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Bedok South Secondary School vs Ngee Ann Secondary School

Compare recorded PSLE entry ranges, CCAs, DSA programmes and location, with intake years shown alongside the data.

At a glance

CompareBedok South Secondary SchoolNgee Ann Secondary School
School typeCo-Ed SchoolCo-Ed School
LevelSecondary (S1-S4)Secondary (S1-S4)
School tagsNot listedAutonomous
ZoneEastEast
Address1 Jalan Langgar Bedok1 Tampines Street 32
Nearest MRTTanah MerahTampines, Simei, Tampines East
Listed CCAs1818
DSA listings76

Differences to explore

CCA
The records share 9 CCA listings. Bedok South Secondary School also lists Audio Visual Aid (Girls and Boys), Chinese Dance (Girls and Boys), Environmental Science (Girls and Boys), Floorball (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Ngee Ann Secondary School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Boys), English Drama (Girls and Boys), Modern Dance (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Listings may be incomplete; confirm availability with each school.
DSA programme
The records share 1 DSA programme listing. Bedok South Secondary School also lists Floorball (Girls and Boys), Football (Boys), Innovation (Girls and Boys), Netball (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Ngee Ann Secondary School also lists Basketball (Boys), Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys), Coding (Girls and Boys), Volleyball (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Listings may be incomplete; confirm availability with each school.
The daily journey
Nearby MRT stations listed for Bedok South Secondary School: Tanah Merah; for Ngee Ann Secondary School: Tampines, Simei, Tampines East. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

CompareBedok South Secondary SchoolNgee Ann Secondary School
PG3 · Non-affiliated2026 · 13–182026 · 6–12
PG3 · AffiliatedNot listed2026 · 12–16
PG2 · Non-affiliated2026 · 21–252026 · 21
PG2 · AffiliatedNot listed2026 · 21–25
PG1 · Non-affiliated2026 · 25–302026 · 25–26
PG1 · AffiliatedNot listed2026 · 25–28

Each range belongs to the intake year and programme shown. Affiliated and non-affiliated ranges are separate. D, M and P are Higher Mother Tongue requirements. Past ranges do not guarantee admission.

Get to know each school

Bedok South Secondary School

Bedok South Secondary was established in 1980 and initially shared premises with Temasek Secondary and Kong San Primary. It moved to 1 Jalan Langgar Bedok in December 2002, and the campus officially opened in February 2004. MOE’s history records the later Project S.H.I.N.E innovation programme and SHAPE sports-and-outdoor emphasis. The history page gives inconsistent introduction and implementation years for SHAPE, so those dates are not used here to make a precise chronology.

The school’s current DSA programme description lists Secondary 1–2 design-thinking workshops and learning journeys involving makers and social entrepreneurs. It separately identifies makerspace activities for selected lower-secondary students, innovation competitions for selected Secondary 3 students, and an overseas ALP/LLP trip for selected Secondary 2–3 students. These distinctions matter: seeing a named competition or overseas trip on the website does not establish participation for every pupil. The DSA page is useful for programme scope but contains a conflicting intake-year sentence in its timeline.

Ngee Ann Secondary School

Ngee Ann Kongsi proposed the school in 1991. It began operating in 1994 with about 600 students in 15 Secondary 1 classes, temporarily at Springfield Secondary, before moving to its own premises that June. Its official opening followed on 3 August 1996. The school links its founding to the closure of Tuan Mong High and the Kongsi’s continuing education work. Its technology emphasis also has a history: it became the East Zone ICT Centre of Excellence in 2007. The heritage record gives conflicting autonomous-status years, so no precise year is assigned here.

YouNG Academy @ NAS, or YANAS, coordinates Skills Discovery Electives and Applied Learning Modules. Secondary 1–3 students choose electives consisting of five weekly sessions, across areas such as aesthetics, business and finance, languages, digital skills, STEM and sport. ApLM@Poly offers a taste of applied learning at a polytechnic to support later education choices. The published description gives a useful distinction between short exploratory electives and deeper pathways; it does not establish that every student attends every external module.

CCAs and programmes

Bedok South Secondary School

  • Audio Visual Aid (Girls and Boys)
  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Chinese Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys)
  • Choir (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • Environmental Science (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Girls and Boys)
  • Football (Boys)
  • Girl Guides (Girls)
  • Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
  • Malay Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
  • National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Scouts (Boys)
  • Swimming (Girls and Boys)

Ngee Ann Secondary School

  • Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys)
  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys)
  • Choir (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • English Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Girl Guides (Girls)
  • Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • Photography (Girls and Boys)
  • Pop and Jazz (Girls and Boys)
  • Robotics (Girls and Boys)
  • Scouts (Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)
  • Wushu (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Bedok South Secondary School

  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Girls and Boys)
  • Football (Boys)
  • Innovation (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Outdoor Adventure (Girls and Boys)
  • Swimming (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Ngee Ann Secondary School

  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys)
  • Coding (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)
  • Wushu (Girls and Boys)

Questions about these schools

How should I choose between Bedok South Secondary School and Ngee Ann Secondary School?

Start with programmes, the CCAs your child wants and the actual journey from home. Visit both schools to assess the daily environment. Counts and past results alone do not establish which school fits your child.

How do their recorded PSLE entry ranges compare?

PG3 · Non-affiliated: Bedok South Secondary School 2026 · 13–18; Ngee Ann Secondary School 2026 · 6–12. PG3 · Affiliated: Bedok South Secondary School Not listed; Ngee Ann Secondary School 2026 · 12–16. PG2 · Non-affiliated: Bedok South Secondary School 2026 · 21–25; Ngee Ann Secondary School 2026 · 21. PG2 · Affiliated: Bedok South Secondary School Not listed; Ngee Ann Secondary School 2026 · 21–25. PG1 · Non-affiliated: Bedok South Secondary School 2026 · 25–30; Ngee Ann Secondary School 2026 · 25–26. PG1 · Affiliated: Bedok South Secondary School Not listed; Ngee Ann Secondary School 2026 · 25–28.

Do past admission records guarantee a place?

No. Ranges belong to the intake year and programme shown and can change. Keep affiliated and non-affiliated ranges separate and retain any D, M or P Higher Mother Tongue suffix.