ESF links kindergartens to primary schools, securing places through to graduation
ESF chief executive Belinda Greer calls through-train arrangement ‘significant’, saying it will bring immense benefits to students and families
Hong Kong’s biggest international school group has rolled out a “through-train” arrangement, linking all its kindergartens to its primary schools from September next year and guaranteeing pupils a place all the way to secondary graduation.
The English Schools Foundation (ESF) said on Friday that starting next academic year, all its kindergartens would, for the first time, be directly linked to ESF primary schools.
Families applying for a K1 place for the 2027-28 academic year this September will be offered a guaranteed place for their child at one of the linked primary schools.
The move completes the through-train model introduced by the ESF in 2019, when some of its primary schools were linked with associated secondary schools.
The group said that it meant pupils joining at K1 would know exactly which school they would attend until the end of Year 13.
“This is a significant moment in the history of ESF, one that will bring immense benefits to our students and their families,” ESF chief executive Belinda Greer said.