Top Schools based on Absolute Performance

2.      In the Special/Express course category, the top five schools were Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls' (Sec), Nanyang Girls' High, The Chinese High and Dunman High. The best non-Independent and non-Autonomous schools were Tanjong Katong Secondary, ranked 25^th, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’, ranked 26^th and Ngee Ann Secondary, ranked 27^th.

3.      For the Normal course, the top five Secondary Schools were Clementi Town Secondary, Xinmin Secondary, Ngee Ann Secondary, Presbyterian High and Anderson Secondary.

4.      The top schools in the 2000 GCE 'O' Level Examination are listed in Tables 1 and 2.

High Value-added Schools

5.      This year, CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary, Ngee Ann Secondary, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary, Queensway Secondary, St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary and Xinmin Secondary qualified for awards in both the Special/Express and Normal courses.

6.      The high value-added Secondary Schools are shown in Tables 3 and 4. These schools have helped their pupils perform better than expected based on their PSLE scores. The Ministry will award $20,000 to each of the top 10 schools and $10,000 to each of the next 10 schools in recognition of their good efforts.

Top Schools in Fitness

7.      Based on the composite Fitness Index, the top 5 schools in 2000 were CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls', Raffles Girls' (Secondary), Singapore Chinese Girls' School, Cedar Girls' Secondary and Nanyang Girls' High.

8.      The top 50 schools in terms of pupils' physical fitness, lowest percentage overweight and Fitness Index are shown in Tables 5, 6 and 7. These indicators are based on all pupils in the school and not just those in the graduating classes.

Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs)

9.      The Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs) gives recognition to schools that have performed well consistently over a period of years, in academic and non-academic areas.

10.    This year, a total of 50 SAAs, 8 for Sports, 20 for Uniformed Group, 7 for Academic Value-added and 15 for Physical Fitness, will be given out to 38 Secondary Schools. This is an increase of 4 awards and 9 schools over the previous year.

11.     Of the winning schools this year, 9 will receive the SAA for the first time. They are Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road) for Sports, Cedar Girls' Secondary, Crescent Girls', Hong Kah Secondary, New Town Secondary and Presbyterian High for Uniformed  Group activities, Queensway Secondary for Academic Value-added performance, Cedar  Girls' Secondary, Crescent Girls', Mayflower Secondary and Temasek Secondary for Physical Fitness.The details are given in Table 8.

Best Practice Awards (BPAs)

12.     This year, the Ministry of Education will be giving out the Best Practice Awards for the first time. The Best Practice Awards (BPAs) give recognition to schools with effective practices and systems that lead to desirable educational outcomes, academic or otherwise. The awards are part of the implementation of the School Excellence Model which provides a holistic approach to managing education with equal emphasis on processes as well as results.

13.     There are 4 categories of BPA. They represent the Ministry of Education's expectations of schools and reflect the key areas in the School Excellence Model (refer to Information Sheet on BPA). They are:

14.     This year, 5 Secondary Schools will receive 7 BPAs. They are Anglo-Chinese (Independent), Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary, Raffles Institution, River Valley High and Xinmin Secondary. The details are given in Table 9.

Table 2: Top 40 Schools for Normal Course (Based on 2000 GCE O-Level Results)

