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Broadrick Secondary School vs Hillgrove Secondary School

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

At a glance

CompareBroadrick Secondary SchoolHillgrove Secondary School
School typeCo-Ed SchoolCo-Ed School
LevelSecondary (S1-S4)Secondary (S1-S4)
School tagsNot listedNot listed
ZoneEastWest
Address61 Dakota Crescent10 Bukit Batok Street 52
Nearest MRTDakotaBukit Batok, Bukit Gombak
Listed CCAs1418
DSA listings411

Differences to explore

CCA
The records share 4 CCA listings. Broadrick Secondary School also lists Basketball (Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys), Girl Guides (Girls), Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Hillgrove Secondary School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys), Badminton (Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), CONCERT BAND 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 0 DSA programme listings. Broadrick Secondary School also lists Basketball (Boys), Leadership (Girls and Boys), Shooting (Girls and Boys), Tchoukball (Girls), which do not appear in the other school's records. Hillgrove Secondary School also lists Badminton (Boys), Choir (Girls and Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys), English Drama (Girls and Boys) 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 Broadrick Secondary School: Dakota; for Hillgrove Secondary School: Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

CompareBroadrick Secondary SchoolHillgrove Secondary School
PG3 · Non-affiliated2026 · 5–222026 · 13–18
PG2 · Non-affiliated2026 · 21–252026 · 21–24
PG1 · Non-affiliated2026 · 26–302026 · 25–27

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

Broadrick Secondary School

Broadrick was founded in 1968 at Dunman Road with Chinese- and English-stream students, becoming English-medium in 1985. MOE’s Heritage Centre records mergers with Maju in 1996, Telok Kurau in 2011 and MacPherson in 2017. The current campus is at 61 Dakota Crescent. The school’s own heritage page places it within the wider Mountbatten neighbourhood, including Dakota’s former public housing and Kallang Airport. This history helps explain why more than one former school community is represented in today’s Broadrick.

The current ALP page describes foundational learning in Secondary 1 and 2 through Geography, Design and Technology, and Code for Fun. More advanced Secondary 3 opportunities are for pupils with strong interest and aptitude. The science page gives examples including designing sustainability prototypes, working with NIE researchers and a mentoring project for outdoor workers facing heat. These are useful descriptions of what students make and investigate. The selected programmes should not be presented as an automatic experience for every pupil.

Hillgrove Secondary School

Hillgrove Secondary began in 2001 with 277 pupils, initially sharing Yusof Ishak Secondary’s premises. MOE records its move to 10 Bukit Batok Street 52 on 2 February 2002 and official opening on 5 March 2004. Flight and aerospace became its ALP in 2014, followed by the arts LLP in 2015. These milestones explain the two strands visible in the school’s current open-house materials. Historical enrolment and earlier principals’ descriptions are not used to infer the present pupil population or a uniform experience of school culture.

The ALP microsite describes a three-tier approach to STEM through flight and aerospace. Its April 2023 example involved all Secondary 2 pupils building and flying rubber-band-powered gliders; a separate group of 20 Secondary 1 and 2 pupils was selected for drone training. Earlier entries discuss autonomous-vehicle principles with mBot in 2021 and coding drones in 2019. These give tangible examples of applied learning, but they are dated records. Ask what the incoming cohort will actually build, how often lessons occur and how pupils enter additional training.

CCAs and programmes

Broadrick Secondary School

  • Basketball (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)
  • Red Cross Youth (Girls and Boys)
  • Shooting (Girls and Boys)
  • Sp-Cca (Water Polo) (Boys)
  • Taekwondo (Girls and Boys)
  • Tchoukball (Girls)

Hillgrove Secondary School

  • Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys)
  • Badminton (Boys)
  • Boys' Brigade (Boys)
  • CONCERT BAND
  • Choir (Girls and Boys)
  • Digital Media (Girls and Boys)
  • English Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Boys)
  • Girls' Brigade (Girls)
  • Malay Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Air) (Girls and Boys)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Robotics (Girls and Boys)
  • Scouts (Girls and Boys)
  • Singapore Youth Flying Club (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at Broadrick Secondary School

  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Leadership (Girls and Boys)
  • Shooting (Girls and Boys)
  • Tchoukball (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at Hillgrove Secondary School

  • Badminton (Boys)
  • Choir (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • English Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Boys)
  • Malay Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Stem (Girls and Boys)
  • Visual Arts (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)

Questions about these schools

How should I choose between Broadrick Secondary School and Hillgrove 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: Broadrick Secondary School 2026 · 5–22; Hillgrove Secondary School 2026 · 13–18. PG2 · Non-affiliated: Broadrick Secondary School 2026 · 21–25; Hillgrove Secondary School 2026 · 21–24. PG1 · Non-affiliated: Broadrick Secondary School 2026 · 26–30; Hillgrove Secondary School 2026 · 25–27.

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.