English Schools Foundation

The English Schools Foundation (ESF) operates five secondary schools, nine primary schools and a school for students with special educational needs across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. It is the largest international educational foundation in Asia and was established in 1967 by the Hong Kong Government to provide a seamless, affordable English language education. The curriculum, based on the British system which has now introduced the International Baccalaureate (IB), is adapted to Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region. ESF schools, which currently teach 13,000 students, receive a subsidy from the Hong Kong Government but also charge tuition fees to parents.

EDUCATION

ESF makes public plea for Island School site

1 Feb 2013

The English Schools Foundation has made a public appeal for a "solution" to redevelop its ageing Island School after the board decided to drop a plan to rebuild it in Quarry Bay amid opposition...

'Educational apartheid' hitting expats

1 Mar 2013

I agree with Mr Lam's argument about segregation in Hong Kong's education system, and would even go so far as saying that this city is currently plagued by an "educational apartheid".

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Letters to the Editor, February 19, 2013

19 Feb 2013

The English Schools Foundation's intended change of its admission system is procedural and not substantive. ("ESF to end admission priority for non-Chinese speakers", February 5).

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ESF quandary requires Education Bureau to rethink policies

15 Feb 2013

The decision by the English Schools Foundation to end its long-standing admissions priority for children who do not speak Chinese may come as a shock to many, but it is to be expected.

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'Outsiders' have slim hope of landing ESF places

6 Feb 2013

Pupils hoping to land a place at an English Schools Foundation school in coming years will have a slim or non-existent chance of even securing an interview unless they are well connected to the...

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ESF to end admission priority for non-Chinese speakers

The English Schools Foundation announced it will be ending its admissions priority for children who do not speak Chinese, in a move is likely to increase competition for expatriate children...

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Letters to the Editor, December 8, 2012

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ESF settles the score on pathways for students

In the letter ("Comparing ESF's scores with other schools' is misleading", November 29), Anjali A.

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Letters to the Editor, December 2, 2012

The recent release of the estimated and actual intakes of locally-accredited self-financing full-time post-secondary programmes gives cause for concern. Some of the programmes have met estimated...

Skewed praise for ESF system

I am a International Baccalaureate (IB) educator at an international school in Hong Kong and refer to Kelly Yang's column ("Eclectic avenue", November 14).

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Letters to the Editor, November 26, 2012

HK's economy benefits from beef monopoly

There have been calls, because of rising prices, for the scrapping of the monopoly of the sole distributor of mainland cattle in Hong Kong, Ng Fung...

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