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	Judy Cooper (2015-2017)
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

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

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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