School Fees & Fee Remission Scheme

School Fees

For year 2012/13, the annual tuition fee is HK$60,000 for primary school classes, HK$52,000 for secondary school classes, and HK$78,000 for International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) classes.

Fee Remission Scheme

Five Categories of Fee Remission*

1. A child from a family whose family disposable income is at or less than the benchmark disposable income would qualify for 100% fee remission.

2. A child from a family whose family disposable income exceeds the benchmark disposable income by no more than HK$90,000 would qualify for a fee remission of HK$40,000 (for Secondary School) or HK$48,000 (for Primary School), and the fee payable per year would be HK$12,000.

3. A child from a family whose family disposable income exceeds the benchmark disposable income by no more than HK$180,000 would qualify for a fee remission of HK$28,000 (for Secondary School) or HK$36,000 (for Primary School), and the fee payable per year would be HK$24,000.

4. A child from a family whose family disposable income exceeds the benchmark disposable income by no more than HK$270,000 would qualify for a fee remission of HK$16,000 (for Secondary School) or HK$24,000 (for Primary School), and the fee payable per year would be HK$36,000.

5. A child from a family whose family disposable income exceeds the benchmark disposable income by no more than HK$360,000 would qualify for a fee remission of HK$4,000 (for Secondary School) or HK$12,000 (for Primary School), and the fee payable per year would be HK$48,000.

A child from a family whose family disposable income exceeds the benchmark disposable income by more than HK$360,000 would not qualify for any fee remission.

If more than one child from the same qualifying family is attending the School(s), the amount of fee remission would be increased to the next category of family disposable income in respect of the additional child(ren). For example, if the family has three children attending the Secondary School and its family disposable income falls within the third category of fee remission above, the first child would enjoy a HK$28,000 fee remission whereas the other two children would each enjoy a HK$40,000 fee remission.

The Benchmark Disposable Income

The benchmark disposable income will be reviewed from time to time but for the academic year commencing September 2011 will be HK$180,000 per annum for a household of up to 3 persons. If the actual number of persons in the household (defined as the parents, unmarried siblings and grandparents of the student living in the same residence for at least 6 months during the year) exceeds 3, the benchmark disposable income would be increased by HK$90,000 for each additional person (Please refer to Table 2).

Family Disposable Income

Family disposable income is defined as the total annual income of the parents from all sources (please refer to Table 1 and Table 2) as well as 40% of any income earned by other family members living in the same residence for at least 6 months during the year after deducting the cost of rental of the principal family residence or the amount of the mortgage payments (excluding any lump sum payments and additional payments in excess of scheduled monthly repayments) relating to the principal residence.

*Two additional income categories for fee remission are applicable to students taking the IBDP given its higher tuition fee. Please refer to the Brochure on Fee Remission Scheme for details.

Table 1: Applicant is required to report the sources of his family income as listed below:

Where the applicant and his/her spouse have assets (excluding the value of the family's principal residence but including other properties, net of related outstanding mortgages) in excess of HK$500,000, the amount of family income is deemed to be increased by an amount equivalent to 10% of the value of assets in excess of HK$500,000. The value of assets is defined as the sum of net positive value of each individual asset (gross asset value net of its related pledged liabilities).

The amount of family disposable income will be based on the preceding year. No adjustment to the fee remission will be made for any increase or decrease in family disposable income in respect of the academic year once the application has been approved except where material misrepresentation has been discovered.

Deadline for Annual Applications

The student's parent or legal guardian must make application in prescribed forms provided by the Schools (in English or Chinese) for fee remission. The Applicant is required to sign a declaration under oath as to the veracity of the information contained therein. Applications must be made annually before the application deadline each year (normally in May) or within 30 days of the student being offered a place of study.

Emergency Financial Assistance

If the financial circumstances of a student's family have changed adversely since 1st April of the year immediately prior to the commencement of the School term, the parent is still at liberty to make an application to the School for fee remission any time during the school year. Fee remission up to 100% will be granted to applicants subject to information submitted in support of the application.

Enquiry Hotline: 2101 0807

Table 2: School Fees Payable Versus Disposable Family Income Ready Reckoner (P1 to F7)

Fee Remission Scheme - Some Worked Examples

Example One: Family of 4 (Two parents, two children in SPCC Secondary School and Primary School respectively)

Example Two: Family of 5 (Mother, one grandmother, three children in SPCC)

Example Three: Family of 5 (Two parents, two grandparents and one child in SPCC Primary School)

Brochure on Fee Remission Scheme

Click here to estimate how much fee remission you might receive if admitted to the School in 2012/2013

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