principal is Ms. CHOI Fung-Man (蔡鳳雯) STGSS counts 6 winners (Pang Wai Sum Diana 1990, Luk Man Chung 1993, Yeung Chok Hang 1996, Chan Ting Ting 2006, Leung Ka Wing Connie 2007, Luk Man Ping Maggie 2010) of [http://youtharch.org.hk/en/osa_history.html] In 2012, 4 senior students, Yiu Shing Fung (5C), Tai Tsz Long (6B), Tai Tsz Fung (6B) and Chen Kwan Kin (6C), were awarded Champion in the 45th Joint School Science Exhibition Proposal Competition and overall Champion in the 45th Joint School Science Exhibition ITC Innovation Award with the theme of "Disaster Counteraction Scientific Innovation".
The playground is accessible to all students for sports and leisure during recess, lunch and after school.
National/Regional flags of several places are hung up on the wall of the English Room, including Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Canada, China and the United Kingdom.
The school incorporates digital movie production in the computer curriculum in the junior levels.
The Sha Tin Government Secondary School Alumni Association (沙田官立中學校友會) was established in 1995 as a non-profit organization.