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Last Updated: 16 Apr 2025

Supplementary Admissions Exercise for International Students (S-AEIS)

All applicants can view your 2025 S-AEIS outcome from 8.30 am on Monday, 21 April 2025 to 11.59 pm on Friday, 25 April 2025. 

1. Overview

The Supplementary Admissions Exercise for International Students (S‑AEIS) is for international students seeking admission to Primary 2 to 4 and Secondary 1 to 2 in the same academic year.

The S-AEIS typically starts in January. Successful applicants start school in April or May.

During this admissions exercise, international students:
  • Apply to take the relevant S-AEIS tests.
  • Take the S-AEIS tests.
  • Receive their admissions outcome.
Admission is not guaranteed and is subject to your child's performance in the tests.

If successful, placement will be based on the available vacancies in our schools and your declared residential area, where possible.

Select your child's intended education level to see the timeline and test requirements.

  • Primary
  • Secondary

Key Dates

From January 2024

Apply for and take CEQ test

Before the S-AEIS, primary school applicants must take the relevant Cambridge English Qualification (CEQ) test run by Cambridge Assessment English (CAE).
  • When
    12 months before the submission month of the S-AEIS application. For the 2025 S‑AEIS, your child must take the CEQ test from January 2024.
  • What
    The paper-based or computer-based CEQ test suitable for your child's age.
  • Where
    At a CAE-authorised exam centre in any country.
When booking the test, check if the result will be released in time for your S-AEIS application.
By January 2025

Receive CEQ test result

  • Your child must meet the required Cambridge English Scale (CES) score in their CEQ test before submitting an S-AEIS application.
  • Their CEQ result must be uploaded during the S-AEIS application.
  • We will only consider the set of CEQ test results that was submitted in your child's online application for the S-AEIS-Primary Mathematics test. 
Find out what the required CES scores are.
January 2025

Apply to take S-AEIS Primary Mathematics test

If your child has met the minimum score in the CEQ test, they can apply to take the Mathematics test appropriate for their age.

To apply, submit an online application in the Candidates Portal (CP). Applications may close early when all places for the S-AEIS tests are filled. 

Find out how to apply online and documents required.

March 2025

Receive entry proof

If your application is approved and payment is successful, you will receive an email informing you to download your child’s entry proof from the CP.

March 2025

Take S-AEIS Primary Mathematics test

Your child will take the test in Singapore in March 2025.

Find out how to prepare for it.

April 2025

Release of outcome

Based on your child's performance in the test, they may be offered a place in a school. You can check the outcome online.

Report to school

Successful applicants must report to the offered school within the reporting period. If not, their place may be offered to other applicants.

April to May 2025

Start school

Find out more about the primary school curriculum and school fees.

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