Rank	SCHOOL	2000 GCE O-LEVEL RESULTS					% S4N Eligible for S5N	PSLE SCORES OF 2001 SEC 1 INTAKE
		No. of Pupils	Mean L1B4	Mean Subject Grade	% Passed 5 O-Levels or More	% Passed 3 O-Levels or More		From Non- Affiliated Schools	From Affiliated Schools
1	Clementi Town Secondary	53	18.4	4.2	72	96	88	178-199
1	Xinmin Secondary	65	18.4	4.0	86	98	97	184-198
3	Ngee Ann Secondary	100	20.6	4.5	63	91	93	186-198	152-187
4	Presbyterian High	63	20.7	4.5	60	94	76	171-189
5	Anderson Secondary	40	21.0	4.7	65	80	100	186-198
6	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary	43	21.3	4.9	84	93	100		171-196
7	Nan Hua Secondary	59	21.4	4.6	66	92	82
8	Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary	52	22.2	4.8	67	88	84	183-197	152-187
8	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary	65	22.2	4.9	71	89	92		152-187
10	Boon Lay Secondary	96	22.4	4.9	59	88	89	172-187
11	Holy Innocents' High	84	22.5	4.8	51	89	98	179-198	160-187
12	Geylang Methodist Secondary	72	22.8	4.8	54	88	91	185-187	152-186
13	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent	67	23.0	5.1	66	85	97	173-194	153-187
14	Dunman Secondary	110	23.1	5.2	60	83	93	185-199
15	Bukit View Secondary	41	23.4	5.1	37	88	81	155-187
15	Yishun Town Secondary	64	23.4	4.9	56	81	81	176-193
17	Ang Mo Kio Secondary	62	23.5	5.1	56	87	88	172-193
18	Beatty Secondary	90	23.7	5.0	53	86	78	177-196
18	Mayflower Secondary	47	23.7	5.2	55	91	82	176-196
20	Damai Secondary	67	23.8	5.2	55	82	86	179-195
20	Kranji Secondary	71	23.8	5.2	51	80	69	178-194
22	Manjusri Secondary	58	23.9	5.2	50	78	81	156-186	152-184
23	Bedok View Secondary	66	24.2	5.2	47	80	87	174-187
23	Chung Cheng High (Branch)	63	24.2	5.2	49	83	91	168-187
25	Hai Sing Catholic	96	24.3	5.3	50	82	83	180-198
26	Serangoon Garden Secondary	80	24.5	5.2	49	83	67	152-184
27	St Patrick's	59	24.6	5.3	29	90	86		153-187
28	Peicai Secondary	62	24.7	5.4	50	68	77	163-185
29	Macpherson Secondary	61	24.8	5.3	38	85	78	152-187
29	St. Andrew's Secondary	65	24.8	5.4	45	77	82	182-198	152-187
31	Jurong Secondary	90	24.9	5.3	51	84	87	178-198
32	Queensway Secondary	60	25.0	5.3	38	88	75	166-187
32	Yio Chu Kang Secondary	45	25.0	5.3	42	82	52	152-182
34	Bukit Batok Secondary	112	25.1	5.3	42	76	76	172-194
34	Deyi Secondary	85	25.1	5.4	44	75	85	169-187
34	Woodsville Secondary	53	25.1	5.6	42	83	89	152-184
37	Guangyang Secondary	57	25.2	5.4	39	75	75	153-187
37	Pasir Ris Secondary	107	25.2	5.3	41	73	87	178-188
37	Riverside Secondary	87	25.2	5.3	46	76	76	172-192
40	Gan Eng Seng	66	25.4	5.4	35	82	83	180-199
40	Woodlands Secondary	61	25.4	5.5	41	69	81	160-199

 

Table 3: Top 20 Value-Added Secondary Schools for Special/Express Course (Based on 2000 GCE O-Level Results)

	SCHOOL	PSLE SCORES OF 2001 SEC 1 INTAKE
		From Non-Affiliated Schools	From Affiliated Schools
Top 10 Value-Added Schools (In Alphabetical Order)	Bedok North Secondary	190-243
	CHIJ Katong Convent		195-260
	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent	211-239	189-233
	First Toa Payoh Secondary	188-236
	Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary	228-247	189-242
	Methodist Girls' (Secondary)	256-274	202-283
	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary		195-271
	Singapore Chinese Girls'	256-277	202-277
	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary	235-247	188-265
	Xinmin Secondary	237-261
Next Top 10 Value-Added Schools (In Alphabetical Order)	Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road)		195-242
	Bedok South Secondary	188-236
	Ngee Ann Secondary	235-265	188-260
	Outram Secondary	195-234
	Queensway Secondary	203-236
	Serangoon Garden Technical	188-248
	St. Andrew's Secondary	230-245	188-283
	St. Gabriel's Secondary	231-238	188-241
	St. Margaret's Secondary	235-255	188-245
	Tanjong Katong Secondary	231-270

