Tampines Primary School Review — P1 Guide & 2026 Updates

About Tampines Primary School

Tampines Primary School is a co-ed primary school in Singapore, in the East zone.

It offers 14 CCAs.

School overview

Tampines Primary started in 1985 at Yumin Primary before moving to Tampines Street 12 in 1986. The school’s history dates its official opening to March 1988. It became single-session in 2008, and MOE records completion of PRIME rebuilding in 2009 and a new-campus opening in 2010. MOE also describes it as Singapore’s first community school, linking neighbourhood resources with learning. These are historical milestones, not proof of current academic standing. The history’s old reference to an 8am lesson start should not be used as a present reporting-time instruction.

The STAR ACTtituDE Applied Learning Programme uses drama as a teaching approach in English from P1 to P6, following Create, Perform and Respond. Its emphasis includes expressing ideas, exploring different perspectives and communicating with empathy, rather than simply staging a polished show. Assembly Forum Theatre lets audiences respond to realistic situations. Separately, the drama CCA, Theatrics in Action, makes community theatre around social issues. Whole-school classroom exposure and CCA productions are distinct; the website does not show that every pupil takes a role in a public production.

Overview sources

• History
• Tampines Primary School
• Applied Learning Programme (Drama)

Location and contact

• 250 Tampines Street 12, Singapore 529426
• Nearest MRT: Tampines
• Telephone: 67831190