The PSLE T-Score will be replaced with wider scoring bands, known as Achievement Levels (ALs).

Each PSLE subject will be scored using 8 ALs. Students who perform similarly will be placed in the same AL for each subject.

To understand why the scoring bands are uneven, click here.

Your child’s PSLE score will be the sum of the four subject scores. It ranges from 4 to 32, with 4 being the best possible total score.

Example of how a student’s PSLE Score is calculated

To familiarise students and their parents with the new AL scoring system, P5 and P6 students will receive their school-based examination results in ALs starting from the 2020 P5 cohort.

Under the new AL system, if your child is taking foundation subjects, your child will be graded AL A to AL C.

Like standard subject ALs, the foundation subject ALs will reflect a student’s level of achievement, rather than how they have performed relative to their peers.

For the purpose of S1 posting, Foundation Level AL A to AL C will be mapped to a Standard Level subject equivalent of AL 6 to AL 8 respectively, to derive a student’s overall PSLE score.

Under the new scoring system, students exempted from MTL, due to extenuating circumstances, will be assigned an MTL score so they have a PSLE score comprising four subjects, for the purposes of S1 Posting. The same approach is taken in today’s T-score system. Their assigned MTL score will:

• Take reference from peers with similar scores for English, Mathematics, and Science.
• Maintain parity of treatment with students who take Foundation MTL (who will score between AL 6 to 8)

Hence, students will receive an assigned MTL score between AL 6 to 8 in PSLE.

Click here to find out how a student’s MTL score is assigned.

Students with a PSLE score of 14 or better (i.e. PSLE score ≤ 14) and who obtained Distinction/Merit/Pass in HCL at PSLE will be eligible for posting advantage to SAP schools.

If multiple students with the same PSLE Score apply for places in the same SAP school, those with better HCL grades will be allocated a place ahead of other students. This applies before the tie-breakers for S1 posting.

Until 2023, your child will continue to be placed in secondary school courses – Express, Normal (Academic) or Normal (Technical) - based on their PSLE score.

For your child to take HMTL, your child should meet the following criteria:

The eligibility criteria is intended to ensure that your child will be able to cope with the higher academic load. It takes reference from the criteria under the T-score system.

Schools also have the flexibility to allow students who do not meet the above criteria to take HMTL, if they are assessed to have exceptional ability in MTL and are able to take HMTL without affecting their performance in other subjects.

For students posted to the N(A) or N(T) course, they have the flexibility to take subjects at a more demanding level, if they meet the SBB-Sec eligibility criteria as follows: