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Where Can I Check Secondary School PSLE Score Ranges? | SchoolFinder, Cut-Off Points and Posting Groups

Check MOE SchoolFinder for each secondary school’s published PSLE score ranges, then read MOE’s official explanation of those ranges. The figures show the first and last student posted to the school in the previous year through Secondary 1 Posting.

The last admitted student’s score becomes that year’s cut-off point for the relevant Posting Group. It is a historical outcome, not a score set in advance. MOE states that actual cut-off points depend on the new cohort’s results and school choices, so ranges can move from year to year.

Use the range to build a balanced shortlist, but also check choice order, citizenship tie-breakers, vacancies, affiliation information where relevant and the school’s current programmes. Meeting last year’s cut-off point does not guarantee admission this year, and a Posting Group is not the same thing as the G1, G2 or G3 level of every subject a student may take.

Turn a score range into a useful shortlist

Choose the official source · Read both ends · Separate history from prediction · Keep PG and G levels distinct · Check each school · Next steps

Which source answers your question?

Your taskStart hereWhat to check
See a school’s published rangeMOE SchoolFinderSchool, intake year and Posting Group
Understand the numbersMOE score-range guideFirst student, last student, affiliated ranges and limitations
Understand the posting decisionMOE school-choice guideResults, choice order, vacancies and tie-breakers
See the detailed explanationeduKate score-range guideInterpretation and school-choice context before returning to MOE
Always attach a school, intake year and Posting Group to any score range you record.

Read both ends of the range

The published range spans the scores of the first and last student posted to that school for the stated Posting Group. The last student’s score is the cut-off point for that completed exercise. Do not reduce the whole range to one number: both ends describe the admitted cohort, while neither promises a future place.

For affiliated schools, MOE presents additional affiliated score-range information. Confirm whether the child is actually eligible for affiliation priority and read the current posting instructions; a school name or shared organisation alone is not enough.

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Separate last year’s evidence from this year’s outcome

Did you know that a cut-off point is discovered after posting, not announced as a permanent entry requirement? Applicants’ PSLE results, choice patterns and available places interact in each exercise. MOE notes that fluctuations are possible and that tie-breakers can still affect students who meet a previous cut-off point.

A sensible list includes schools across a realistic range that the child would be happy to attend. Choice order matters in a tie, so rank schools by genuine preference rather than arranging them as a prediction game.

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Keep Posting Group and subject level separate

Posting Groups 1, 2 and 3 support Secondary 1 posting. G1, G2 and G3 describe individual subject levels under Full Subject-Based Banding. A student’s Posting Group does not prove that every subject will be taken at one matching G level, and schools do not necessarily offer every subject at every level.

Use the PG and G-level source guide for that distinction, then check the chosen school’s current subject information.

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Check each school beyond the score

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Where should I go next?

Read Choosing a Secondary School With Your PSLE AL Score, then use the Secondary 1 results and appeal guide when posting results are released.

In this new source-guide batch: P1 home–school distance · Junior college cut-off points · Post-Secondary Education Account information.

Continue to the Singapore school directory or the School Pathways & Calendar.

Sources reviewed: 10 October 2026. MOE’s Secondary 1 score-range guidance was updated on 1 October 2026.

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