Hendon\" post_id=\"2033164\" time=\"1628143765\" user_id=\"142376:hidden gems just like MCS[/quote]I agree for SSS. If you're a parent who cares about sec school affiliation, SSS is affiliated to two schools (SJI, St Pat's) which provides your kid optionality in future.Ok guess I am not very well-informed about the prejudices. Apart from that, I do know Monfort has very strong badminton team (nat champs many years). That itself i think is amazing. As for SSS, my expat friends send their kids there and even my gf who married an angmoh. No complaints. That's why I was surprised to see these 2 schools having 2cs vacancies.Imp75\" post_id=\"2033152\" time=\"1628140924\" user_id=\"2358:[quote=Hendon post_id=2033150 time=1628140491 user_id=142376]
Short term memories with long term prejudices. It is hard to shake off the word of mouth reputations by parents who only have time to consider what they know. In the end it is the risk adverse in parents who aim for the usual suspects. Even if I spill it all here who will believe ! Only the parents who do their homework I guess.
This info may be quite dated (Jan 2017) but slides seem to suggest that the 25% qualified to enter SJI Sec from SSS is comparable to those who make it to SJI Sec from SJIJ.
Slides: https://ststephens.moe.edu.sg/qql/slot/u145/Home/St%20Stephen/Circulars/2017/January%202017/Meet%20The%20Parents%20Session%202017%20for%20P6.pdf
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OldBoyCoolJoe\" post_id=\"1918630\" time=\"1562702679\" user_id=\"32729:Hi Jolly Parents,
To the best of my understanding, the number of boys making the cut from SJIJ to SJI is about a quarter of the cohort; the cut off PSLE T-score being 238.
SJI sets aside places for a percentage of the boys coming in from feeder schools (SJIJ, DLSS, SAPS and SSS). Of course some of they boys may opt for different schools (e.g. RI or HCI) if they qualify. Some may opt for St Patrick's which has a lower cut off T-score.
Primary 4 boys this year and younger will be transitioning into the new system where entry into a secondary school of your choice will be based on \"Achievement Levels\" or bands similar to the O' Level format. So for instance, if a student scores 90 and above for any of his 4 subjects, he will get an AL score of 1 for that subject. 85 to 89 marks will render an AL score of 2. So the min number of points score one can get is 4. The maximum number of points is 32 (I believe there are 8 Achievement Levels).
Not too sure how this is going to affect the percentage of students coming in from feeder schools based on the new system. Got to wait and see from the experience of the first batch.