Ying Wa Girls' School

Ying Wa Girls' School
寸陰是惜 (Time is Precious, Treasure every Minute)
Location
76 Robinson Road, Central Hong Kong
Information
Type	Grant, Day, All-female secondary
Established	1900
President	Revd Ping Kit Wu
Principal	Mr. Francis Kwan Hon Cheung
Grades	Form 1 – Form 6
Number of students	1,000
Affiliation	Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
Founder	Miss Helen Davies (London Missionary Society)
Medium of Instruction	English
Houses	Davies, Hogben, Hutchinson, Silcocks, Jenkins
Website	http://www.ywgs.edu.hk

76 Robinson Road, Central

Ying Wa Girls' School (Chinese: 英華女學校) is an HKCCCC secondary day school for girls in Central, Hong Kong. It is located at 76 Robinson Road, Mid-levels. The campus at Robinson Road is under redevelopment. It will be completed in mid 2018. The decanting site is located at 101 Castle Peak Road, Sham Shui Po. Total enrolment currently stands at slightly under 1,200. YWGS is notable for its excellent results in public examinations, and is one of the most prestigious girls' schools in Hong Kong.

Ying Wa Girls' School was founded in February 1900 by Helen Davies of the former London Missionary Society. It started off as a boarding school for girls and expanded to include a secondary section in 1915 and a two-year kindergarten in 1916. It ceased taking on boarders in 1940. In 1930, the first ever YWGS student was admitted into the University of Hong Kong.

In 1967, it became purely a secondary school. It is one of the 22 Grant Schools in Hong Kong. Since 1966, Ying Wa Girls' School has become one of the related schools of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China. It was also the first secondary school to have a student association in Hong Kong history. It is also the first organisation in Hong Kong to have the sponsored walk idea. Every year, the school organises Thanksgiving Walkathon, inviting students and parents walking from the school to the Peak.