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Secondary One Option Exercise

Secondary One Option Exercise will be conducted for all PSLE candidates immediately after the release of the PSLE results in late November. Pupils are to indicate their six secondary school choices during the exercise.

Considerations When Making Decision

In choosing secondary schools, the following factors, among others, may be taken into account:

Last Year’s Posting Aggregate Ranges of the Schools

The aggregate ranges of Year 2007 PSLE pupils posted to Secondary One in Year 2008 for each school will be provided in Part Two of the booklet to be distributed in October. For Normal Courses, both the aggregate ranges for EM- pupils* and EM3 pupils are provided. EM3 pupils take 3 subjects for PSLE Ð Foundation English, Foundation Mathematics and Basic Mother Tongue, which are different from EM- pupils. The published aggregates for EM3 pupils were based on the 3 subjects taken.

Note: * EM- pupils refer to pupils who were in the previously commonly known band of EM1/2.)

These aggregate ranges should be treated only as a guide. The aggregate ranges for schools can vary from year to year, depending on the pupils’ PSLE results and their choices. For schools with no pupils posted in for a particular course, the phrase “None posted” is shown. These schools will still offer classes in the course concerned for Sec One in Year 2009 subject to demand.

Please note that:

Academic Performance of the Child

Based on the child’s academic performance in the primary school, parents may wish to choose secondary schools that take in pupils with an academic ability comparable to that of their child.

If the child’s performance in the PSLE Examination is good, and he / she wishes to study Higher Chinese/ Higher Malay / Higher Tamil at secondary school, the parents may choose secondary schools that offer the respective Higher Mother Tongue in the choice of schools. Please see the list of schools / designated centres and Language Centres offering Higher Chinese, Higher Malay and Higher Tamil (140kb .pdf).

Distance

Parents may choose schools near their home so that it will be more convenient for the child to travel to and from school. Please see the list of secondary schools by area (48kb .pdf).

Affiliated Schools

Some secondary schools have affiliated primary schools. If the child is now studying in one of these primary schools and wants to continue secondary education in the affiliated secondary school, he / she must indicate that secondary school as the first choice school in order to enjoy priority for admission to that affiliated secondary school. However, being accorded priority for admission does not guarantee admission. Not all pupils from the affiliated primary schools can be admitted to the affiliated secondary schools, as admission to affiliated secondary schools is subject to the availability of places in these schools. Further, some secondary schools may set additional qualifying criteria for admission of pupils from their affiliated primary schools.

Programmes and Schemes Offered

There are various programmes and schemes offered in the secondary schools. Pupils who are interested in these programmes may wish to include schools offering these programmes in their choices.

Special Needs of the Child

Some secondary schools have special facilities and resources to support pupils with special needs (such as pupils with physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and dyslexia, hearing impaired and visually handicapped pupils). Please refer to the list of schools with special facilities for the physically disabled (32kb .pdf) and schools with support for autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia.. If the child requires special support, the parent may wish to choose secondary schools with special facilities and resources in the choice of schools.