Admissions

AISHK welcomes applications for Reception to Year 10 all year-round. Year 11 applications are generally not accepted after Term 1 and Year 12 applications are generally not accepted under normal circumstances. Please contact the Admissions Office directly if you have an enquiry regarding a Year 11 or Year 12 application. AISHK accepts applications two years in advance of the anticipated year of entrance.  

AISHK admits students who are eligible and able to access and meet the curriculum offered.

AISHK accepts applications of any passport nationality. Priority application is provided to siblings of current students, and Australian or New Zealand passport holders.

Admissions waitlists are accorded by date. The earlier the application, the higher the place on our waitlist.

For our intake years (Reception and Preparatory) we also take into account gender equity as it is important to have a balance in each class.

As part of the application process, your child may be asked to complete an AEAS (Australian Education Assessment Services) test if English is not their first language.  The AEAS test is a standardised English test that our school has adopted.  Please contact our Admissions department for more information on the AEAS test or with any admissions questions.

Tel: +852 2304 6078
Email: [email protected]

Applying for admission to Australian International School Hong Kong is convenient and streamlined. You can commence the online application process by clicking here.

Prior to starting the online application process, please ensure that you have the following ready (if applicable): 

• Copy of child’s birth certificate
• A recent passport style photograph
• A copy of the passport pages showing student’s photograph ID
• A copy of annual and/or semester reports for the past two (2) years, if available (Any comments in Chinese or other languages need to be translated)
• A copy of the most recent NAPLAN report, if available
• A copy of any specialist reports, if applicable
• A copy of the AEAS Test report, if applicable
• A copy of the HK visa approval stamp in passport, if the student is not a Hong Kong permanent resident. If a Hong Kong visa is not yet available, the application may be submitted with all other required documentation first. A copy of the visa once it has been stamped in your child’s passport can be supplied at a later date. A valid student or dependant visa must be in place prior to the child’s first day of school. This is a Hong Kong government mandatory requirement.
• A copy of the child's HKID card, if available
• A copy of the custodial consent document, if applicable

Your online application will be received by the AISHK Admissions Team. All applications are individually reviewed, verifying the application form and supporting documents provided. Parents are contacted directly if additional information is required.   

Placement will depend on space availability at the time the application is processed, satisfactory school reports and the results of the assessment, if required. Siblings and Australian/New Zealand passport holders will have a higher priority on our waiting lists. AISHK also takes into account gender equity and student diversity to ensure a balance in each class.

The Admissions Team will notify parents regarding the result of the application review and therefore the status of the application, this may include offer of place, waitlist placement or request for an assessment interview. 

Prior to offer, all applications are reviewed by Head of Primary or Head of Secondary for final approval.

Successful applicants will be provided with an official written offer of a place at AISHK.

The Admissions Team will assist the applicant in completing required payments to secure the offered place at AISHK.

All payments are in Hong Kong dollars. 

AISHK school fees are reviewed and published annually in November, and may increase, subject to Education Bureau approval. Tuition fees include all text books, work books, local excursions, special art materials, literary magazines and a Yearbook. 

• Tuition fees are based on a per annum charge and, unless other arrangements have been made, the preferred means of payment is by ten (10) equal monthly payments via Autopay (February to November inclusive). 
• A 10% discount will be applied to the third and subsequent child/ren in a family enrolled at AISHK. (The discount will be applied to the youngest child in the family.)
• No reduction in tuition fees will be made for any absences.
• If fee payments are overdue, a student may be excluded from school. Once excluded, students will not be re-admitted until all arrears are cleared. 

A reservation deposit of HK$25,000 is required at the time of acceptance of an enrolment. This deposit is credited to the annual tuition fee on the student's commencement at the school. Where a debenture is available for a new enrolment, the lodgement of a debenture or the payment of the capital levy will be additional to the requirement to pay the reservation fee.  Enrolment becomes final only after the school has received the reservation deposit and the debenture/capital levy payment.

Reservation deposits for new students are only refunded if the school receives written notification (email or fax is acceptable) of a student’s cancellation or change of requested start date within seven (7) days after the payment is received. This deadline is strictly adhered to.

The payment of the Capital Levy is offered as an alternative option to the Depreciating Debenture. The capital levy must be paid on acceptance of being offered a place. The levy amount is reviewed each year and is currently HK$21,840 per student per annum. The capital levy is payable annually at the beginning of each school year.

To withdraw a student, notice in writing must be addressed to the Head of School and submitted to the Admissions Office not less than one term or three months before the student leaves.  For students who will not return to AISHK after the Christmas (end of school year) holidays, official notice should be given no later than the last day of Term 3. The Australian International School Foundation Limited will charge tuition fees if the above period of notice is not adhered to, counting from the day of receipt of the official written notice of withdrawal. The fee penalty will be based on one term’s fees. Where a student withdraws during a school year the full year’s capital levy will be payable. In the case of outstanding school fees and other unpaid invoices, the school reserves the right to withhold the school report of the student(s) concerned.

As Year 12 is a student’s final year at the school, there is no need to provide the Admissions Office with written notification as is normally the case with students leaving from other year levels.

A letter together with a Departing Student Checklist Form will be sent to the parents to advise the withdrawal procedures required. For parents who have purchased debentures, they will be given an option to donate either a portion of their debenture or the entire amount to the school.