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Chua Chu Kang Secondary School vs Jurong West Secondary School

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

At a glance

CompareChua Chu Kang Secondary SchoolJurong West Secondary School
School typeCo-Ed SchoolCo-Ed School
LevelSecondary (S1-S4)Secondary (S1-S4)
School tagsNot listedNot listed
ZoneWestWest
Address31 Teck Whye Crescent61 Jurong West Street 65
Nearest MRTChoa Chu Kang, PhoenixBoon Lay, Pioneer
Listed CCAs1817
DSA listings49

Differences to explore

CCA
The records share 8 CCA listings. Chua Chu Kang Secondary School also lists Basketball (Boys), English Drama (Girls and Boys), Football (Boys), Girl Guides (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Jurong West Secondary School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Girls and Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), Choir (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. Chua Chu Kang Secondary School also lists Community Youth Leadership (Girls and Boys), Hockey (Girls and Boys), Science for Sustainable Development (Girls and Boys), which do not appear in the other school's records. Jurong West Secondary School also lists Basketball (Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), Leadership (Girls and Boys), Netball (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 Chua Chu Kang Secondary School: Choa Chu Kang, Phoenix; for Jurong West Secondary School: Boon Lay, Pioneer. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

CompareChua Chu Kang Secondary SchoolJurong West Secondary School
PG3 · Non-affiliated2026 · 14–202026 · 11–16
PG2 · Non-affiliated2026 · 21–242026 · 21–24
PG1 · Non-affiliated2026 · 25–282026 · 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

Chua Chu Kang Secondary School

The current school was formed by the 2023 merger of Chua Chu Kang Secondary and Teck Whye Secondary. It retains the English name Chua Chu Kang Secondary and the Chinese name 德惠中学. The former Chua Chu Kang school was established in 1992, with its pioneer intake in 1993; Teck Whye’s history dates to 1966. Older reviews of either predecessor describe a different school organisation. MOE’s earlier robotics history also needs to be read alongside the merged school’s current sustainability ALP.

Sustainable Living for a Resilient Future is the current ALP. Its published examples include farm-to-table work, Secondary 1 mushroom cultivation, recycling food waste, corridor farming and orchid pollination or hybridisation with visiting Japanese pupils. These examples show the kinds of applied work described, without establishing a place in every activity for every pupil. Community Youth Leadership connects this learning to residents: student leaders learned vegetable growing with NUS students and shared their work at the Chua Chu Kang Community Centre National Day carnival.

Jurong West Secondary School

Jurong West Secondary began on 2 January 2001 at Jalan Boon Lay and moved to its present 3.1-hectare campus on 18 March 2002. Its history records an indoor sports hall added in 2009 and later spaces such as the Book Room, Learning Hive and Loft. The school was an early subject-based-banding prototype school in 2014, before joining the Full SBB pilot from 2020. Those dates explain its experience with mixed subject levels, without serving as evidence of comparative academic results.

The ALP, Harnessing Technology in Authentic Contexts, uses project work across Art, English and ICT in Secondary 1 and 2. Pupils choose between augmented-reality application development, mobile applications and micro:bit physical computing, with training matched to that choice. They develop digital artefacts to communicate ideas or propose solutions to social issues. The page also describes exhibitions and outside showcases, but marks its opportunity examples as 2016–2022. Those older events should be read as past examples, rather than this year’s confirmed itinerary.

CCAs and programmes

Chua Chu Kang Secondary School

  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • English Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Environmental Science (Girls and Boys)
  • Football (Boys)
  • Girl Guides (Girls)
  • Guitar Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
  • Hockey (Girls and Boys)
  • 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)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Robotics (Girls and Boys)
  • Scouts (Boys)
  • Taekwondo (Girls and Boys)
  • Wushu (Girls and Boys)

Jurong West Secondary School

  • Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys)
  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Girls and Boys)
  • Boys' Brigade (Boys)
  • Choir (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • English Language, Drama and Debating (Girls and Boys)
  • Environmental Science (Girls and Boys)
  • Floorball (Girls)
  • Hockey (Boys)
  • 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)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Red Cross Youth (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Chua Chu Kang Secondary School

  • Community Youth Leadership (Girls and Boys)
  • Hockey (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Science for Sustainable Development (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Jurong West Secondary School

  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Boys' Brigade (Boys)
  • Leadership (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Red Cross Youth (Girls and Boys)
  • Stem (Girls and Boys)
  • Visual Arts (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Boys)

Questions about these schools

How should I choose between Chua Chu Kang Secondary School and Jurong West 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: Chua Chu Kang Secondary School 2026 · 14–20; Jurong West Secondary School 2026 · 11–16. PG2 · Non-affiliated: Chua Chu Kang Secondary School 2026 · 21–24; Jurong West Secondary School 2026 · 21–24. PG1 · Non-affiliated: Chua Chu Kang Secondary School 2026 · 25–28; Jurong West 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.