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Crescent Girls' School vs Unity Secondary School

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

At a glance

CompareCrescent Girls' SchoolUnity Secondary School
School typeGirls' SchoolCo-Ed School
LevelSecondary (S1-S4)Secondary (S1-S4)
School tagsAutonomousNot listed
ZoneSouthWest
Address357 Tanglin Road20 Choa Chu Kang Street 62
Nearest MRTRedhillYew Tee
Listed CCAs1917
DSA listings123

Differences to explore

CCA
The records share 1 CCA listing. Crescent Girls' School also lists Angklung/kulintang Ensemble (Girls), Audio Visual Aid (Girls), Badminton (Girls), Canoeing (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Unity Secondary School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Girls and Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), Concert Band (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 0 DSA programme listings. Crescent Girls' School also lists Badminton (Girls), Canoeing (Girls), Chinese and Modern Dance (Girls), Choir (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Unity Secondary School also lists Basketball (Girls and Boys), Table Tennis (Girls and Boys), Volleyball (Girls), 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 Crescent Girls' School: Redhill; for Unity Secondary School: Yew Tee. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

CompareCrescent Girls' SchoolUnity Secondary School
PG3 · Non-affiliated2026 · 7–132026 · 12–18
PG2 · Non-affiliated2026 · 21–232026 · 21–24
PG1 · Non-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

Crescent Girls' School

Crescent’s history begins with the co-educational Alexandra Estate Secondary School in 1955. The boys moved to Pasir Panjang Secondary in 1956, when it became Crescent Girls’ School. After rebuilding, pupils returned to the site in 1994. It became autonomous in 1996 and joined the FutureSchools initiative in 2007. That background helps explain its continuing use of digital learning, without making an early technology designation proof of today’s classroom experience.

The Integrated Curriculum has a three-year sequence. Secondary 1 combines Science and Geography around water scarcity, including water-quality fieldwork and separation techniques. Secondary 2 examines power through Art, English and History, with work on symbols, post-war Singapore and a recreated 1959 election artefact. Secondary 3 studies governance through English, Maths and Social Studies, using issues such as transport, ageing and healthcare for group recommendations. These are described learning tasks, rather than evidence that every proposal is adopted outside school.

Unity Secondary School

Unity Secondary opened in January 2000 with 17 staff and 364 pupils, with its official opening in November 2001. Its history records hosting a leg of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games torch relay and gaining Basketball niche status in 2009 and Uniformed Groups niche status in 2012. The 2014 anniversary included basketball and thumbprint-art records and a musical. These are historical milestones, not current sporting rankings. The history page names the 2015 ALP as agro-bioscience and technology; the dedicated programme page now uses GreenovAtors In Action, so the older title should not be treated as the latest curriculum description.

GreenovAtors In Action, or GAIA, links STEM concepts and technology to sustainability challenges, including food production and energy-efficient communities. Its brief page explains the purpose but not every module, lesson frequency or selection rule. The academic page introduces Full Subject-Based Banding from the 2024 Sec 1 cohort and a subject-option exercise at the end of Sec 2. It also retains older Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical upper-secondary tables. Families should obtain the subject-combination information for their child’s cohort rather than assuming those legacy examination labels describe every incoming student’s route.

CCAs and programmes

Crescent Girls' School

  • Angklung/kulintang Ensemble (Girls)
  • Audio Visual Aid (Girls)
  • Badminton (Girls)
  • Canoeing (Girls)
  • Chinese Dance (Girls)
  • Choir (Girls)
  • Concert Band (Girls)
  • English Drama (Girls)
  • Entrepreneurship (Girls)
  • Girl Guides (Girls)
  • Hockey (Girls)
  • Infocomm Technology (Computing) (Girls)
  • International Chess (Girls)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Girls)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Photography (Girls)
  • Red Cross Youth (Girls)
  • Softball (Girls)
  • Track and Field (Girls)

Unity Secondary School

  • Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Girls and Boys)
  • Boys' Brigade (Boys)
  • Choir (Girls)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • Environmental Science (Girls and Boys)
  • Football (Boys)
  • Girls' Brigade (Girls)
  • Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
  • Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Air) (Girls and Boys)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • Scouts (Girls and Boys)
  • Speech and Drama (Girls and Boys)
  • Table Tennis (Girls and Boys)
  • Track and Field (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at Crescent Girls' School

  • Badminton (Girls)
  • Canoeing (Girls)
  • Chinese and Modern Dance (Girls)
  • Choir (Girls)
  • Concert Band (Girls)
  • Hockey (Girls)
  • International Chess (Girls)
  • Leadership (Girls)
  • Music Elective Programme (Girls)
  • Netball (Girls)
  • Softball (Girls)
  • Track and Field (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at Unity Secondary School

  • Basketball (Girls and Boys)
  • Table Tennis (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)

Questions about these schools

How should I choose between Crescent Girls' School and Unity 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: Crescent Girls' School 2026 · 7–13; Unity Secondary School 2026 · 12–18. PG2 · Non-affiliated: Crescent Girls' School 2026 · 21–23; Unity Secondary School 2026 · 21–24. PG1 · Non-affiliated: Crescent Girls' School Not listed; Unity 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.