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Unity Secondary School vs Yuying Secondary School

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

At a glance

CompareUnity Secondary SchoolYuying Secondary School
School typeCo-Ed SchoolCo-Ed School
LevelSecondary (S1-S4)Secondary (S1-S4)
School tagsNot listedNot listed
ZoneWestSouth
Address20 Choa Chu Kang Street 6247 Hougang Avenue 1
Nearest MRTYew TeeKovan, Serangoon, Hougang
Listed CCAs1719
DSA listings34

Differences to explore

CCA
The records share 7 CCA listings. Unity Secondary School also lists Art and Crafts (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Girls and Boys), Choir (Girls), Football (Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Yuying Secondary School also lists Badminton (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Boys), Chinese Dance (Girls), Chinese Drums (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. Unity Secondary School also lists Basketball (Girls and Boys), Table Tennis (Girls and Boys), which do not appear in the other school's records. Yuying Secondary School also lists Community Youth Leadership (Girls and Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys), Wushu (Girls and Boys), 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 Unity Secondary School: Yew Tee; for Yuying Secondary School: Kovan, Serangoon, Hougang. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

CompareUnity Secondary SchoolYuying Secondary School
PG3 · Non-affiliated2026 · 12–182026 · 11–22
PG2 · Non-affiliated2026 · 21–242026 · 22–25
PG1 · Non-affiliated2026 · 25–282026 · 25–29

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

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.

Yuying Secondary School

Yuying traces its beginnings to the Hainanese community in 1910, at Prinsep Street. Its Chinese history records wartime disruption and the July 1946 reopening, and says the primary section closed in 1983. The school moved to 47 Hougang Avenue 1 in December 1985 and adopted its present name; the new premises officially opened in August 1987. Its English and Chinese histories differ on when the secondary section began, so the founding year should not be read as a settled date for that section. A 2015 agreement continued its government-aided status with management-committee and alumni support.

The Applied Learning Programme combines Design Thinking with Critical Design Futures Thinking. Secondary 1 Eco-Innovators work with the Singapore Institute of Technology on problems such as canteen food waste. The Secondary 2 programme with Super Bean International, associated with Mr Bean, uses soya bean pulp to develop food products. These are named learning projects rather than a promise of an industry internship. Families can ask how much time pupils spend testing and revising a prototype, how teachers assess the process, and whether the incoming cohort will have the same partners and project brief.

CCAs and programmes

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)

Yuying Secondary School

  • Badminton (Girls and Boys)
  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Boys' Brigade (Boys)
  • Chinese Dance (Girls)
  • Chinese Drums (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • English Language, Drama and Debating (Girls and Boys)
  • Environmental Science (Girls and Boys)
  • Girls' Brigade (Girls)
  • Guitar Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
  • Guzheng Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
  • Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
  • Malay Dance (Girls and Boys)
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls and Boys)
  • Photography (Girls and Boys)
  • Table Tennis (Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)
  • Wushu (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at Unity Secondary School

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

Listed DSA programmes at Yuying Secondary School

  • Community Youth Leadership (Girls and Boys)
  • Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
  • Volleyball (Girls)
  • Wushu (Girls and Boys)

Questions about these schools

How should I choose between Unity Secondary School and Yuying 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: Unity Secondary School 2026 · 12–18; Yuying Secondary School 2026 · 11–22. PG2 · Non-affiliated: Unity Secondary School 2026 · 21–24; Yuying Secondary School 2026 · 22–25. PG1 · Non-affiliated: Unity Secondary School 2026 · 25–28; Yuying Secondary School 2026 · 25–29.

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.