King George V School, Hong Kong

King George V School 英皇佐治五世學校
Location
2 Tin Kwong Rd., Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong
Information
Type	International secondary Independent school co-educational
Motto	Honestas Ante Honores (Honesty Before Glory)
Established	1894 (as Kowloon College)
School district	Kowloon
Principal	Jonas Wu Mark Blackshaw (from August 2017)
Grades	Years 7 – 13
Enrollment	1800
Campus size	10.2 acres (4.1 ha)
Colour(s)	gold, navy blue
Mascot	The Lion
Publication	The Lion (annual yearbook)
Website	http://www.kgv.edu.hk

Jonas Wu

King George V School (Chinese: 英皇佐治五世學校), often shortened to "KGV" and pronounced "K-G-Five" (V is a Roman numeral) is a co-educational international secondary independent school of the English Schools Foundation (ESF), located in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. The school has 1740 students and is one of the oldest schools in Kowloon. Students take IGCSEs/GCSEs followed by the International Baccalaureate Diploma or the British BTEC programme. There is a Learning Support Centre (LSC) for students with learning difficulties. The campus has an area of 10.2 acres (41,000 m²). The school is one of three ESF secondary schools in Kowloon and the New Territories, the others being Sha Tin College and Renaissance College.

KGV is the oldest of all the schools in the English Schools Foundation. It first opened in 1894 on Nathan Road, and originally catered for the children of British people living in Kowloon. At the time, the school occupied just one small building. It was destroyed in a typhoon in 1896, and Kowloon College opened in its place in 1902. A huge opening ceremony took place. Many of Hong Kong's elite, such as Major General Gascoigne, the Apostolic Vicar of Hong Kong Louis Piazzoli, and J.H. Stewart Lockhart, the Colony Secretary, were there. The school was built using donations from Sir Robert Hotung. The school was renamed The Kowloon British School, later The Central British School, and then King George V School.

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