Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[smartmummy]

ChiefKiasu:

concern_parent:

For all Grandmasters!

I have experienced one of my neighbourhood school is in the top school list and more than 1 point,but parents of that school's children said don't send ur children to this school.At the same time another school's children's parents recommend their school,but that school is bottom of the top school list.If one child get above 275 is enough to add the point.

As explained several times before, KiasuParents.com's top academic school listing is only suitable for identifying the top 30 schools in Singapore. It is based on the consistency and recency of schools in producing top scholars in PSLE, which is the ONLY measure that is publicly released by MOE every year.

At the same time, schools that perform well academically may do so at the expense of other aspects that different parents may value. Everyone places different weightages on features of schools that they are evaluating. Please use the listing just as a point of consideration, and NOT the deciding factor.

Thank you chief!

[smartmummy]

LOLMum:

concern_parent:

For all Grandmasters!

I have experienced one of my neighbourhood school is in the top school list and more than 1 point,but parents of that school's children said don't send ur children to this school.At the same time another school's children's parents recommend their school,but that school is bottom of the top school list.If one child get above 275 is enough to add the point.

:scratchhead: dont understand \"more than 1 point\" and \"add the point\".

i think you should tell us which schools you are talking about and we could perhaps point you to the right threads to do a comparison.

sorry,I don't want to tell in public place.Thanks!

[Adam Ma]

I am staying in Simei and I have three candidate schools to aim at in coming P1 registration for my son. One is Tampines Gongshang (it’s a reputed school but far away from my house) one is Changkat (less well known but it’s opposite to my house), one more is Bedok Yu Neng (less well know than Gongshang and even further away but still quite popular at Bedok ).


Please advise to my choices and one more thing is my son is not very disciplined kind, quite slow learning, also not so interested in studying when comparing to his classmates.

[qms]

Adam Ma:

Please advise to my choices and one more thing is my son is not very disciplined kind, quite slow learning, also not so interested in studying when comparing to his classmates.

Perhaps you would first like to start off my elaborating why you shortlisted these three schools, since one of them is far from your house.

[Adam Ma]

I have based on below 3 factors to get the 3 primary school


reputation
easiness to go in
distance from my house

and from my understanding,

Gongshang - most reputed and most difficult to go in (try to go in thru PV)
Yu Neng - less well known and easier to go in but furthest away from my house (try to go in thru PV)
ChangKiat - least well known but closest to my house

[titank]

So simple, quickly get into PV of Gongshan & Yu Neng. WHen you do PV you can get a feel of what is the school & help in your evaluation later.

[Adam Ma]

In fact, it’s not so easy to get in Gong Shang this year even I finished the 40hours PV cos I stay outside 1KM of the school and my another concern is even I can luckily be accepted by Gongsheng which is the best amongst the three, since my son is not really performing good according to all his teachers now, should it be better for him to get in a moderate school which is closer to our house so he can have more time to rest and study?

[qms]

Adam Ma:

In fact, it's not so easy to get in Gong Shang this year even I finished the 40hours PV cos I stay outside 1KM of the school and my another concern is even I can luckily be accepted by Gongsheng which is the best amongst the three, since my son is not really performing good according to all his teachers now, should it be better for him to get in a moderate school which is closer to our house so he can have more time to rest and study?

You know your son best. What is his limit? What are his strengths?

Academic result is not everything. You have to evaluate which type of environment is he more suited for.

[titank]

In that case, the best is do evaluate based on distance. The nearer the better where can walk & save $$ on tranposrt.

[Pen88n]

Adam Ma:

In fact, it's not so easy to get in Gong Shang this year even I finished the 40hours PV cos I stay outside 1KM of the school and my another concern is even I can luckily be accepted by Gongsheng which is the best amongst the three, since my son is not really performing good according to all his teachers now, should it be better for him to get in a moderate school which is closer to our house so he can have more time to rest and study?

I still think you need to go visit the school, or talk to parents with kids in the school and evaluate the environment before you decide on which school for your kid. Sometimes a neighbourhood school may not be a bad choice if it suits your kid, and the teachers give time and space for the kid to mature and grow. Why don't you start by finding out about the 3 schools - ask your neighbours with kids in the nearby school, find out about the other 2 by either PV or looking thru' the networking thread, etc.