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Where Can I Find the Latest PSLE Syllabus? | English, Maths, Science and Mother Tongue

Did you know? A search for “PSLE syllabus” often mixes two different documents: the MOE curriculum and the SEAB examination format. Use MOE for what students learn, and SEAB PSLE for the assessment information applying to their examination year.

To find English, Mathematics, Science or Mother Tongue examination information, begin at SEAB’s PSLE page and choose the relevant year and subject variant. The 2026 PSLE formats page is a year-specific example; it should not automatically become the reference for a child taking PSLE later.

Write the exact subject beside its variant before downloading anything: for example, Standard English or Foundation Mathematics. Then check the paper components in that document and ask the school about current revision scope. The guide below helps you keep those pieces together.

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Which source answers your question?

Your questionStart hereWhat to check
What should my child learn?MOE primary curriculumSubject learning outcomes and applicable cohort
How is the PSLE subject assessed?SEAB PSLE examination pagesExamination year and precise subject variant
Where is the 2026 format?SEAB 2026 PSLE formatsUse only for the stated examination year
What will the next school test cover?School assessment noticeCurrent scope and teacher instructions
What happens after the result?MOE Posting GroupsThe relevant Secondary 1 entry information
Match the source to the decision before comparing advice.

Find the exact subject before reading the details

English and Mathematics searches can produce both Standard and Foundation material. Mother Tongue searches also require careful attention to the named language and level. Start with the official subject label rather than selecting the first convenient PDF.

For Science, verify the relevant variant in the examination directory. For each subject, locate the assessment components, instructions and other details actually stated in the official document. Do not transfer a weighting from another paper or an earlier year.

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Build a revision map from the document

Create a short row for each assessment component: what it requires, what your child currently finds difficult, and the next suitable practice task. This is a family planning tool, not a substitute for the school’s revision programme.

An English learner may need focused help interpreting a task. A Mathematics learner may understand the method but lose accuracy in execution. A Science learner may know vocabulary but struggle to explain a relationship. Use marked work to find the issue before adding more practice.

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Use old papers with a clear purpose

Older papers can still provide practice in relevant skills, but first compare them with the current official format. Ask which tasks remain useful and which instructions or components differ.

A paper’s usefulness does not depend only on its age. It depends on how well the selected question matches the learning and assessment you are preparing for. A teacher can help you make that comparison when the differences are unclear.

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Check the examination year every time

Before buying materials or planning timed practice, verify the exam year, subject name and variant. Bookmark the SEAB landing page as well as the downloaded document so you can return to the current source.

If a future year’s information is not yet available, label your existing reference as provisional for planning. Revisit the official source when the new information is released rather than presenting last year’s format as a confirmed future rule.

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Read the next useful explanation

The existing Singapore English guide by exam paper.

For the wider pathway map, visit Singapore School Pathways and Calendar. For a worked example of connecting earlier learning to the next school stage, see Secondary 1 Mathematics Tutor Clementi.

Source guide prepared on 10 October 2026. Check the linked authority’s current page for your intake or examination year before acting.

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Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

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The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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