Parents of Primary 6 students participating in the discretionary places (DP) phase of the 2025 Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System will receive notifications on March 31 if their applications have been successful, the Education Bureau said today.

If students are included by participating secondary schools on their Successful Lists for Discretionary Places, their parents will receive notifications from the secondary schools concerned.

Parents who have registered as SSPA e-platform (eSSPA) users with iAM Smart or iAM Smart+ may also view notifications regarding successful DP applications via the eSSPA starting from 10am on the same day. 

Parents do not need to reply to schools to say whether they accept the discretionary place offers or not.

Parents who have already been awarded a place at a non-participating Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) secondary school for their children will be faced with a choice.

If they decide to fulfill the DSS secondary school offer, they should disregard any DP notifications.

However, if they decide to decline the offer they should notify the DSS secondary school concerned and retrieve the originals of the signed undertaking and the Primary 6 Student Record Form by April 8, in order to accept the school place successfully applied for at the DP phase.

Students who are not notified as successful DP applicants can participate in the central allocation (CA).

The bureau will issue choice-making documents on April 9 through primary schools and reminds parents to complete and return the Choice Form to primary schools for submission by May 7.

If parents have submitted DP applications via the eSSPA, they are required to continue using the e-platform to submit their CA applications.

The final results for SSPA 2025 will be announced on July 8.