Tutoring in Sham Shui Po: 45 Primary and 39 Secondary Schools, Transport and Study Resources

2026-10-28

Tutoring by district · Sham Shui Po

Sham Shui Po has 199 schools with 45 primaries against 39 secondaries, 13.3% fewer secondaries, one of the tighter S1 transitions in Hong Kong. Its 11 direct-subsidy schools are the most in Kowloon, so families here compare a direct-subsidy route and a traditional aided route inside the same district.

1. The school structure of Sham Shui Po

The table below lists every school in Sham Shui Po 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 5.7%.

Item	Number	Note
All schools	199	primary, secondary and kindergarten combined
Primary schools	45	22.6% of the district
Secondary schools	39	19.6% of the district
Kindergartens	81	40.7% of the district
Aided schools	51	25.6% of the district
Direct-subsidy schools	11	own curriculum and fee scale
Government schools	4	run directly by the EDB
ESF schools	0	English as the main medium
Private (incl. kindergartens)	130	65.3% of the district
Private independent schools	2	private international curriculum

2. Primary schools in the district

Sham Shui Po has 45 primary schools. The first 12 are listed below, ordered by school type; all names come from the EDB open data.

School	Type	Religion	Gender
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA HEEP WOH PRIMARY SCHOOL (CHEUNG SHA WAN)	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA, MONGKOK CHURCH KAI OI SCHOOL (PRIMARY SECTION)	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
FIVE DISTRICTS BUSINESS WELFARE ASSOCIATION SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HONG KONG FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HONG KONG FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
ALLIANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL, TAI HANG TUNG	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
GOOD COUNSEL CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
KA LING SCHOOL OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
HOI PING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
CARITAS JOCKEY CLUB LOK YAN SCHOOL (PRIMARY SECTION)	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS KWAN FONG KAI CHI SCHOOL (PRIMARY SECTION)	Aided	None	Co-ed
SHAMSHUIPO KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed

3. Secondary schools in the district

Sham Shui Po has 39 secondary schools; the first 12 are listed here in the same order.

School	Type	Religion	Gender
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA, MONGKOK CHURCH KAI OI SCHOOL (SECONDARY SECTION)	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA MING YIN COLLEGE	Aided	Christian	Co-ed
BUDDHIST TAI HUNG COLLEGE	Aided	Buddhist	Co-ed
PO LEUNG KUK TONG NAI KAN JUNIOR SECONDARY COLLEGE	Aided	None	Co-ed
NAM WAH CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
HOLY TRINITY COLLEGE	Aided	Catholic	Girls
CMA SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	None	Co-ed
TACK CHING GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Girls
TAK NGA SECONDARY SCHOOL	Aided	Catholic	Girls
CARITAS JOCKEY CLUB LOK YAN SCHOOL (SECONDARY SECTION)	Aided	Catholic	Co-ed
TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS CHANG MING THIEN COLLEGE	Aided	None	Co-ed
TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS KWAN FONG KAI CHI SCHOOL (SECONDARY SECTION)	Aided	None	Co-ed

4. Three things the numbers say

45 primaries to 39 secondaries, six fewer secondaries (-13.3%), while P6 numbers stay high; preparation for the internal assessment and discretionary places usually starts in the second term of P4 here, about half a year earlier than in most districts.
Eleven direct-subsidy schools is the most in Kowloon (7.5% of the district together with government and ESF), against 51 aided (25.6%) and 4 government schools; the two routes assess differently, so decide whether the goal is school results or admission interviews.
The religious mix runs the other way here: 91 Christian schools lead, then 80 with none, 23 Catholic and 4 Buddhist; with 7 boys, 4 girls and 188 co-ed schools, single-sex options are more numerous than in most of Kowloon.

Religion and gender: Christian 91, None 81, Catholic 23, Buddhist 4. Boys-only schools 7, girls-only 4, co-educational 188. Single-gender schools are few, yet this is the first column most families ask about.

5. Getting around the district

Main MTR stations: Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Shek Kip Mei and Nam Cheong 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 there in Sham Shui Po?

The EDB school location data (October 2026) lists 45 primary schools, 39 secondary schools and 81 kindergartens in Sham Shui Po, 199 schools in total.

Is Nam Cheong to Cheung Sha Wan convenient?

One stop each on the Tuen Ma and Tsuen Wan lines, about 15 minutes door to door; five MTR stations cover nearly every school in the district, so location choice is wide.

Why does Sham Shui Po have so many direct-subsidy schools?

The data lists 11, the most in Kowloon. This page reports school name, type, religion and gender only, with no judgement on performance and no intake or results figures.

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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.