General information about admissions for the year 2008/2009

Admission Policy:

Admission Procedures

• Complete and return application forms to the school office.
  
• Application forms should be returned together with the following:
  • Non-refundable application fee of HK$800.
  • School report of the previous year (if applicable).
  • Medical / special needs reports (if applicable).
  • One photograph attached to the application form.
  • One photograph – to be used for the student card.
  • Photocopy of the child’s birth certificate.
    
• For students new to Anfield, an informal meeting is required with the principal and you will be notified of the date and the time of the meeting.
  
• You will be invited to an induction meeting with your child in the term before your child is due to start kindergarten.
  

Class schedules

Full days

• If you would like your child to come for the full day (8.30am – 3.30pm) every day or for the other combination on offer, please be assured that the afternoon session is not a repeat of the morning session and includes different activities.
  
• Obviously, this will necessitate staying at school for lunch. Please send your child’s lunch to school with him/her in the morning.
  
• From 11.30am – 12.30pm the children will be supervised by teachers as they: eat their lunch; have a quiet time reading stories; have a short outside play.
  
• At 12.30pm they will have a short rest. Some children may sleep during this time whilst others will quietly rest and read. Again, they will be supervised by teachers.
  

Bus Service

• At Anfield we have a bus service which services both our kindergarten and playgroup / prep-programme students. Although the bus service is run independently, we liaise very closely to ensure it meets our standards of service.
  
• A schedule of fees is available for reference. Also, parents can contact its manager, Mr Chiu (telephone: 90554119), to ask about the availability of seats.
  

Specific class information about admissions for the year 2008/2009

K1

• Those students who are 2 years 8 months old when they enter K1 on September 1st are eligible for admission to K2 on September 1st in the following school year, ie they will be 3 years 8 months by the following September 1st.
  
• Students who become 2 years 8 months after September 1st (the start of the school year) can enter K1 at any time after they reach the age of 2 years 8 months (if there are places available).
  
  • However, for these students, they will not be eligible to enter K2 at the beginning of the next school year (in the following September) because they will not have reached the age of 3 years 8 months by September 1st.
    
  • This means in practice that these students will be in K1 for more than one year. They will enter K2 in the September after they reach the age of 3 years 8 months.
    
  • Please note that this last point can be confusing for parents because this situation does not arise in schools which only have one admission date each year, which is at the start of the school year in September.
    
  • Please be reassured that students who are in K1 for more than 1 year do not repeat the previous year’s work/activities. Within each class the teachers match the students' work / activities according to their abilities.
    

K2

Please note that students are only able to apply for Primary 1 ESF (English Schools Foundation) places as follows: