St Andrew's School (Secondary) vs Tanjong Katong Girls' School

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Differences to explore

CCA

The records share 0 CCA listings. St Andrew's School (Secondary) also lists Badminton (Boys), Basketball (Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), Choir (Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Tanjong Katong Girls' School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls), Badminton (Girls), Basketball (Girls), Bowling (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. St Andrew's School (Secondary) also lists Concert Band (Boys), Football (Boys), Hockey (Boys), Leadership (Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Tanjong Katong Girls' School also lists Badminton (Girls), Bowling (Girls), Choir (Girls), Concert Band (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 St Andrew's School (Secondary): Potong Pasir; for Tanjong Katong Girls' School: Paya Lebar, Dakota. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

Get to know each school

St Andrew's School (Secondary)

The school dates its founding to 8 September 1862, when the Anglican Church adopted an earlier Chin Chew Street institution. The Woodsville campus opened in 1940; the secondary school later used a new Potong Pasir site in 1986, before returning to Woodsville in December 2004 as part of St Andrew’s Village. The Village officially opened in August 2006. On 8 September 2025, the junior and secondary schools were renamed St Andrew’s School (Junior) and St Andrew’s School (Secondary), reflecting their shared identity rather than a newly established school.

The science page describes Secondary 1 investigations of Kallang River water quality and its ecosystem, followed by Secondary 2 ecological surveys at the park connector. In the Therapeutic Garden, pupils compare heat absorption across surfaces and containers using data loggers. Upper-secondary science offerings include Biology, Chemistry, Physics and combined-science options. The subject list does not guarantee every combination to every pupil. These practical descriptions show how scientific inquiry is introduced; they do not establish competition entry for all students or measured environmental outcomes.

• School History
• Science

Tanjong Katong Girls' School

MOE records TKGS’s establishment in 1953 as Singapore’s first post-war government English-medium girls’ school. It began the Music Elective Programme in 1983, gained autonomous status and moved to Dunman Lane in 1995, and returned there in 2019 following PRIME upgrading at a temporary Bedok South site. Its arts identity therefore predates the current signature programmes. This history helps explain the place of music and community service in the school’s published curriculum; it should not be read as evidence of a particular child’s fit or future results.

The Music Elective Programme is for pupils with passion and aptitude, rather than a general music CCA. TKGS describes four years of in-depth study, encompassing listening, research, performance or composition, with workshops and collaborations. The school’s selection exercise includes an audition, an e-listening test and an interview. The audition calls for two unaccompanied solo pieces on an instrument or voice, totalling no more than five minutes. Interested pupils register through the Sec 1 package after a TKGS placement is confirmed. The page still uses O-Level Higher Music terminology; ask which qualification and assessment framework applies to the incoming cohort.

• Tanjong Katong Girls' School
• Music Elective Programme

CCAs and programmes

St Andrew's School (Secondary)

• Badminton (Boys)
• Basketball (Boys)
• Boys' Brigade (Boys)
• Choir (Boys)
• Concert Band (Boys)
• English Drama (Boys)
• Football (Boys)
• Hockey (Boys)
• Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Boys)
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
• National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Boys)
• Rugby (Boys)
• Scouts (Boys)
• Singapore Youth Flying Club (Boys)
• Squash (Boys)
• Swimming (Boys)
• Tennis (Boys)
• Track and Field (Boys)
• Water Polo (Boys)

Tanjong Katong Girls' School

• Art and Crafts (Girls)
• Badminton (Girls)
• Basketball (Girls)
• Bowling (Girls)
• Choir (Girls)
• Community Service (Girls)
• Concert Band (Girls)
• English Drama (Girls)
• English Language, Drama and Debating (Girls)
• Floorball (Girls)
• Girl Guides (Girls)
• Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls)
• Media Resource Library (Girls)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls)
• Netball (Girls)
• Red Cross Youth (Girls)
• Softball (Girls)
• String Ensemble (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at St Andrew's School (Secondary)

• Concert Band (Boys)
• Football (Boys)
• Hockey (Boys)
• Leadership (Boys)
• Rugby (Boys)
• Squash (Boys)
• Visual Arts (Boys)
• Water Polo (Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Tanjong Katong Girls' School

• Badminton (Girls)
• Bowling (Girls)
• Choir (Girls)
• Concert Band (Girls)
• Floorball (Girls)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• Music Elective Programme (Girls)
• Netball (Girls)
• Softball (Girls)
• String Ensemble (Girls)

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