 

Table 4: Top 20 Value-Added Secondary Schools for Normal Course (Based on 2000 GCE O-Level Results)

	SCHOOL	PSLE SCORES OF 2001 SEC 1 INTAKE
		From Non-Affiliated Schools	From Affiliated Schools
Top 10 Value-Added Schools (In Alphabetical Order)	Bukit View Secondary	155-187
	Clementi Town Secondary	178-199
	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent	173-194	153-187
	Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary	183-197	152-187
	Nan Hua Secondary
	Ngee Ann Secondary	186-198	152-187
	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary		171-196
	Presbyterian High	171-189
	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary		152-187
	Xinmin Secondary	184-198
Next Top 10 Value-Added Schools (In Alphabetical Order)	Anderson Secondary	186-198
	Boon Lay Secondary	172-187
	Bukit Batok Secondary	172-194
	Geylang Methodist Secondary	185-187	152-186
	Holy Innocents' High	179-198	160-187
	Kranji Secondary	178-194
	MacPherson Secondary	152-187
	Peicai Secondary	163-185
	Queensway Secondary	166-187
	Serangoon Garden Secondary	152-184

                                          

Table 5: Top 50 Schools By Physical Fitness Level In 2000

S/No	School	Percentage with Awards
1	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School	99.2
2	Singapore Chinese Girls' School	98.1
3	Nanyang Girls' High School	96.1
4	Cedar Girls' Secondary School	95.6
5	Tanjong Katong Girls' School	95.5
6	Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)	95.3
7	Crescent Girls' School	95.0
8	CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent	92.4
9	Dunman High School	90.9
10	Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)	90.7
11	Evergreen Secondary School	89.5
11	Anglican High School	89.5
13	Fuhua Secondary School	89.1
14	Commonwealth Secondary School	88.4
15	Anderson Secondary School	86.8
16	Temasek Secondary School	86.4
17	Serangoon Garden Technical School	86.0
18	New Town Secondary School	85.6
19	Kranji Secondary School	85.4
20	Hai Sing Catholic School	84.6
20	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School	84.6
22	Holy Innocents' High School	84.5
22	Balestier Hill Secondary School	84.5
24	Bukit Panjang Govt. High School	84.3
25	Mayflower Secondary School	84.1
25	Nan Chiau High School	84.1
25	Queenstown Secondary School	84.1
28	First Toa Payoh Secondary School	84.0
29	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent	83.7
30	CHIJ Katong Convent	83.6
31	Orchid Park Secondary School	83.4
32	Yuying Secondary School	83.2
32	Jurong Secondary School	83.2
34	Northbrooks Secondary School	83.1
35	Thomson Secondary School	83.0
36	Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School	82.9
37	Woodgrove Secondary School	82.8
38	Bukit View Secondary School	82.1
39	Chung Cheng High School (Main)	81.8
40	Woodlands Secondary School	81.5
40	Raffles Institution	81.5
42	Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)	81.1
43	Queensway Secondary School	80.9
44	Compassvale Secondary School	80.8
45	Xinmin Secondary School	80.4
46	River Valley High School	80.0
46	Rangoon Secondary School	80.0
48	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary School	79.9
49	Bedok North Secondary School	79.7
50	Shuqun Secondary School	79.6

 

