2027/28 Part A: up to three choices outside your school net

Key facts

Share of Central Allocation

10%

Number of choices

Up to three

School net

Any net

Processing order

Before Part B

Schools that can be chosen in Part A

Part A uses 10% of each school's Central Allocation places. A family may list up to three government or aided primary schools from any Hong Kong school net in genuine preference order, including schools in the home net. Each school has a four-digit choice code in that year's official list; verify both the name and code.

No school-net restriction describes the selection range, not an easier allocation route. Demand for a cross-district school, each applicant's random number and actual places cannot be known by a family in advance.

How the computer processes each preference

The computer processes Part A before Part B. Within Part A, it reviews every applicant's first choice in random-number order. Unmatched applicants proceed to the second choice and then the third in the same way. Choice order is an actual allocation instruction, not a decorative preference label.

Do not repeat the same school within one part because each choice code is processed only once there. A school in the child's home net may appear again in Part B because the two parts are processed separately.

Must all three boxes be filled?

Education Bureau rules permit one to three choices and do not require every box to be filled. Each entry should be a school the family would genuinely accept in that position after considering travel, care, learning arrangements and the child's needs. Do not add an unacceptable school merely to “use every chance”.

Leaving a box empty does not transfer places to Part B or improve the random number. Understand the order and consequence of each choice instead of copying a fixed online template.

“1-1-1” is a planning label, not another allocation rule

The informal “1-1-1” label usually means choosing the same school for Discretionary Places and placing it first in both Central Allocation Parts A and B. It creates no separate priority or random-number advantage. The school can appear in Part B only when it is on the official list for the child's residential net.

Part A pre-submission checklist

1. Use only the formal 2027/28 choice list and codes.
2. Confirm each entry is a government or aided primary school, not a similarly named private or DSS school.
3. Order the schools by genuine family preference.
4. Record travel time, care arrangements and why each place is acceptable.
5. For a home-net school, separately decide its position in Part B.
6. Recheck every four-digit code and retain the submitted form record.

Source record

Official sources

Every item below is a primary Hong Kong Government or Education Bureau source. Exact 2026 dates are labelled as historical, while cross-cycle policies retain their stated coverage. A 2027/28 release will be added as a new update rather than silently relabelling an old year.

• 2026 notes on completing the Choice of Schools FormOfficial rules for Parts A and B, choice codes, preference order and random numbers.Open official source ↗
• Information leaflet: Primary One Admission for September 2027The two-stage process, place proportions, Points System and timetable for the 2027/28 cycle.Open official source ↗
• Primary One school-net listsOfficial entry for annual school nets, schools and choice information.Open official source ↗

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