Secondary school choice for average student?

[starlight1968sg]

Terms such as "average", "good" etc are subjective and can be quite misleading.


The distance between the sec school and home should be one of the deciding factors too.

[ruohoo97]

verykiasu2010:

ruohoo97:

Which could be better choices if my dd is an average student in his school? :roll: (we stay at central zone)

which school is she in now ? how average is average ? some school's average is other schools \"good\"...what is your expected t-score ?

Thanks for above messages! She is RVPS. Average at the whole level. T score, eh, maybe 220- 240 :?

[Huimin]

Hi all :

I have been introduced to this forum when I voiced my concern about my son’s choice of sec school to a colleague recently. I gather from my son’s academic performance he is likely to fall into above T score of 215 - 225. Can anyone help me if you know of secondary schools around Bukit Batok upto Bishan area that may be a good choice for him ? I did a study for my daughter few years back but her T score was 227. There is a good chance my son may not reach that and hence the schools we explored can no longer be relevant. My biggest focus is a good school discipline and a structured stable system in place to coach average kids. I am a working mother and need badly for my son to be in a school that is safe so he does not get into bad influences, further distracting him from his studies. Thank you so much all !

[Vanilla Cake]

Huimin:

Hi all :

I have been introduced to this forum when I voiced my concern about my son's choice of sec school to a colleague recently. I gather from my son's academic performance he is likely to fall into above T score of 215 - 225. Can anyone help me if you know of secondary schools around Bukit Batok upto Bishan area that may be a good choice for him ? I did a study for my daughter few years back but her T score was 227. There is a good chance my son may not reach that and hence the schools we explored can no longer be relevant. My biggest focus is a good school discipline and a structured stable system in place to coach average kids. I am a working mother and need badly for my son to be in a school that is safe so he does not get into bad influences, further distracting him from his studies. Thank you so much all !

Hi Huimin,
Not sure whether my post is of any help for not? Your term: \"good choice\" is subjective.Here's a list of COP 2009 for 2010 Sec 1 intake with T-score of 215 to 225 for non-affiliated P6 students in alphabetical order:

1. Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 221
2. Beatty Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 217
3. Bedok View Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 218
4. Bowen Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 221
5. Bukit Batok Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 221
6. Chua Chu Kang Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 215
7. Compassvale Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 216
8. Evergreen Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 221
9. Gan Eng Seng School - Govt - Mixed -222
10. Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) - Govt-aided -Mixed - 222
11. Hai Sing Catholic School - Govt-aided - Mixed - 224
12. Holy Innocents' High School - Govt-aided - Mixed - 219
13. Hua Yi Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 221
14. Mayflower Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 222
15. Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 220
16. Pasir Ris Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 222
17. St. Gabriel's Secondary School - Govt-aided - Boys - 218
18. St. Patrick's School - Govt-aided - Boys - 225
19. Unity Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 220
20. West Spring Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 223
21. Woodlands Ring Secondary School - Govt - Mixed - 217
22. Yuan Ching Secondary School - Govt - Mixed- 215

I am not sure of their present locations, pls find out for yourself or wait for other members to provide information.Have faith, motivate and encourage your son and he will perform well beyond your expectation in PSLE 2010. Good luck.
:celebrate:

VC's mum

PS: It took me quite some time to compile this list and pls correct it if any errors.

[Leechloe]

Hi I am very sure many parents in this forum have heard of the merger between balestier hill and Beatty right ? Being a previous student of balestier hill I have something to tell all of u . There’s definitely some teachers who are transferring to there . A few that are teaching in my level will be gg there too. Here’s the review of the teachers (in my own opinion) : senior teachers are more caring . During my current 2 years in balestier hill (2015-2016) , there has been one young teacher Tt my class and quite a few class she is teaching , certainly hated her to the guts. If ur planning to post ur child to Beatty just pray hard . If this teacher does not like the student , she will bully the student (isolating , having really bias attitude and more ). Because of that some of the students in my class really hated her. So far the teachers are alright but she one of those kind that is best for ur child to avoid . Adding on to that she even set quite a few of her exam questions wrongly (like there’s error in the question itself ) , this was spotted by tutor and my mom almost lodged a complain to MOE . If there’s any further questions about the school , I am glad to reply and share Thks

[Future Academy]

Huimin:

Hi all :

I have been introduced to this forum when I voiced my concern about my son's choice of sec school to a colleague recently. I gather from my son's academic performance he is likely to fall into above T score of 215 - 225. Can anyone help me if you know of secondary schools around Bukit Batok upto Bishan area that may be a good choice for him ? I did a study for my daughter few years back but her T score was 227. There is a good chance my son may not reach that and hence the schools we explored can no longer be relevant. My biggest focus is a good school discipline and a structured stable system in place to coach average kids. I am a working mother and need badly for my son to be in a school that is safe so he does not get into bad influences, further distracting him from his studies. Thank you so much all !

hi huimin,

You can access last year PSLE COP info here:
http://www.fa.edu.sg/2015-psle-cut-off-point-2016-sec-1/

You may take a look at the schools of COP of that range.

For your child's case, you may consider Mayflower if you stay near to AMK area. Or you can let us know where u stay so we can give you more suggestion.

Cheers

[fredia_phionna]

May I know if your child PSLE score is 1 or shy from 2015 COP… Will you give a try and place the school as first choice?

[fredia_phionna]

1 point* sorry for the typo

[sharonkhoo]

fredia_phionna:

May I know if your child PSLE score is 1 or shy from 2015 COP... Will you give a try and place the school as first choice?

You have 6 choices, so it's worth using 1-2 of the choices for a school that may be a little risky - you never know whether there will still be places left by your child's turn to be allocated. The next 2 choices should be for fairly \"safe\" choices, and at least 1 choice should be for a \"very safe\" choice, just in case.

[quizo99]

If I risk the 1st, 2nd choices for school with cop higher than my child's tscore. Then I put a school with cop below my child's tscor as 3rd choice. If she cant get in 1st n 2nd choice, will it be possible that she don't get in the 3rd choice too?


We been to the open house for 1 neighbourhood sch, the P says dun apply if your tscore is below the cop.