CPU is particularly strong in the areas of music, and speech and drama. Thus, the students won a number of prizes every year, including Director of Education Trophy, the Most Outstanding NT Secondary Choir, the Best NT Secondary Mixed Voice Choir, the Best NT Secondary Boys Choir, Best NT Secondary Girls Choir, and the Best NT Secondary Junior Choir. The Chinese orchestra, the handbell choir, and the drama club in the school have all been ranked the first among Hong Kong secondary schools.