Tutoring in North: 34 Primary and 26 Secondary Schools, Transport and Study Resources

2026-10-28

Tutoring by district · North

North has 161 schools: 34 primary and 26 secondary, so secondary schools fall 8 short (-23.5%), the fourth steepest gap of the 18 districts. Aided schools number 53 (32.9%), the fourth highest share in Hong Kong, and 67 kindergartens are 41.6% of the district; all 161 schools are co-educational.

1. The school structure of North

The table below lists every school in North 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 4.6%.

Item	Number	Note
All schools	161	primary, secondary and kindergarten combined
Primary schools	34	21.1% of the district
Secondary schools	26	16.1% of the district
Kindergartens	67	41.6% of the district
Aided schools	53	32.9% of the district
Direct-subsidy schools	1	own curriculum and fee scale
Government schools	3	run directly by the EDB
ESF schools	0	English as the main medium
Private (incl. kindergartens)	104	64.6% of the district

2. Primary schools in the district

North has 34 primary schools. The first 12 are listed below, ordered by school type; all names come from the EDB open data.

School	Type	Religion	Gender
ALLIANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHEUNG SHUI	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
WAI CHOW PUBLIC SCHOOL (SHEUNG SHUI)	Aided	None	Co-ed
PENTECOSTAL YU LEUNG FAT PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
PENTECOSTAL GIN MAO SHENG PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
FANLING ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
PUI LING SCHOOL OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
TA KU LING LING YING PUBLIC SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
THE SALVATION ARMY CENTALINE CHARITY FUND QUEEN’S HILL SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
THE SALVATION ARMY SHEK WU SCHOOL (PRIMARY SECTION)	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
FONG SHU FOOK TONG FOUNDATION FONG SHU CHUEN PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
TSANG MUI MILLENNIUM SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
LEE CHI TAT MEMORIAL SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed

3. Secondary schools in the district

North has 26 secondary schools; the first 12 are listed here in the same order.

School	Type	Religion	Gender
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA KEI SAN SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
PO LEUNG KUK MA KAM MING COLLEGE	Aided	None	Co-ed
CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE S W CHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
THE SALVATION ARMY SHEK WU SCHOOL (SECONDARY SECTION)	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
DE LA SALLE SECONDARY SCHOOL N T	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
CARITAS FANLING CHAN CHUN HA SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS LI KA SHING COLLEGE	Aided	None	Co-ed
TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS KAP YAN DIRECTORS’ COLLEGE	Aided	None	Co-ed
TIN KA PING SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
FANLING KAU YAN COLLEGE	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
FANLING RHENISH CHURCH SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
S.K.H. CHAN YOUNG SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed

4. Three things the numbers say

Thirty-four primary against 26 secondary schools, a shortfall of 8 (-23.5%), so the secondary stage offers visibly fewer choices than the primary stage and the school net has to reach further for Fanling and Sheung Shui families.
Aided schools number 53 (32.9%, fourth highest of 18 districts), government 3, direct-subsidy 1 (Fanling Lutheran Chan Chun Ha); the 104 private schools (64.6%) are mostly kindergartens, with no ESF and no private independent school in the district.
Buddhist schools reach 15 and Taoist 7, together 22 or 13.7%; the Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association alone runs 6 primary and secondary schools here, followed by 5 schools under the Fung Kai name.

Religion and gender: None 74, Christian 57, Buddhist 15, Catholic 8. Boys-only schools 0, girls-only 0, co-educational 161. Single-gender schools are few, yet this is the first column most families ask about.

5. Getting around the district

Main MTR stations: Sheung Shui and Fanling on the East Rail line, with buses and minibuses for Sha Tau Kok, Ta Kwu Ling and Queen’s Hill. 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 there in North?

The EDB data of October 2026 lists 34 primary schools, 26 secondary schools and 67 kindergartens in North, 161 schools in total.

How long is Sheung Shui to Fanling?

One stop, about 4 minutes. Sha Tau Kok and Ta Kwu Ling, however, are 25 to 40 minutes by bus from Sheung Shui, so those families usually choose online or small local groups.

Are there single-sex schools in North?

None. All 161 schools are co-educational, one of five districts with no single-sex school, alongside Yuen Long, Sai Kung, Tai Po and Islands.

Find a tutor, free

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.