本地人入ESF

happymama2007

如果父母都係LOCAL,小朋友冇外國PASSPORT，係咪就算入到ESF KINDERGARTEN都好難入到小學?
因為我見佢個網頁寫要收70%持有外國護照既學生
"In line with the Education Bureau requirements, at least 70% of the total students enrolled will qualify as ‘non-local’, defined as being holders of an overseas passport."

http://www.esf.edu.hk/policy2013

FattyDaddy

CapricornO 發表於 14-9-23 23:43
I read from the website that their selection basis for interview is "working through the list".  Do  ...

All Year 1 applications are placed initially on the waiting list, and then they will send out interview invitations by working through the list according to the priority categories, i.e. staff children, sibling, nomination right, alumni children, ESF kindergarten children etc, and within each category they will go by the random number drawn against each application. The interview itself is not difficult since they only verify English verbal skills, so it is true that if a child is invited to interview then the chances are high.

jk121299

If want to get in esf k1， which pn shoukd i get in？what are the chances for hk boy with foreign passport getting in esf k1？

pppwong

原帖由 Sonaming 於 14-08-29 發表
anfield Kln tong

Thanks. My kid is in the whampoa campus. Hope it leads him to that path!

siulumjing

To be more specific, foreigners =westerners

siulumjing

Abacus and CWBS is 80% foreigners and remaining 20% local chinese, Korean, Japanese,Indians. Guess its because of the demographics that lots of foreigners live in the Sai Kung area.

Sonaming

原帖由 pppwong 於 14-08-28 發表
Hi, may I know where you send your kid for kindergarten? I heard its really hard to get even an inte ...

anfield Kln tong

ckml

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何柬 family ...

you mean that you have heard Mills ?

I attended their open day on 24/8 and I quite like the school (except the location - it is next to some industrial buildings - I have concern over the safety issue) ...

will you consider attending their PG and then apply ESF K ?  

happymama2007

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May I know who is Ms HoTung?
I also heard good comment on this school..

ckml

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I also live in TKO and my boy now attends PG at Victoria. I have the same plan as you (attend ESF K). I know that there is a new Preschool in Yau Tong. Mills International Preschool (opened by Ms.HoTung) - not sure if there is any advantage ...

木子兔媽媽

No. We are hksar passport holders and no more. And our girl just accepted K1 by ESF hillside.

pppwong

原帖由 Sonaming 於 14-08-06 發表
去interview (P1) 嗰陣，見到真係個個家長都幾本passport , 但我地冇外國passport 都收左



  ...

Hi, may I know where you send your kid for kindergarten? I heard its really hard to get even an interview chance for local passport holders

edvilu

Is  it worth to be k2 transfer student if no priority?

lui

Private school of ESF , renaissiance college and discovery bay college

SydneyC

What's dc and rc? Thanks

sweetheartb

原帖由 happymama2007 於 14-08-06 發表
ThanksWhat about CWBS?

Sorry I'm not very familiar with CWB but traditionally many non-locals study there and Abacus too. Not sure if this is still the case.

sweetheartb

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 14-08-06 發表
Given that expats tend to reside on the island side, the phenomenon you described could be a matter  ...

Agreed, Fatty daddy. My point is to respond to the original question that, with or without foreign passports, may not really be an issue in ESF schools.  I know quite a lot of local families with HKSAR got P1 offers this year.

FattyDaddy

sweetheartb 發表於 14-8-6 18:25
Think it depends on which ESF foundation school, eg SJS/KJS/BHS - quite a lot of Hksar passport hold ...

Given that expats tend to reside on the island side, the phenomenon you described could be a matter of demographics rather than an actual difference in admission preferences with regards to nationality for different ESF schools.

I say this because Discovery College (in Discovery Bay) is arguably the "most foreign" among all schools under the ESF umbrella, yet it is a PIS like Renaissance, where 70% of the students should be local residents. This goes to show that in a cosmopolitan city like Hongkong, appearance is no longer indicative of nationality, there are many locals with foreign citizenship and there are many foreigners who are local residents.

At the end of the day, for a local without foreign passport, it goes without saying that their chances are better with the two PIS colleges.

happymama2007

sweetheartb 發表於 14-8-6 18:25
Think it depends on which ESF foundation school, eg SJS/KJS/BHS - quite a lot of Hksar passport hold ...

ThanksWhat about CWBS?