While there may be different reasons for appealing for a school transfer, consider how changing schools can cause potential disruption to your child's learning.

Letting your child settle into their posted school can help them adjust better to secondary school life.

If you are seeking a school transfer for other reasons, keep in mind that:

All schools have programmes to cater to diverse strengths and interests. You are encouraged to let your child settle in their posted school to avoid disrupting their learning.
Submit your appeal directly to your preferred school.
- Schools are given the autonomy to manage their appeal cases and may require additional information and documents. More information about the appeal process can be found on the school's website.
Your child’s PSLE score must meet the school’s S1 Posting cut-off point (COP) which will be published in SchoolFinder in December 2025, after the release of S1 Posting results.
- This ensures that the S1 Posting remains fair, transparent and objective for all students. Admitting students who do not meet a school’s COP would be unfair to those with similar or better PSLE scores who were not posted to the school.
Your child needs to meet the school’s admission criteria.
The school must have available vacancies.
Schools will need time to process the appeals, and outcome may only be available from mid-January. While schools have the discretion to consider appeal requests, they may not be able to accept them due to limited or no vacancies after S1 Posting.

3. Appeal for school transfer