1.The personal data collected from applicants and/or their parents/guardians pursuant to this application form will be used by the English Schools Foundation ("ESF") and ESF Educational Services Ltd. ("ESL") for various purposes including but not limited to:

a) assessing the suitability of applicants for places in ESF or ESL schools;

b) processing applications for admission;

c) verification of the applicant's examination results, academic records and other information;

d) school administration and operation after admission;

e) statistical and research purposes;

f) other school related purposes;

g) alumni activities.

2.Personal data of applicants and their parents/guardians collected pursuant to this application form will be handled by relevant ESF or ESL staff members and will be kept confidential.

3.ESF or ESL may disclose some of the data to third parties such as agencies (including the Hong Kong government), service providers and contractors (whether within or outside Hong Kong) appointed by ESF or ESL to undertake some of its academic, pastoral and administrative functions. This includes transferring data between ESF and ESL.

4.Apart from the parties listed above, ESF or ESL will not disclose any personal data to any external bodies or organisations unless:

a) such disclosure is expressly provided for under this Statement;

b) permitted to do so by the applicant or his/her parent/guardian; and/or

c) permitted or required by law.

5.Personal data may be stored in the ESF or ESL database systems and online portals and where the application is successful, such personal data will form part of the applicant's official student records. Such data will be kept by ESF indefinitely, however, if the data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected/used, the data may be destroyed.

6.In the case of an unsuccessful application, personal data will be destroyed within 24 months following rejection of the application.

7.In schools where there are Parent Teacher Associations (PTA), ESF or ESL may provide such personal data to the relevant PTA for inclusion in the PTA directory and other PTA activities. If an applicant or his/her parents/guardians do not wish for such data to be included in the PTA directory, please inform the relevant ESF or ESL school accordingly.

8.ESF or ESL may place students photo, name or school work in ESF or ESL website or publications.

9.In the event where a student already has a sibling in an ESF or ESL school, the school records of such sibling may be updated according to the data provided on the new student's application form where relevant.

10.Failure to provide the requested data may result in ESF or ESL being unable to process the application and influence the outcome of the application.

11.Applicants or their parents/guardians may submit a signed, written request to the Principal of the relevant school to access or to correct personal data held by ESF or ESL. ESF or ESL shall levy a charge for accessing the information.

12.Please refer to the ESF Personal Data Handling Policy, which is available upon request, for more information.

Warning Against Bribery
Apart from the prescribed application fee, if applicable, no other fees are required to be paid in connection to submission of this application.
Offering advantages to ESF and the school's staff in relation to the application may constitute a bribery offence under the laws of Hong Kong.

Others
Should any information I provide be found false, ESF reserves the right to restrict the admissions entry or withdraw the admissions offer.

Fees

I acknowledge that there is a non-refundable and non-transferable application fee for each application and that the collection of fee constitutes no assurance that a school place or interview will be offered.
There are school fees and levy related to admissions mentioned in our website (http://www.esf.edu.hk/our-schools/admissions-criteria/school-fees) when accepting a school place.

Once the school place is accepted by payment of fees, the commitment is 2 years to the offering school before request for transfer may be considered regardless of the residential address of zone.

Confirmation

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