Secondary Schools Ranking (2020 PSLE cut-off)

[Updated 27 Apr 2021: See latest ranking based on indicative Achievement Level cut-off scores based on 2021 intake.]

We have updated our best secondary school ranking list based on the 2020 intake. Anxious parents can now better decide which secondary schools their post-PSLE kids should choose. Note that PSLE results will be released on Wednesday 25th November 2020.

Similar to previous years, we rank all secondary schools based on the PSLE cut-off points (COP) of their 2020 intake. If 2 schools have the same COP, we further rank them by the highest PSLE points they accepted.

Schools offering 6-year programmes, i.e. Integrated Programme (IP) and International Baccalaureate (IB), are highlighted in bold in our ranking list.

Schools under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) are also indicated. To get into SAP secondary schools, students in the top 30% of the PSLE cohort who take the Higher Chinese subject will be given bonus points, added to the T-Score, for admission to SAP secondary schools: 3 points for Distinction, 2 points for Merit and 1 for Pass. They will get in if they meet the cut-off point.

Note also that there are some schools with affiliations, which means that pupils from the affiliated primary schools enjoy certain advantage in the posting exercise. For example, if you have a daughter, NYPS arguably offers the most value due to its affiliation with NYGH. The list of secondary schools with affiliations are listed at the bottom of this article (scroll down).

Also, check out last year’s ranking in our Secondary School Ranking (based on cut-off for 2019 intake) article to see how the schools’ positions have changed.

