Application for Primary 1

Application for Primary One Admission 2023-2024

The Junior School, being the feeder primary school of Diocesan Girls’ School, will be offering 4 classes of Primary One in the 2023/24 school year. You are invited to find out more about the School and the Application Details at this website.

Students from families with genuine financial need, including but not limited to those receiving the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and / or financial assistance provided by the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (WFSFAA), may apply for school fee remission.  For more details, please click Fee Remission Scheme.

Application Details

No. of Pr. 1 Vacancies: 140

Age Range
Only GIRLS born between 1st September 2016 and 31st December 2017 are eligible for application.
Please do not apply if the girl is overage or underage.

A) Dates and Events

 

19th – 30th Aug 2022

Online application (see Section B below)

(Online submission of the application form will be closed at 12 noon on 30th Aug 2022)

In view of the possibility of postal service delays, parents are advised to send application documents to the School as early as possible. Parents should SEND the documents to the School by REGISTERED POST OR COURIER SERVICE between 19th August and 31st August 2022. Applications with a postage stamp later than 31st August 2022 and / or with a shortage of postage fee will NOT be processed.

 

 

Early October 2022

First interviews

Late October 2022

Release of first interview results and screening procedure guidelines

Submission of video clips (Selected applicants only)

From mid-November 2022

Second interviews

Late December 2022

Offering of places

January 2023

Online registration

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B) Online Application

  1. To start the application procedures, parents should create an account at our
  Primary One admission website. A link is provided at the top right hand
  corner on that page for creating an account. 

  https://admission.dgjs.edu.hk

  2. This account is created solely for the purpose of Application for Primary One
  Admission 2023-2024 and will be disabled when the School deems suitable.

  3. An individual account is needed for each applicant. Please create a different
  account for each additional applicant within the family.

  4. A valid email address is needed to process the application procedures. Please
  use the same email address for the application of sisters, twins or triplets
  and throughout the application process. The email address is an important
  channel for the School to communicate with applicants. Hence,
  changes cannot be entertained.

  5. Follow the procedures stated and complete the Online Application.

  6. A non-refundable application fee of $100 will be charged for each
 application via credit card (Visa, MasterCard or JCB).

  7. After completing the online application, parents MUST proceed with printing
  out the required pages and gathering all the other documents for submission
  to the School.

C) Relevant Documents

 

Hard Copies to be submitted should be arranged in the following order:

  1. The printout of the Information Sheet (to be generated after having completed the application online)
  2. The printout of the Application Form (to be generated after having completed the application online)
  3. A photocopy of the applicant’s Hong Kong birth certificate / Hong Kong identification card / overseas passport and document(s) permitting her stay in Hong Kong
  4. Photocopies of the applicant’s latest school reports or assessment profiles (preferably issued in 2021-2022)
  5. A photocopy of appropriate proof of residential address (including but not limited to stamped tenancy agreement, demand note for rates, public housing tenancy agreement or water / electricity / town gas / residential telephone bills)
  6. A photocopy of the certificate of baptism of Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican) affiliation, if any
  7. Other documents / information, if any (NOT exceeding FOUR A4 single-sided pages); please DO NOT send in portfolios or folders.
  8. Please clip the above documents at the top left hand corner. DO NOT staple the documents NOR put them into any clear folder.

D) Submission of Application Form and Relevant Documents

1.  All application documents coming from sisters, twins or triplets MUST be placed in ONE sealed envelope.

2. Printouts of all application documents must be sent to the School in a sealed envelope marked with “Application for P1 Admission 2023-2024”
*by registered post or courier service, addressed to
  Diocesan Girls’ Junior School, 1 Jordan Road, Kowloon 
  between 19th  and 31st August 2022

 *The size of the envelope should be no smaller than A5.

 3. Submission of the Application Form via means other than those mentioned
in Point 2 above will NOT be processed.

4. DO NOT send in more than one application for the same applicant. 
Applications in duplicates may result in disqualification of the applicant.

5. Applications with a postage stamp later than 31st August 2022 and/or
with a shortage of postage fee will NOT be processed. 

No notifications will be issued to acknowledge the receipt of such documents.

6. All documents submitted will be used for the purpose of Primary One
Admission 2023 – 2024 only.  They will be properly disposed
afterwards. Please note that all application materials submitted will
not be returned.

E) Important Points to Note

 
  1. The application procedures are NOT COMPLETE until the hard copies of ALL application documents are sent to the School by REGISTERED POST or COURIER SERVICE between 19th and 31st August 2022. Applications with a postage stamp later than 31st August 2022 and/or with a shortage of postage fee will NOT be processed. Applications that are incomplete will be considered withdrawn. To avoid unforeseeable delays in mail delivery, parents are advised to send application documents to the School as early as possible.
  2. It is the parents’ responsibility to make arrangements for the applicant to submit documents and attend any interviews on time. Consideration cannot be offered to applicants who have not met the set deadlines.
  3. Please DO NOT offer advantage to school staff or any stakeholder of the school in connection with the application.  DO NOT ENCLOSE any money with the application documents.
  4. The School reserves the right to withdraw the offer of a school place should any information provided be found to be untruthful / inaccurate.