Table 6: The 50 Schools With Lowest Percentage Overweight in 2000

S/No	Name	Percentage Overweight
1	Dunman High School	5.5
2	Crescent Girls' School	5.9
2	Nanyang Girls' High School	5.9
4	Cedar Girls' Secondary School	6.2
5	Mayflower Secondary School	6.4
6	Anglican High School	6.6
7	Bukit Panjang Govt. High School	6.7
8	River Valley High School	6.9
9	Raffles Institution	7.1
10	Rangoon Secondary School	7.4
10	Tanjong Katong Girls' School	7.4
12	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School	7.5
12	Victoria School	7.5
12	Upper Serangoon Secondary School	7.5
15	Temasek Secondary School	7.6
15	Zhonghua Secondary School	7.6
17	Fuhua Secondary School	7.7
18	Queenstown Secondary School	7.8
18	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)	7.8
18	The Chinese High School	7.8
18	Serangoon Garden Technical School	7.8
18	Singapore Chinese Girls' School	7.8
18	Canberra Secondary School	7.8
24	Chung Cheng High School (Main)	7.9
24	Anderson Secondary School	7.9
24	Evergreen Secondary School	7.9
24	Holy Innocents' High School	7.9
28	Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)	8.0
28	New Town Secondary School	8.0
30	Nan Hua Secondary School	8.2
31	Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)	8.4
31	Pei Dao Secondary School	8.4
33	Ngee Ann Secondary School	8.6
33	Delta Secondary School	8.6
35	Thomson Secondary School	8.7
36	Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School	8.8
37	Northland Secondary School	8.9
38	Yuying Secondary School	9.0
39	Fairfield Methodist Secondary School	9.3
39	Tanjong Katong Secondary School	9.3
39	Catholic High School	9.3
42	Teck Whye Secondary School	9.4
42	St. Hilda's Secondary School	9.4
42	Dunman Secondary School	9.4
45	Xinmin Secondary School	9.5
46	Greenview Secondary School	9.6
47	Whitley Secondary School	9.7
47	Hua Yi Secondary School	9.7
47	Fajar Secondary School	9.7
47	Pioneer Secondary School	9.7

 

Table 7: Top 50 Schools By Fitness Index in 2000

S/No	Name	Fitness Index
1	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School	94.5
2	Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)	92.2
2	Singapore Chinese Girls' School	92.2
4	Cedar Girls' Secondary School	92.0
5	Nanyang Girls' High School	91.9
6	Crescent Girls' School	91.0
7	Tanjong Katong Girls' School	90.9
8	Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)	89.8
9	Dunman High School	89.7
10	Fuhua Secondary School	88.1
11	Evergreen Secondary School	88.0
12	CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent	87.6
13	Bukit Panjang Govt. High School	86.9
13	Anglican High School	86.9
15	Temasek Secondary School	86.8
16	Mayflower Secondary School	86.6
17	Serangoon Garden Technical School	86.4
18	New Town Secondary School	85.6
19	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School	85.4
20	First Toa Payoh Secondary School	85.1
21	Anderson Secondary School	85.0
22	Chung Cheng High School (Main)	84.6
23	Holy Innocents' High School	84.5
24	Rangoon Secondary School	84.3
25	Queenstown Secondary School	84.2
25	Yuying Secondary School	84.2
27	River Valley High School	84.0
28	Commonwealth Secondary School	83.9
29	CHIJ Katong Convent	83.7
30	Raffles Institution	83.5
31	Balestier Hill Secondary School	83.4
32	Hai Sing Catholic School	83.2
32	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent	83.2
34	Nan Chiau High School	83.0
35	Kranji Secondary School	82.9
36	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)	82.8
36	Pei Dao Secondary School	82.8
38	Tanjong Katong Secondary School	82.4
39	Hua Yi Secondary School	82.1
40	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary School	82.0
40	Yishun Town Secondary School	82.0
42	Woodlands Secondary School	81.9
43	The Chinese High School	81.8
44	Sembawang Secondary School	81.7
44	St. Margaret's Secondary School	81.7
46	CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)	81.6
47	Shuqun Secondary School	81.3
48	Greenridge Secondary School	81.0
49	Bukit View Secondary School	80.9
49	Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School	80.9

 

APPENDIX

Explanatory Notes For Tables On Ranking Of Secondary Schools

1      The following seven tables provide information on the performance of selected Secondary Schools in the 2000 GCE O-level examination and the top schools in Physical Fitness, Lowest Percentage Overweight and Fitness Index.

