Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) vs Singapore Chinese Girls' School

At a glance

Differences to explore

CCA

The records share 4 CCA listings. Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) also lists Basketball (Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), Choir (Girls and Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Singapore Chinese Girls' School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls), Artistic Gymnastics (Girls), Basketball (Girls), Chinese Drama (Girls) 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. Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) also lists Badminton (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Boys), Choir (Girls and Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Singapore Chinese Girls' School also lists Artistic Gymnastics (Girls), Artistic Gymnastics (Girls) - IP, Badminton (Girls), Badminton (Girls) - IP and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Listings may be incomplete; confirm availability with each school.

Programme tags

Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary): no IP or SAP tag listed; Singapore Chinese Girls' School: IP. Check the specific programme your child would enter.

The daily journey

Nearby MRT stations listed for Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary): Buona Vista, One-North; for Singapore Chinese Girls' School: Stevens. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

Get to know each school

Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

Fairfield's origins lie in Sophia Blackmore's 1888 class for eight Peranakan girls. In 1983 it moved to Dover Road and became two co-educational schools. The secondary school went single-session in 1995 and gained autonomous status in 1996. Its current history explains the shared name, badge and Methodist mission, including the One Fairfield alignment in 2011. These links do not make the primary and secondary programmes interchangeable. The secondary school's rules explicitly describe daily devotions after the national anthem and pledge; families should understand how religious activities fit into school life.

The Full SBB page records mixed form classes for the 2023 Secondary 1 intake, sharing Art, CCE, Design and Technology, Food and Consumer Education, Music and PE. It also describes opportunities to take History at a more demanding level. However, the detailed thresholds refer to 2022 marks and older Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) arrangements. A 2026 webpage update does not make those thresholds current for a new intake. Parents should request the incoming cohort's subject-level criteria and review arrangements instead of planning from the historical examples.

• School History
• School Rules
• Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB)

Singapore Chinese Girls' School

SCGS began in 1899 with seven Peranakan girls on Hill Street, moved to Emerald Hill in 1924 and relocated to Dunearn Road in July 1994. It attained independent status in 1989 and introduced the Integrated Programme alongside its examination route in 2013. This history helps explain the shared primary-secondary institution and its traditions. Today’s secondary programme descriptions should be read separately from the primary storytelling and arts programmes, which appear nearby on the same website but serve a different stage.

The current principal’s message confirms both the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate route and the Integrated Programme. IP pupils spend four years at SCGS before two years at Eunoia Junior College, within the Joint Integrated Programme with Catholic High and CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’. The admissions page says primary affiliation benefits apply to SEC only, but it still includes old 2025 posting and 2026 test details. Families should confirm incoming-cohort conditions and progression rather than assume primary affiliation secures IP entry or rely on those older dates.

• Singapore Chinese Girls' School
• Principal's Message
• Overview
• Admission Procedures

CCAs and programmes

Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

• Badminton (Girls)
• Basketball (Boys)
• Boys' Brigade (Boys)
• Choir (Girls and Boys)
• Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
• English Drama (Girls and Boys)
• Football (Boys)
• Girls' Brigade (Girls)
• Guitar Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
• Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
• Journalism (Girls and Boys)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Sea) (Girls and Boys)
• Netball (Girls)
• Robotics (Girls and Boys)
• Student Leadership (Council) (Girls and Boys)
• Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Singapore Chinese Girls' School

• Art and Crafts (Girls)
• Artistic Gymnastics (Girls)
• Badminton (Girls)
• Basketball (Girls)
• Chinese Drama (Girls)
• Choir (Girls)
• Concert Band (Girls)
• Debating and Public Speaking (Girls)
• English Drama (Girls)
• Environmental Science (Girls)
• Girl Guides (Girls)
• Girls' Brigade (Girls)
• Handbell Ensemble (Girls)
• Hockey (Girls)
• Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Girls)
• Netball (Girls)
• Red Cross Youth (Girls)
• Squash (Girls)
• String Ensemble (Girls)
• Swimming (Girls)
• Tennis (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

• Badminton (Girls and Boys)
• Basketball (Boys)
• Choir (Girls and Boys)
• Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
• Football (Boys)
• Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
• Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Singapore Chinese Girls' School

• Artistic Gymnastics (Girls)
• Artistic Gymnastics (Girls) - IP
• Badminton (Girls)
• Badminton (Girls) - IP
• Basketball (Girls)
• Basketball (Girls) - IP
• Choir (Girls)
• Choir (Girls) - IP
• Concert Band (Girls)
• Concert Band (Girls) - IP
• English Drama (Girls)
• English Drama (Girls) - IP
• English Language (Girls)
• English Language (Girls) - IP
• Handbell Ensemble (Girls)
• Handbell Ensemble (Girls) - IP
• Humanities (Girls)
• Humanities (Girls) - IP
• Leadership (Girls)
• Leadership (Girls) - IP
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• Modern Dance (Girls) - IP
• Netball (Girls)
• Netball (Girls) - IP
• Squash (Girls)
• Squash (Girls) - IP
• String Ensemble (Girls)
• String Ensemble (Girls) - IP
• Tennis (Girls)
• Tennis (Girls) - IP

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