All guides
Every guide on SSPA secondary allocation and Primary One Admission, grouped by topic. Each page cites Education Bureau documents and shows its last review date.
Secondary (SSPA)
SSPA timeline
The 2025/2027 SSPA calendar, from the e-platform in November 2026 through registration and the Pre-S1 HKAT in July 2027.
SSPA process
The 2025/2027 cycle: how Discretionary Places and Central Allocation work, and what 正取, 備取 and the choice form mean.
CA choice-form strategy
How Part A and Part B are processed, why all 30 choices matter, and common form mistakes.
DSS / private secondary
Three school types, three rule sets: how the undertaking affects SSPA eligibility, when to decide, and how to weigh two offers.
叩門 guide
Approaching schools with vacancies after results: timing, documents and expectations, with rules kept separate from common practice.
P5 and 88844222
The first 88844222 cohort: old vs new weights, what changes, when the first submission falls, what parents can do.
S1 Discretionary Places application
The S1 Discretionary Places stage: two application forms, how your order stays confidential, what schools may and may not do, interview rules, and successful versus reserve lists.
Secondary school nets and Part A
Your S1 net follows the primary school's district: how the 18 nets are drawn, the 3 unrestricted Part A choices, the 30 Part B choices, and cross-net allocation.
SSPA subject weights
How much do Chinese, English and Maths count? When the three submissions happen, worked 999632 and 88844222 conversions, the PE exemption, and how to use the calculator.
After results: registration and the HKAT
What happens after results: registration on 8 to 9 July, what the 13 July Pre-S1 HKAT is and tests, whether it affects allocation, and why placement tests are a school matter.
Why no exact Band is computable
Band 1, 2 and 3 are cut from standardised, school-adjusted scores only when the allocation program runs. This page explains the mechanism, the sampling years and the limits of any estimate.
HKAT papers and practice
The three Pre-S1 HKAT papers, why there is no official past paper, and which practice materials are legitimate.
SSPA assessment by subject
What each SSPA internal assessment covers: what schools must publish, PE's four fitness tests, and what is left to each school.
Primary One (POA)
Primary One timeline
The Primary One Admission timetable for September 2027 entry: Discretionary Places, Central Allocation, registration, and vacancy filling from July.
Primary One process
Both phases step by step, eligibility, the effect of DSS primaries, and the EDB's list of common errors.
P1 Central Allocation
How places split, address-based nets, Parts A and B, the random number, and a list of all 36 POA nets.
P1 school net look-up
Which POA net is your address in? The EDB GeoInfo Map steps, the district-to-net table, and why the net only matters for Part B.
P1 admission age and age points
How old must a child be for Primary One? The 2027 date-of-birth cut-off, how the 10 age points are computed automatically, over-age applicants, and age in Central Allocation.
Reference
Calculators
SSPA calculator
Supports both the current 999632 weighting and the new 88844222 weighting effective from the 2026/27 school year (Primary 5 second term).
Banding estimator
An honest estimator of secondary-school banding. Exact Band 1/2/3 cuts are set by the EDB from territory-wide norms and cannot be computed by parents.
POA points
Work out Category B Discretionary Places points (maximum 35: one of items 1–5, one of items 6–7, plus 10 age points).
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