Table 1:      Top 50 Schools (Special/Express Course) Table 2:      Top 40 Schools (Normal Course) Table 3:      Top 20 Value-Added Schools (Special/Express Course) Table 4:      Top 20 Value-Added Schools (Normal Course) Table 5:      Top 50 Secondary Schools by Physical Fitness Level Table 6:      The 50 Secondary Schools with Lowest Percentage Overweight Table 7:      Top 50 Secondary Schools by Fitness Index

 

2      For Tables 1-4, the performance of each school is based on pupils who took the O-level examination for the first time. Schools not included in the tables are those with small candidature (fewer than 40 pupils) or those closed in 2001. Not included in the ranking exercise are the following schools:

Schools With Small Candidature	Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road) (Normal) Balestier Hill Secondary (Normal) Broadrick Secondary (Normal) Bukit Merah Secondary (Normal) Bukit Panjang Govt. High (Normal) Buona Vista Secondary (Normal) Chai Chee Secondary (Normal) Chestnut Drive Secondary (Normal) CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) (Normal) CHIJ Katong Convent (Normal) CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent (Normal) Christ Church Secondary (Express, Normal) Commonwealth Secondary (Normal) Fairfield Methodist Secondary (Normal) Fajar Secondary (Normal) First Toa Payoh Secondary (Normal) Ghim Moh Secondary (Normal) Nan Chiau High (Normal) Outram Secondary (Normal) Pei Dao Secondary (Normal) Rangoon Secondary (Express, Normal) Serangoon Garden Technical (Normal) Shuqun Secondary (Normal) Si Ling Secondary (Normal) Siglap Secondary (Normal) St. Margaret's Secondary (Normal) St. Thomas Secondary (Normal) Teck Whye Secondary (Normal) Telok Kurau Secondary (Normal) Temasek Secondary (Normal) Thomson Secondary (Normal) Upper Serangoon Secondary (Express) Yuan Ching Secondary (Normal) Yusof Ishak Secondary (Normal) Zhonghua Secondary (Normal)
New Schools Without Any O-Level Candidates in 2000	Canberra Secondary Compassvale Secondary Coral Secondary East Spring Secondary Evergreen Secondary Fuhua Secondary Hua Yi Secondary Junyuan Secondary Kent Ridge Secondary Marsiling Secondary Northbrooks Secondary Orchid Park Secondary Pasir Ris Crest Secondary Regent Secondary Sembawang Secondary Seng Kang Secondary Unity Secondary Westwood Secondary Woodgrove Secondary Woodlands Ring Secondary Zhenghua Secondary
Schools Not Admitting Secondary 1 students in 2001	Christ Church Secondary
Schools Merged / Closed in 2001	Buona Vista Secondary Rangoon Secondary St. Thomas Secondary

 

Description of Terms Used in Tables

3      Number of Pupils: This column shows the number of pupils who took the O-level examination for the first time.

4      Mean L1B5: Mean of pupils' aggregate grades in L1 (English or Higher Mother Tongue language) and best 5 subjects. This is the ranking criterion for Special/Express course.

5      Mean L1B4: Mean of pupils' aggregate grades in English and best 4 subjects. This is the ranking criterion for Normal course.

6      Mean Subject Grade (MSG): Mean of all grades obtained by pupils in a school. This is the old ranking criterion for Special/Express and Normal course.

7      % Passed 5 O-Levels or More: Percentage of pupils with 5 O-level passes or more.

8      % Passes 3 O-Levels or More: Percentage of pupils with 3 O-level passes or more.

