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6. Shortlisting schools

You should have a list of 6 schools ready, in order of preference, before submitting your choices.

When shortlisting the schools:

1. Find out more about the schools that are suitable for them.
   • Programmes and the curriculum aligned with your child’s abilities.
   • Co-curricular Activities matching their interests.
   • Learning environments suited to their learning styles.

   Learn more about the considerations in choosing a suitable school.

    

2. Use previous year’s PSLE score range as a guide.
   • The PSLE score ranges in ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp serve only as a reference as they are based on the PSLE scores and school choices of the previous year’s Primary 6 cohort. Cut-off points (COPs) can fluctuate by a few points year-on-year, depending on each cohort's PSLE results and school choices made by the students in that year's S1 Posting Exercise.
   • Meeting the COPs does not guarantee admission. For each school, the COPs are determined by the PSLE score of the last student posted to that school in each Posting Group. Not every student who met the COP was posted as they may have been tie-broken out.
   • Schools’ COPs for this year’s S1 Posting Exercise will be published in December.
   COPs can fluctuate by a few points year-on-year, depending on each cohort’s PSLE results and school choices made by the students in that year’s S1 Posting Exercise.

   Learn more about the PSLE score ranges.

    

3. Select schools carefully as the order of your choices can affect posting outcome.
   • Consider your child’s position within the school cohort. If your child’s score just meets a school’s COP, most students in that school will have better scores.
   • Understand that meeting the school’s COP does not guarantee admission. If there are 2 or more students with the same PSLE score vying for the last available vacancies in the school, their posting will be determined according to the tie-breakers. Due to tie-breakers, not every student meeting the COP will be posted to their chosen school.

   To increase the chances of getting a place in your child's school of choice, you are:

   • Strongly encouraged to include at least 2 to 3 schools where your child's PSLE score is better than the school's previous year's COP.
   • Submit all 6 school choices, including schools with different COPs.
   • List your preferred schools higher in your submission, considering your child's PSLE score and using the schools' previous year's COP as reference.

   Learn how posting works.

    

4. Indicate your child’s affiliated secondary school as first choice to receive affiliation priority.
   • This gives your child priority, but does not guarantee admission.
   • If the affiliated school is not indicated as first choice, your child will be considered under non-affiliated admission.

   Learn more about affiliation priority.

   Students who cannot be placed in any of their chosen schools will be posted to a school with remaining vacancies, based on their official registered address, after all the students who have indicated their choices have been posted.

   Due to limited vacancies, your child might not be posted to a school near your official registered address.

   If you have changed your residential address on your NRIC, inform your child's primary school by end October to update their records.