Welcome to secondary school!

Where Will
Your Path
Lead?

Come 2024, what could your secondary experience look like with Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB)?

Ready to find out? Choose a character.

Tim
Tim
Favourite subject is Science
Enjoys building model cars
Will start with most subjects at G2
Hannah
Hannah
Loves coding
Enjoys museum hopping and visiting art galleries
Will start with most subjects at G1
Adam
Adam
Art enthusiast
Enjoys cooking
Will start with most subjects at G2
Elena
Elena
Stronger in English
Loves the Korean boyband BTS
Will start with most subjects at G3
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Hi!

Before school starts, familiarise yourself with these changes to secondary school from 2024 onwards.

Removal of Express, N(A) and N(T) streams

While you will continue to be posted into secondary schools based on your PSLE Score, throughout your secondary school journey, you can take subjects at three subject levels - G1, G2 and G3 (G stands for General). This depends on your strengths and learning needs in the individual subjects.

What are Posting Groups? What will my subject levels be?

You will be posted into secondary school through Posting Group 1, 2 or 3, based on your PSLE Score. Once you enter school, you will have form classmates posted through different Posting Groups, with different backgrounds, strengths and interests.

Your Posting Group guides the initial subject levels that you will take in Secondary 1. If you are in Posting Group 1, your subjects will mostly be at G1. If you are in Posting Group 2, your subjects will mostly be at G2, and so on.

However, you may take your subjects at different subject levels at various points in your secondary school journey.

Parents Click here to learn more about changes under Full Subject-Based Banding.
Secondary 1

Getting to Know Your School

It's Secondary 1 Orientation Week! Ready to find out more about your new school and schoolmates? The student and CCA leaders are ready to show you around. Start your tour!

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Secondary 1

Time to Learn

The bell rings - the first period begins. You will be with your form class for the six common curriculum subjects:

  • Art,
  • Character & Citizenship Education (CCE),
  • Design and Technology (D&T),
  • Food and Consumer Education (FCE),
  • Music, and
  • Physical Education (PE)

For the other subjects, you will be grouped with others who are taking the same subject level as you.

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Secondary 1

Adjusting Your Subject Levels at the End of Sec 1

Towards the end of your Secondary 1 journey, you think about the subjects you've taken.

Which subjects interested you? Do you want to study them in-depth next year? At various points in your secondary school journey, you may have the option to adjust your subject levels.

Decisions, decisions… but you're not alone. You think about talking to those around you for advice.

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Secondary 2

Choosing Your Upper Secondary Subjects at the End of Sec 2

It's been an interesting year in Sec 2, and you are entering Sec 3. You reflect on the choices that you have made. Now at the upper secondary, there are even more subjects that are offered to you, including elective subjects. You can also adjust your subject levels, depending on your strengths, interests and learning needs. Which subject combination will you choose?

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Secondary 4/5

Common National Examination

It's time to sit for the national examinations!

At the end of Secondary 4, you will take the same examination as your friends - the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) examinations, instead of the GCE O- and N-Level examinations. The SEC will reflect the subjects and subject levels that you've been studying.

Secondary 4/5

Your Post-Secondary Options

You receive your SEC results at the end of your Secondary school journey. Where to next? ITE, Polytechnics or Junior Colleges / Millennia Institute? How can you prepare for the next step ahead?

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Secondary 4/5

End of Your Secondary School Journey

You'll miss your secondary school mates but you're glad you have made firm friends from different backgrounds. You resolve to stay in touch with them and who knows, your paths may cross again sooner than you think!

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