Form One Admission

Application for Form One Extra Places (2024-2025)

  1. Interested applicants please refer to the Notes to Applicants for details, and download one of the following application forms:
  2. For new applicants, please refer to this video (or click HERE) when completing the application form.
  3. The completed application form and supporting documents MUST be returned to our school between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on 9 July 2024 (Tuesday). No application will be accepted before or after the specified period.
  4. A non-refundable application fee of HK$75 is required for each application. Please pay in cash and in exact amount. No change will be provided.
  5. Applicants are required to attend an entrance examination in the afternoon (2:00-4:00 p.m.) on 10 July 2024 (Wednesday). No make-up examination will be arranged for applicants who fail to attend the entrance examination.
  6. All applicants are reminded to complete the registration procedures with the secondary school to which they have been allocated.
  7. Your application should be deemed unsuccessful if you do not receive any notification by the end of August.

*Office hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


General Information about Application for Form 1 Discretionary Places (2024-2025)

Admission to Form One at Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section), an aided school, is regulated by the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System. Students are admitted either through the discretionary place system or allocated by the Education Bureau (EDB).


Candidates who apply for discretionary places are reminded that each student may apply to NOT MORE THAN TWO secondary schools participating in the SSPA system. Otherwise, the application will be rendered void.


The number of Form One classes and that of discretionary places for the 2024-2025 academic year are 5 and 54 respectively (tentative; pending final approval from the EDB).


Please refer to the Notes to Applicants for details.


Personal Information (Privacy) Collection Statement

The Personal Information Collection Statement sets out the purposes for which the applicant’s personal data will be used following collection, what the applicant is agreeing to with respect to the use of the applicant’s personal data by Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section), and the applicant’s rights under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486).


Information or personal data collected is strictly confidential and used to process applications. The information or personal data will be retained for a period of no longer than twelve months. Thereafter, the application together with all materials the applicants provide will be disposed of.


The information and personal data provided in the application form must be accurate, complete, and up-to-date to the best of the applicant’s knowledge.