9      PSLE Scores of 2001 Sec 1 Intake: Aggregate scores of Sec 1 pupils admitted in 2001 from non-affiliated and affiliated schools, for the different courses.

10     % S4N Eligible for S5N: Percentage of Sec 4N pupils who were eligible for Sec 5N in the previous year's N-level examination.

11     High Value-added Schools: Tables 3-4 show the top 20 schools with high value-added performance for Special/Express and Normal courses respectively.

12     Fitness Level: The "Physical Fitness Percentage" in Table 5 gives the percentage of pupils who passed the National Physical Fitness Award test. The NAPFA test consists of 6 test items developed by the Sports Medicine and Research Centre of the Singapore Sports Council in 1981.

13     Percentage Overweight: The "Percentage Overweight" in Table 6 gives the percentage of pupils who are overweight by 20% or more according to standards provided by the Ministry of Health.

14     Fitness Index: In Table 7, the Fitness Index (FI) of each school is based on the height and weight measurements of its pupils and their performance in the NAPFA test. The FI is defined as the average of:

	(i)	the percentage of pupils within the acceptable weight range according to the Weight for Height Table compiled by School Health Service, and
	(ii)	the percentage of pupils who pass the NAPFA test.

 

          The acceptable weight range is from 80% to below 120% of standard weight.

15     The press release will also be available at the website: http://www1.moe.edu.sg/esd/ranking.htm.

 

Table 8: SAA 2001 Winning Schools (Secondary)

No	School	Arts	Sports	Uniformed Group	Academic Value-added	Physical Fitness
1	Anderson Sec			Ö *		Ö *
2	Anglican High			Ö *		Ö *
3	ACS (Barker Road)		Ö
4	ACS (Independent)		Ö *	Ö *
5	Boon Lay Sec			Ö *
6	Braddell - Westlake Sec			Ö *
7	Bukit Panjang Govt. High					Ö *
8	Catholic High			Ö *
9	Cedar Girls' Sec			Ö		Ö
10	CHIJ Katong Covent				Ö *
11	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls'		Ö			Ö *
12	Chung Cheng High (Main)			Ö *		Ö *
13	Clementi Town Sec			Ö *
14	Crescent Girls'					Ö
15	Dunman High					Ö *
16	Dunman Sec			Ö *
17	Gan Eng Seng Sec			Ö *
18	Hong Kah Sec			Ö
19	Mayflower Sec					Ö
20	Methodist Girls' (Sec)		Ö *		Ö *
21	Nanyang Girls' High		Ö *			Ö *
22	New Town Sec			Ö
23	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls'				Ö *
24	Presbyterian High			Ö
25	Queensway Sec				Ö
26	Raffles Girls'		Ö *
27	Raffles Institution		Ö *	Ö *
28	River Valley High			Ö *		Ö *
29	Singapore Chinese Girls'				Ö *
30	St. Anthony's Canossian				Ö *
31	St. Joseph's Institution			Ö *
32	Tanjong Katong Girls'					Ö *
33	Tanjong Katong Sec			Ö *
34	Temasek Sec					Ö
35	The Chinese High		Ö *	Ö *		Ö *
36	Victoria Sec			Ö *
37	Xinmin Sec				Ö *
38	Zhonghua Sec					Ö *
	Total	0	8	20	7	15

	Notes:
	Ö *	= repeat winners

 

Table 9: 2001 Inaugural BPA Winning Schools

No	School	Organisational Effectiveness	Staff Well-being	Teaching and Learning
1	ACS (Independent)			Ö
2	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' (Sec)		Ö
3	Raffles Institution	Ö		Ö
4	River Valley High			Ö
5	Xinmin Sec		Ö	Ö
	Total	1	2	4

INFORMATION SHEET ON BEST PRACTICE AWARD (BPA)

 

INTRODUCTION

1.      The Ministry of Education's (MOE) Masterplan of Awards was instituted in late 1998. This system of award is implemented in tandem with the School Excellence Model (SEM) which is an organizational and self-assessment tool for schools. While the SEM provides a systematic framework for schools to work towards excellence, the Masterplan of Awards is a progressive framework to recognize schools for their efforts.

