Immaculate Heart of Mary College, Hong Kong

What Immaculate Heart of Mary College, Hong Kong does

Immaculate Heart of Mary College is a government-aided Catholic co-educational secondary school located in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, founded in 1980 and operated by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows under the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. It serves students from Secondary 1 through Secondary 6 with a holistic, values-based curriculum framed by the Franciscan motto "Through Love, Serve," spanning humanities, sciences, languages, religious studies, and a growing STEM/AI instructional track recognized externally by the Excellence in AI and Innovative Technology Education Teaching Award and a Gold Award in Science Teaching. The school is vertically integrated with affiliated IHM Kindergarten and IHM Primary School feeders and maintains an Alumni Association and Incorporated Management Committee that provide governance continuity and a small donor base.

The school operates as a non-profit aided institution under the Hong Kong government's recurrent subvention framework, supplemented by nominal tuition and ancillary fees permitted under aided-school regulations. It does not build proprietary technology products; its technology footprint consists of standard educational platforms, government-issued e-learning tools, and curriculum-level AI/IT pedagogy supported by partnerships with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Junior Researcher Mentoring), HKUST, and ICE HKA. Academic positioning has been lifted in 2025 via championship wins (Shaping Our Future City 2026) and SNDAS 2026 admission-scheme participation, broadening its appeal beyond the traditional Catholic feeder pipeline.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed and is dominated by per-capita government grants, with secondary contributions from tuition, fundraising, and alumni giving. Headcount data captures only the senior leadership team (Supervisor, Principal, Executive Officer and equivalent), materially understating total teaching and operational staff consistent with a typical aided secondary school of this size. The customer base is a broad, undiversified pool of individual Sha Tin families, while the funding base is concentrated on a single institutional payer (Hong Kong government), creating an asymmetric risk profile: stable under policy continuity, exposed to any subvention reform or enrolment cap.

Name

Immaculate Heart of Mary College, Hong Kong

Legal name

Immaculate Heart of Mary College

Website

https://ihmc.edu.hk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Immaculate Heart of Mary College is a government-aided Catholic co-educational secondary school in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, founded in 1980 and operated by Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows under the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, serving Form 1-6 students with holistic Franciscan education and a growing STEM/AI curriculum track.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• Catholic school education
• HKDSE exam preparation
• STEAM secondary education
• Student formation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sha Tin

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. School Fees (Government-Subsidized Education): As a subsidized secondary school under the Hong Kong education system, IHMC generates revenue through school fees paid by students, supplemented by government education subsidies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Immaculate Heart of Mary College delivers a government-subsidized Catholic secondary education for Forms 1 to 6 (S.1-S.6), preparing students for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examinations. The school combines a structured academic curriculum with a Student Formation program focused on spiritual, moral, and personal growth under Franciscan values, and it supplements classroom teaching with digital learning platforms such as eClass, Google Classroom, and HKEdCity.

Product overview

Immaculate Heart of Mary College is a Catholic secondary school in Hong Kong offering a comprehensive secondary education program (S.1-S.4) that prepares students for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE). The school provides a structured curriculum, student formation programs for character development, and tracks student achievements across academic and extracurricular domains. The institution operates alongside related entities including Immaculate Heart of Mary School (primary) and Immaculate Heart of Mary Kindergarten, all under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• S.1-S.6 Secondary Education Program Full-time secondary school education program covering Forms 1 to 6 (S.1-S.6), preparing students for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examinations, delivered to local Hong Kong students and operated as a government-aided Catholic school.
• Subject Structure and Curriculum Comprehensive subject structure and curriculum offerings for IHMC secondary school students, organizing the academic program that underpins HKDSE preparation and STEAM education.
• Student Formation Program Character development and student formation program focusing on spiritual, moral, and personal growth of students, delivered alongside the academic curriculum under the Catholic/Franciscan mission of the school.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Catholic Diocese of Hong KongcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school's sponsoring body affiliation with the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, providing Catholic education framework and religious guidance.
• Order of Friars Minor in Hong Kong (OFM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranciscan order connection; the school is managed by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows.
• Immaculate Heart of Mary School (IHMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister school offering primary education, part of the Immaculate Heart of Mary educational network in Hong Kong.
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Kindergarten (IHMK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKindergarten under the same educational network, feeding students to IHMC.
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Alumni Association (IHMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive alumni network supporting current students through mentorship programs and career guidance.
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolyU Junior Researcher Mentoring Programme 2025 - selected students participated in university research activities.
• Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerStudents were interviewed on RTHK 'Teens for Green' program showcasing environmental initiatives.
• Institution of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association (ICE HKA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of 'Shaping Our Future City' competition where students won championship for 4 consecutive years.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• St. Mary's Canossian College: Catholic girls' secondary school in Hong Kong sponsored by the Canossian Sisters, directly comparable to IHMC's operating model under a Catholic religious order with emphasis on formation and academic excellence.
• La Salle College: Catholic boys' secondary school in Hong Kong under the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, directly comparable to IHMC as a Catholic religious order-sponsored school with similar academic and competition strengths.
• Diocesan Boys' School: Elite Catholic boys' secondary school in Hong Kong directly comparable to IHMC as a faith-based, government-subsidized, DSS-track institution with a strong HKDSE and competition record. Operates at a much larger scale but shares the same admissions and academic ecosystem.
• True Light Middle School of Hong Kong: Faith-based girls' secondary school in Hong Kong with Protestant heritage, comparable to IHMC in terms of denomination-based education, HKDSE preparation, and STEAM extracurricular offerings.
• Wah Yan College, Hong Kong: Jesuit Catholic boys' secondary school in Hong Kong, comparable to IHMC as a faith-based subsidized school with strong HKDSE outcomes and a competitive direct-admission pathway to local universities.
• Heep Yunn School: Protestant girls' secondary school in Hong Kong, comparable to IHMC as a faith-based subsidized school with strong HKDSE results and a track record of SNDAS placements to top universities.
• St. Paul's College: Catholic boys' secondary school in Hong Kong under the Catholic Diocese, providing a direct parallel to IHMC's diocesan sponsorship structure and HKDSE preparation model. Similar co-curricular and STEAM emphasis.
• Sacred Heart Canossian College: Catholic girls' secondary school in Hong Kong run by the Canossian Daughters of Charity, directly comparable to IHMC as a Catholic religious order-sponsored school with strong academic traditions and STEAM programs.

Broad incumbents

• Immaculate Heart of Mary School: Sister primary school under the same Franciscan sponsorship network as IHMC; comparable as part of the same educational network, overlapping governance, alumni, and feeder pipeline, though focused on primary education.

Regional players

• Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School: Faith-affiliated school in Hong Kong providing a comparison point for how subsidized religious schools position their curriculum and STEAM emphasis relative to IHMC, though operating under a different sponsorship model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCHTaYvpP-wW6zMMXA68u8FQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/immaculate-heart-of-mary-college-hong-kong

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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