens	40	28.8% of the district
Aided schools	27	19.4% of the district
Direct-subsidy schools	2	own curriculum and fee scale
Government schools	3	run directly by the EDB
ESF schools	3	English as the main medium
Private (incl. kindergartens)	104	74.8% of the district

2. Primary schools in the district

Central and Western has 29 primary schools. The first 12 are listed below, ordered by school type; all names come from the EDB open data.

School	Type	Religion	Gender
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT ST. ANTHONY’S SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Girls
SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Girls
CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
SAN WUI COMMERCIAL SOCIETY SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
S.K.H. LUI MING CHOI MEMORIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
S.K.H. KEI YAN PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
S.K.H. ST. PETER’S PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
S.K.H. ST. MATTHEW’S PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
ST CHARLES SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
ST. STEPHEN’S GIRLS’ PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Girls
ST. ANTHONY’S SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed

3. Secondary schools in the district

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Central and Western has 17 secondary schools; the first 12 are listed here in the same order.

School	Type	Religion	Gender
LOK SIN TONG LEUNG KAU KUI COLLEGE	Aided	None	Co-ed
ST. CLARE’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Girls
ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH COLLEGE	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH COLLEGE	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
ST STEPHEN’S GIRLS’ COLLEGE	Aided	Christian	Girls
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE	Aided	Catholic	Boys
ST. LOUIS SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Boys
YING WA GIRLS’ SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Girls
YING WA GIRLS’ SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Girls
HONG KONG RED CROSS HOSPITAL SCHOOLS (SECONDARY SECTION)	Aided	None	Co-ed
RAIMONDI COLLEGE	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
ST. PAUL’S COLLEGE	Direct subsidy	Christian	Boys

4. Three things the numbers say

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With 29 primaries against 17 secondaries, secondary places fall short by 12 (−41.4%), so travelling out of the district for secondary school is the norm.
Two direct-subsidy, three ESF and three government schools make up 5.8% of the district; the other 104 are private, mostly kindergartens and private education providers.
The district holds 139 schools, 4.0% of Hong Kong, and five MTR stations run through it, so a tutor crossing the harbour loses less time here than in the New Territories.

Religion and gender: None 68, Christian 46, Catholic 23, Other 2. Boys-only schools 5, girls-only 11, co-educational 123. Single-gender schools are few, yet this is the first column most families ask about.

5. Getting around the district

Main MTR stations: Central, Sheung Wan, Sai Ying Pun, HKU and Kennedy Town stations. Door-to-door travel between a school and a lesson usually stays under half an hour; when a timetable leaves only one free hour, an online lesson beats crossing stations.

Fix the school station first, then the tutor station, and only then look at travel time: inside one district the difference between stations can reach twenty minutes.

6. Lesson-prep guides that match

Tutoring does not start from nothing. Each guide below names the prior knowledge, a 45 or 60 minute lesson flow, a read-aloud script and an exit check, so tutor and parent can follow one process.

Resource	What it covers
Lesson-prep guides, full index	one page per chapter, with a read-aloud script
Primary maths guides	20 chapters: fractions, area, rate, percentages
Primary English guides	12 chapters: grammar, reading, writing
Primary Chinese guides	12 chapters: comprehension, punctuation, rhetoric
Primary general studies guides	8 chapters: health, environment, science
Secondary (DSE) guides	ten subjects, 60-minute chapters mapped to DSE
IB guides	maths AA, biology and economics: method and evaluation

7. Common questions

How many primary and secondary schools are in Central and Western?

The EDB October 2026 data lists 29 primary schools, 17 secondary schools and 40 kindergartens, 139 schools in total.

Secondary places look short. Must pupils travel out of the district?

The data shows 12 fewer secondary than primary schools, so places are tight; actual allocation varies each year and this page reports school counts only.

Is it convenient to travel from Sai Ying Pun to Central for lessons?

Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan and Central are adjacent stations a few minutes apart; the school list here supports a timetable built around stations.

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School data comes from the EDB School Location and Information open data, October 2026 snapshot: school names, type, religion and gender only, with no admission, results or ranking figures. Compiled by the TutorZone team.