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This updated secondary school ranking is based on the Primary School Leaving Examination Achievement Level scoring system (PSLE AL Score) for the 2025 Secondary One Posting exercise, reflecting the latest admission cut-off points (COPs).
These scores provide the most current snapshot of the academic entry requirements.
The rankings are based on the cut-off point for each school.
For example, the 2025 PSLE score range for Raffles Girls' School's Integrated Programme is 4-6. This means that the cut-off point for the school is 6.
For non-integrated programmes, the rankings are based on the cut-off points for Posting Group 3.
The scores here are based on the 2025 PSLE score ranges for each school as released on MOE's website.
The HCL grades of the first and last student admitted to SAP schools are shown in parenthesis.
D = Distinction
M = Merit
P = Pass
No HCL grades will be shown if the first or last student did not take of pass HCL
*While the last posted student had a PSLE score better than 30, the school still had vacancies after S1 posting.
Therefore, its cut-off point is reflected as 30 as it could have admitted a S1-eligible student with PSLE score of 30.
There are no cut off points for Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School as all non-affiliated spots (20% of intake) were fully taken up through DSA-SEC.
The PSLE T-score will be replaced with Achievement Levels (ALs), which offer wider scoring bands.
Every PSLE subject will be scored using 8 ALs from AL1 to AL8, with 1 being the best.
The PSLE Score will be the sum of the scores for the four subjects, and will range from 4 to 32, with 4 being the best total score possible.
Here's an example of how the student's PSLE score will be calculated:
The new PSLE scoring system will result in more students having the same PSLE score. This also means that there will be less differentiation amongst schools based on their cut-off points.
For the first time, choice order of schools will be used as a tie-breaker when students have the same PSLE scores.
The tie-breaker system is only used when there are two or more students with the same PSLE score applying for the last available places in a school.
Secondary 1 Posting Tie-Breakers (in order of priority)
From 2024, Full Subject-based banding (SBB) will replace the Express, Normal (Academic), and Normal (Technical) streams.
There will no longer be separate Express, Normal (Academic), and Normal (Technical) classes. Instead, students will now be in mixed form classes where they will interact with students with varying backgrounds, strengths, and interests.
Students will also be posted to secondary schools through three Posting Groups (Posting Groups 1, 2, and 3). The Posting Groups will only be used for posting of students into secondary schools and guide the subject levels (G1, G2, G3) that they can take on initially at the start of Secondary 1.
Students in Posting Group 1 will mostly take subjects at G1, students in Posting Group 2 will mostly take subjects at G2, and so on.
However, students will have the flexibility to adjust their subject levels according to their strengths and learning needs at various points in their secondary school learning journey.
To be eligible for posting to SAP schools, students will need to obtain the following:
When students with the same PSLE score apply for places in the same SAP school, those with better HCL grades will be given priority.
This applies before the tie-breakers for Secondary 1 posting.
In the new AL scoring system, Foundation level subjects will be graded from AL A to AL C.
Similar to the ALs for Standard level subject, the ALs for Foundation Level subjects will reflect a students level of achievement instead of their performance relative to peers.
The determine a student's PSLE score for the purposes of Secondary 1 posting, Foundation Level AL A to AL C will be mapped to AL 6 to AL 8 of Standard level subjects.
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