Secondary School Cut-Off Points 2026, With 2023 to 2025

Secondary school cut-off points: common questions

What is a secondary school cut-off point?

A secondary school cut-off point is the PSLE Score of the last student posted to that school in the most recent Secondary 1 Posting Exercise. It is set by demand each year, not by the school itself. A lower cut-off number means the school was more heavily subscribed.

What is the cut-off point for secondary schools in 2026?

There is no single national figure. Every secondary school has its own cut-off point for each Posting Group, published by MOE after the Secondary 1 Posting Exercise. The checker above covers all 147 schools using MOE’s published figures for the 2026 Secondary 1 intake.

When are the next PSLE cut-off points released?

MOE publishes updated cut-off points after each year’s Secondary 1 Posting Exercise, which follows the PSLE results release in late November. Until then, the most recently published figures — the ones used in the checker above — are the best guide to where a score is likely to land.

Does a lower cut-off point mean a better school?

No. A cut-off point measures demand, not teaching quality. It tells you how many families ranked that school highly last year relative to its places. Two schools with very different cut-offs can suit a child equally well, and under Full Subject-Based Banding the subject levels a school offers matter more than its headline number.

How is the PSLE Score that cut-off points use calculated?

It is the sum of the Achievement Levels for English, Mother Tongue, Mathematics and Science, each graded AL1 to AL8, giving a total from 4 to 32 where lower is better. Our guide to PSLE AL bands and Secondary 1 posting sets out the exact mark ranges for each AL.

What were the secondary school cut-off points in 2024 and 2023?

It depends on which year label you mean. The 2024 Sec 1 intake (students who sat PSLE in 2023) and the 2025 intake (PSLE 2024) are both called “2024 cut-off points” on different sites. The table above shows each school’s Posting Group 3 cut-off for the 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 intakes side by side, with the PSLE year under each column. Between the 2025 and 2026 intakes, 70 of 130 schools kept exactly the same cut-off.

Which schools are near Hougang and Kovan?

Twelve secondary schools sit in Hougang and Serangoon, and eleven more in Sengkang and Punggol. Our cut-off points for secondary schools near Hougang and Kovan lists all 23 in one table, grouped by area.

If your child’s score is one or two ALs away from the schools on their shortlist, the fastest gain is usually in a single weak subject rather than across the board. That is what our PSLE Math and PSLE Science classes are built around, in groups capped at five.