Understanding the PSLE score ranges

About PSLE score ranges

The PSLE score range refers to the PSLE score of the first and last student admitted to the school through S1 Posting. The PSLE score ranges listed on SchoolFinder should only be used as a reference as they are based on the PSLE scores and school choice patterns of the previous year’s P6 cohort. The PSLE score ranges of the current cohort are determined only after the conclusion of S1 posting process.

Starting from the 2023 Primary 6 cohort, students will be posted to secondary schools through three Posting Groups: Posting Groups 1, 2, and 3. Posting Groups will only be used for the purposes of posting students into secondary schools and to guide the initial subject levels that they can offer at the start of S1.

Learn more on Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB).

The PSLE score ranges of a school is presented in this way:


In the example above, the PSLE score of the first student (i.e. student with the best PSLE score) admitted through Posting Group 1, 2 or 3 in this school via last year’s S1 posting process was 25, 21 and 15, respectively.
 
The PSLE score of the last student admitted through Posting Group 1, 2 or 3 in this school via last year’s S1 posting process was 28, 24 and 20, respectively. These PSLE scores form the COPs for the respective Posting Groups offered by the school, based on last year’s cohort.

PSLE score ranges for affiliated schools

For affiliated schools, the presentation of the PSLE score ranges will be similar, with additional information on the affiliated PSLE score ranges as presented below:

PSLE score ranges for Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools

While students need not take Higher Chinese Language (HCL) to enter SAP schools, students who pass HCL and have a PSLE score of 14 or better (i.e. PSLE score ≤ 14) would receive a posting advantage for admission. To reflect this, the PSLE score ranges of SAP schools may include the HCL grades of the first and last student admitted in last year’s S1 posting process.

The HCL grades of the first and last student admitted into this school are reflected in the brackets – (D) = Distinction, (M) = Merit, and (P) = Pass. If the first or last student did not take HCL, no HCL grades will be shown. 

Example: