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Bukit Panjang Govt. High School vs Evergreen Secondary School

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

At a glance

CompareBukit Panjang Govt. High SchoolEvergreen Secondary School
School typeCo-Ed SchoolCo-Ed School
LevelSecondary (S1-S4)Secondary (S1-S4)
School tagsAutonomousNot listed
ZoneWestNorth
Address7 Choa Chu Kang Ave 411 Woodlands Street 83
Nearest MRTChoa Chu KangWoodlands
Listed CCAs1922
DSA listings711

Differences to explore

CCA
The records share 5 CCA listings. Bukit Panjang Govt. High School also lists Audio Visual Aid (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Boys), Chinese Drama (Girls and Boys), Choir (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Evergreen Secondary School also lists Badminton (Girls and Boys), Chinese Dance (Girls and Boys), Community Service (Rotary-Sponsored) (Girls and Boys), Cross Country (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 3 DSA programme listings. Bukit Panjang Govt. High School also lists Basketball (Boys), Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys), Floorball (Boys), which do not appear in the other school's records. Evergreen Secondary School also lists Badminton (Girls and Boys), Bilingualism (Girls and Boys), Chinese Language (Girls and Boys), Cross Country (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 Bukit Panjang Govt. High School: Choa Chu Kang; for Evergreen Secondary School: Woodlands. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

CompareBukit Panjang Govt. High SchoolEvergreen Secondary School
PG3 · Non-affiliated2026 · 7–112026 · 10–15
PG2 · Non-affiliated2026 · 21–222026 · 21–23
PG1 · Non-affiliated2026 · 25–262026 · 25–26

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

Bukit Panjang Govt. High School

Bukit Panjang Government High opened on 11 January 1960 at Jalan Teck Whye, bringing Chinese- and English-stream pupils into one government secondary school. Its heritage page traces this to the joining of Bukit Panjang Secondary and Chua Chu Kang Government Chinese Middle School. The school moved to Choa Chu Kang in 1993 and became autonomous in 1994; its new campus was officially opened in 1995. Those are separate milestones. Folk dancing was one early activity used to bring the two pupil communities together.

The school’s page describes Secondary 1 and 2 Code for Fun and AI for Fun sessions held from 26 to 28 May. Over ten hours, students used microcontrollers, basic programming and design thinking before presenting prototypes for sustainability problems. Examples included a dust sensor, motion-triggered lights and energy-saving home systems. The page includes pupils’ positive comments about coding and working with friends. These are school-published accounts of that activity, rather than an independent survey of all students’ enjoyment or computing proficiency.

Evergreen Secondary School

Evergreen Secondary opened in 2000 with 320 students and 12 teaching staff, moving to 11 Woodlands Street 83 in June that year. MOE's history records its North Zone Centre of Excellence in National Education designation in 2003, followed by NE awards in 2004 and 2008. Later developments included communication-based applied learning in 2015 and sports-based learning for life in 2016. These are dated milestones rather than a present-day ranking. They help explain why public communication, citizenship and sport recur in the current programme descriptions.

The current ALP is titled Bilingual Voices, Active Citizens. It links communication in English and Mother Tongue Languages with discussion of real-world and civic issues. Its lower-secondary Music component uses writing and performing raps to help pupils express their perspectives. This gives a concrete classroom activity behind the programme name. The page's introductory claim about musical talent is broader than the detail in its body: it does not establish specialist music tuition, an audition pathway or proven gains in bilingual proficiency for every pupil.

CCAs and programmes

Bukit Panjang Govt. High School

  • Audio Visual Aid (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Chinese Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys)
  • Choir (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • English Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Fencing (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Boys)
  • Girl Guides (Girls)
  • Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Physical Science (Girls and Boys)
  • Scouts (Boys)
  • St John Brigade (Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Evergreen Secondary School

  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Chinese Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys)
  • Community Service (Rotary-Sponsored) (Girls and Boys)
  • Cross Country (Girls and Boys)
  • English Language, Drama and Debating (Girls and Boys)
  • Gamelan Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
  • Guitar Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
  • Infocomm Technology (Computing) (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)
  • Red Cross Youth (Girls and Boys)
  • Rugby (Boys)
  • Singapore Youth Flying Club (Girls and Boys)
  • Student Leadership (Council) (Girls and Boys)
  • Student Leadership (House) (Girls and Boys)
  • Student Leadership (Prefect) (Girls and Boys)
  • Table Tennis (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Bukit Panjang Govt. High School

  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Chinese Orchestra (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Boys)
  • Malay Language (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Evergreen Secondary School

  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Bilingualism (Girls and Boys)
  • Chinese Language (Girls and Boys)
  • Cross Country (Girls and Boys)
  • Digital Media (Girls and Boys)
  • Leadership (Girls and Boys)
  • Malay Language (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Rugby (Boys)
  • Table Tennis (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Questions about these schools

How should I choose between Bukit Panjang Govt. High School and Evergreen 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: Bukit Panjang Govt. High School 2026 · 7–11; Evergreen Secondary School 2026 · 10–15. PG2 · Non-affiliated: Bukit Panjang Govt. High School 2026 · 21–22; Evergreen Secondary School 2026 · 21–23. PG1 · Non-affiliated: Bukit Panjang Govt. High School 2026 · 25–26; Evergreen Secondary School 2026 · 25–26.

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.