2.      There are 3 levels of awards:

	a.	The Achievement Award (AA) gives recognition to schools for achievement in a single year.
	b.	The Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) gives recognition to schools for sustained achievement in academic and non-academic areas over a number of years, while the Best Practice Award (BPA) gives recognition to schools with effective practices and systems that lead to desirable educational outcomes.
	c.	At the apex of the award framework is the School Excellence Award (SEA) which gives recognition to schools for overall excellence in both processes and results.

 

3.      AAs are not new to schools. The SAAs were first given out in 1999. This year, the first BPAs will be given out. As the SEM is newly implemented, they are not ready for the SEA.

BPA CATEGORIES

4.      There are four categories of BPA.

a) b) c) d)

Organisational Effectiveness Student All-round Development Staff Well-being Teaching and Learning

5.      The categories represent MOE's expectations of schools and reflect the key areas of the SEM. They focus on key processes involving the 3 key levels of people in a school - the school leadership, teachers and the students, and reflect significantly the three SEM core values underlying people management : Leading with Purpose, Students First and Teachers the Key. The practices expected in the four BPA categories underscore the translation of MOE's Thinking Schools Learning Nation (TSLN) vision and ability-driven paradigm in schools.

	a)	BPA for Organisational Effectiveness gives recognition to a school that is very well managed for successful delivery of the Desired Outcomes of Education. The school culture is open and nurturing and the school environment is learner-centred. School strategies and plans are consonant with the TSLN vision and the ability-driven paradigm. The school is responsive to staff and student needs and works effectively with other stakeholders to bring about holistic education. Operationally, the school demonstrates administrative excellence in the way it manages and optimises resources.
	b)	BPA for Student All-round Development gives recognition to a school that strongly demonstrates care and concern for its students through its implementation of holistic and ability-driven programmes. Pastoral care is a distinctive feature of the school culture. In the learner-centred environment, resources are well deployed to enhance students' all-round development. Students benefit from the inculcation of values and thinking skills in the formal and informal curriculum.
	c)	BPA for Staff Well-being gives recognition to a school where teachers are effectively managed, developed and cared for. Teachers' creativity and energy are harnessed. They are confident, committed and professional. The school's work culture and environment enable teachers to manage stress and health well. Teachers have a strong sense of purpose as well as ownership of school programmes. In all, the school's efforts in this area significantly contribute to one of MOE's strategic thrusts, that of 'Building a Quality Teaching Service'.
	d)	BPA for Teaching and Learning gives recognition to a school with distinctive quality of teaching and learning. Teachers are skilful and able to cater for students' learning style and pace. Pupils are highly motivated and demonstrate successful learning in the formal and non-formal curriculum. Teachers and pupils show enthusiasm for what they do and enjoy teaching and learning. Innovation takes centre-stage in the school's teaching and learning environment. Risk-taking and innovation in teaching and learning processes are clearly evident.

 

FORM OF AWARD

6.      Like the SAA, the BPA will be given in the form of a plaque with no monetary incentive. The value of the award is in the prestige that accompanies it and winning schools will be allowed to use the BPA logo as a mark of excellence. The BPA will be given out to winning schools together with the SAA at the annual MOE Workplan Seminar in September 2001.

Dated 10 August 2001

 

	1    There is no change in the ranking criteria. Secondary Schools are ranked based on L1B5 for Special/Express course and L1B4 for Normal course. These criteria are explained in Appendix 1. Data on schools, which perform well in physical fitness, are also provided.
	2    PSLE Scores are after adding the bonus points. Up to three bonus points can be used to apply for Secondary 1 places.

 

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