RANKING

1. Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) IP (girls) – 261
2. Nanyang Girls’ High School IP SAP (girls) – 261
3. Raffles Institution IP (boys) – 259
4. Hwa Chong Institution IP SAP (boys) – 257
5. CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School IP SAP (girls) – 257
6. Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) IB (girls) – 257
7. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) IB (boys) – 256
8. Dunman High School IP SAP (co-ed) – 255
9. National Junior College IP (co-ed) – 254
10. River Valley High School IP SAP (co-ed) – 253
11. Cedar Girls’ Secondary School IP (girls) – 253
12. CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School O-levels SAP (girls) – 253
13. Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) O-levels (girls) – 253
14. Victoria School IP (boys) – 252
15. Catholic High School IP SAP (boys) – 252
16. Singapore Chinese Girls’ School IP (girls) – 252
17. Singapore Chinese Girls’ School O-levels (girls) – 252
18. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) O-levels (boys) – 252
19. St. Joseph’s Institution IB (boys) – 251
20. Temasek Junior College IP (co-ed) – 250
21. Cedar Girls’ Secondary School – O-levels (girls) – 249
22. Catholic High School O-levels SAP (boys) – 249
23. Victoria School – O-levels (boys) – 248
24. St. Andrew’s Secondary School (boys) – 247
25. Nan Hua High School SAP (co-ed) – 246
26. CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) (girls) – 246
27. St. Joseph’s Institution O-levels (boys) – 246
28. Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) (boys) – 246
29. Anderson Secondary School (co-ed) – 245
30. Chung Cheng High School (Main) SAP (co-ed) – 244
31. Nan Chiau High School SAP (co-ed) – 244
32. Bukit Panjang Govt. High School (co-ed) – 244
33. Crescent Girls’ School (girls) – 243
34. St. Margaret’s Secondary School (girls) – 243
35. Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) (co-ed) – 243
36. Swiss Cottage Secondary School (co-ed) – 242
37. Anglican High School SAP (co-ed) – 241
38. Chung Cheng High School (Yishun) (co-ed) – 241
39. Maris Stella High School SAP (boys) – 239
40. Yishun Town Secondary School (co-ed) – 239
41. Commonwealth Secondary School (co-ed) – 239
42. Ngee Ann Secondary School (co-ed) – 238
43. Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School (co-ed) – 238
44. CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent (girls) – 238
45. Tanjong Katong Girls’ School (girls) – 237
46. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) (girls) – 237
47. CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent (girls) – 237
48. Zhonghua Secondary School (co-ed) – 236
49. Fuhua Secondary School (co-ed) – 236
50. Presbyterian High School (co-ed) – 236
51. Riverside Secondary School (co-ed) – 235
52. Clementi Town Secondary School (co-ed) – 235
53. Temasek Secondary School (co-ed) – 235
54. Tanjong Katong Secondary School (co-ed) – 234
55. Xinmin Secondary School (co-ed) – 234
56. Kranji Secondary School (co-ed) – 234
57. St. Patrick’s School (boys) – 233
58. Dunman Secondary School (co-ed) – 232
59. Holy Innocents’ High School (co-ed) – 232
60. Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) (co-ed) – 231
61. Edgefield Secondary School (co-ed) – 230
62. St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School (girls) – 230
63. Evergreen Secondary School (co-ed) – 229
64. Ang Mo Kio Secondary School (co-ed) – 229
65. Bukit Batok Secondary School (co-ed) – 229
66. CHIJ Katong Convent (girls) – 229
67. St. Hilda’s Secondary School (co-ed) – 228
68. Jurong Secondary School (co-ed) – 228
69. Gan Eng Seng School (co-ed) – 227
70. Hua Yi Secondary School (co-ed) – 227
71. Bowen Secondary School (co-ed) – 226
72. Pei Hwa Secondary School (co-ed) – 226
73. St. Gabriel’s Secondary School (boys) – 225
74. West Spring Secondary School (co-ed) – 225
75. Hai Sing Catholic School (co-ed) – 225
76. Mayflower Secondary School (co-ed) – 224
77. Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School (co-ed) – 224
78. Deyi Secondary School (co-ed) – 222
79. Queensway Secondary School (co-ed) – 222
80. Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School (co-ed) – 220
81. Pasir Ris Secondary School (co-ed) – 220
82. Unity Secondary School (co-ed) – 219
83. North Vista Secondary School (co-ed) – 218
84. Bedok View Secondary School (co-ed) – 218
85. Yuan Ching Secondary School (co-ed) – 218
86. Beatty Secondary School (co-ed) – 217
87. Kent Ridge Secondary School (co-ed) – 217
88. Chua Chu Kang Secondary School (co-ed) – 216
89. Compassvale Secondary School (co-ed) – 215
90. Jurong West Secondary School (co-ed) – 214
91. Orchid Park Secondary School (co-ed) – 214
92. Peirce Secondary School (co-ed) – 214
93. Bukit View Secondary School (co-ed) – 213
94. Greendale Secondary School (co-ed) – 213
95. Bedok South Secondary School (co-ed) – 213
96. Woodlands Ring Secondary School (co-ed) – 212
97. Meridian Secondary School (co-ed) – 212
98. Hillgrove Secondary School (co-ed) – 211
99. Tampines Secondary School (co-ed) – 210
100. Zhenghua Secondary School (co-ed) – 210
101. Seng Kang Secondary School (co-ed) – 209
102. Yishun Secondary School (co-ed) – 207
103. Christ Church Secondary School (co-ed) – 207
104. Montfort Secondary School (boys) – 207
105. Naval Base Secondary School (co-ed) – 205
106. Punggol Secondary School (co-ed) – 205
107. Hougang Secondary School (co-ed) – 205
108. Woodgrove Secondary School (co-ed) – 204
109. New Town Secondary School (co-ed) – 204
110. Admiralty Secondary School (co-ed) – 203
111. Jurongville Secondary School (co-ed) – 202
112. Bedok Green Secondary School (co-ed) – 201
113. Regent Secondary School (co-ed) – 200
114. Juying Secondary School (co-ed) – 198
115. Manjusri Secondary School (co-ed) – 197
116. Westwood Secondary School (co-ed) – 194
117. Serangoon Secondary School (co-ed) – 194
118. Greenridge Secondary School (co-ed) – 193
119. Guangyang Secondary School (co-ed) – 192
120. Canberra Secondary School (co-ed) – 191
121. Queenstown Secondary School (co-ed) – 191
122. Junyuan Secondary School (co-ed) – 191
123. Yio Chu Kang Secondary School (co-ed) – 189
124. Teck Whye Secondary School (co-ed) – 189
125. Boon Lay Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
126. Outram Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
127. Bendemeer Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
128. Springfield Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
129. Broadrick Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
130. Bartley Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
131. Bukit Merah Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
132. Northland Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
133. Changkat Changi Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
134. Dunearn Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
135. Yusof Ishak Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
136. Assumption English School (co-ed) – 188
137. Fajar Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
138. Whitley Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
139. Peicai Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
140. Serangoon Garden Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
141. Northbrooks Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
142. Fuchun Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
143. Woodlands Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
144. Marsiling Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
145. Tanglin Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
146. Ping Yi Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
147. Damai Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
148. Loyang Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
149. Yuying Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
150. Yuhua Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
151. East Spring Secondary School (co-ed) – 188
152. Sembawang Secondary School (co-ed) – 188

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AFFILIATIONS

List of secondary schools with affiliations and their cut-off points for affiliated students:

• Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) – 198
• Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) – 235
• Catholic High School – 240
• CHIJ Katong Convent – 203
• CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) – 200
• CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent – 200
• CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School – 230
• CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent – 200
• Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) – 200
• Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) – 196
• Holy Innocents’ High School – 188
• Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School – 200
• Manjusri Secondary School – 189
• Maris Stella High School – 226
• Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) – 220
• Montfort Secondary School – 188
• Nanyang Girls’ High School – 250
• Ngee Ann Secondary School – 225
• Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) – 205
• Singapore Chinese Girls’ School – 220
• St. Andrew’s Secondary School – 193
• St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School – 193
• St. Gabriel’s Secondary School – 188
• St. Hilda’s Secondary School – 188
• St. Joseph’s Institution – 238
• St. Margaret’s Secondary School – 200
• St. Patrick’s School – 201