Secondary Schools - West

[Jennifer]

My P6 boy brou back booklet 2 yesterday. Page 6 to 8 (Annex A1) show a list of school with its achievement table for special/express course, page 9 to 11 (Annex A2) schools for Normal course. Take note of Annex B which lists schools excluded from the banding exercise.


From these, we can hv a rough picture of which are good schools.

[HoneyMong]

Thanks everyone.

As the results not out yet, i can only guestimate around prob 220 - 240.
I checked the list. FuHua, Swiss Cottage seems within reach. Commonwealth too.
Comments on these schools are appreciated. And any sharing of other schools too are welcome.
Thanks.

[sunshinemum2]

HoneyMong:

Thanks everyone.

As the results not out yet, i can only guestimate around prob 220 - 240.
I checked the list. FuHua, Swiss Cottage seems within reach. Commonwealth too.
Comments on these schools are appreciated. And any sharing of other schools too are welcome.
Thanks.

Same same for my son, just that i've included Nan Hua in my radar as well.

Would appreciate any info, comments , etc on these schools ...

[RedRedWine]

sunshinemum2:

HoneyMong:

Thanks everyone.

As the results not out yet, i can only guestimate around prob 220 - 240.
I checked the list. FuHua, Swiss Cottage seems within reach. Commonwealth too.
Comments on these schools are appreciated. And any sharing of other schools too are welcome.
Thanks.

Same same for my son, just that i've included Nan Hua in my radar as well.

Would appreciate any info, comments , etc on these schools ...

What about Fairfield at Dover? If your kid is able to handle the distance, SJI and St Andrew also around the range of 240. btw St Andrew is MRT accessible.

[sunshinemum2]

thanks redred wine.


Fairfield cutoff for non-affiliated also very high, 247, if not wrong.

SJI , a bit far and school fees high. Don't know worth the traveling and the high fees if can get in? :?

[RedRedWine]

sunshinemum2:

thanks redred wine.


Fairfield cutoff for non-affiliated also very high, 247, if not wrong.

SJI , a bit far and school fees high. Don't know worth the traveling and the high fees if can get in? :?

the COP for fairfield (non affiliation) is quite high, but the banding is 7 for 2008 and 4 for 2007. The school can't produce good \"O\" level result. One of the reason could be big disparity b/w affiliate and non affiliate, the average score was pulled down as a result. Is this environment good for student esp for those who come from non affiliated schools. :? Can any expert shed some light on this?

[xhxie]

my ranking of the schools you mention:


1. Commonwealth Sec
2. Fu Hua Sec
3. Clementi Town Sec
4. Gan Eng Seng
5. Jurong Secondary
6. Queensway Sec

[Philosophical_Anarchist]

Based on what I know, the MOE has a ranking system for schools.


Bukit Panjang Govt High is a Band 1 school. I think Commonwealth is also a Band 1 school. Fuhua Sec is a Band 4 school and Clementi Town is a Band 5 school.

I’m not sure about the rest but I can comment about Fuhua and CTSS.

Fuhua isn’t a good school. I have three Fuhua students (2 Sec Four and 1 Sec One) and from I’ve gathered, your kid is better off not going there. One of my students is a China national and he wanted to take Chinese Lit as a subject. Unfortunately, the principal refused to allow him to take it, her reasons being that he’ll bring down the school’s ranking if he failed the subject. As a result, my boy’s entry into JC is now totally dependent on his combined humanities grade.

Fuhua also has a very unorthodox system of teaching English. They believe in exposing the new students immediately to O-levels questions instead of taking a gradual approach. So, most students usually end up failing their Sec 1 English exams.

I did relief teaching at CTSS for a while and I would say that it is a relatively decent school. Their strength lies in their English department as their distinction rate for English is 60%.

I hope that the above information has been of use.

[sunshinemum2]

Philosophical_Anarchist:

I'm not sure about the rest but I can comment about Fuhua and CTSS.

Fuhua isn't a good school. I have three Fuhua students (2 Sec Four and 1 Sec One) and from I've gathered, your kid is better off not going there. One of my students is a China national and he wanted to take Chinese Lit as a subject. Unfortunately, the principal refused to allow him to take it, her reasons being that he'll bring down the school's ranking if he failed the subject. As a result, my boy's entry into JC is now totally dependent on his combined humanities grade.

Fuhua also has a very unorthodox system of teaching English. They believe in exposing the new students immediately to O-levels questions instead of taking a gradual approach. So, most students usually end up failing their Sec 1 English exams.

I did relief teaching at CTSS for a while and I would say that it is a relatively decent school. Their strength lies in their English department as their distinction rate for English is 60%.

I hope that the above information has been of use.

Thank you very much, Philosophical_Anarchist.

It is indeed a very useful and much appreciated piece of info, i will definitely take this into consideration when choosing school for my son.

I wonder if there's any view/feedback/comment on the other schools mentioned above.

[caroline3sg]

Philosophical_Anarchist


I also stay in the west and have been researching for sec sch. Thank you for your comments.