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Temasek Secondary School 2026 Cut-Off (AL 8-11) — Review & Guide

Temasek Secondary School review and admission guide. Autonomous. 2026 COP: AL 8-11. P1 ballot data, CCAs, DSA programmes, NSG and SYF results, and nearby housing prices on School Matters SG.

About Temasek Secondary School

Temasek Secondary School is a co-ed secondary school in Singapore, in the East zone.

It is an autonomous school.

PSLE cut-off points (lower is more competitive) — 2026: AL 8–11. 2025: AL 7–11. 2024: AL 8–12.

It offers 17 CCAs and 5 DSA programmes.

School overview

Temasek Secondary began in 1980, briefly sharing Bedok South Secondary’s premises before moving to its own Upper Changi Road campus that May. It officially opened in April 1982. Autonomous status and its Higher Malay Language centre followed in 1995; the move to 600 Upper East Coast Road came in 1999. MOE records student leadership as a hallmark from 2001, Cross-Cultural Awareness from 2014 and the Temasek Ignis Programme from 2016. These are the school’s own strands, distinct from Temasek JC’s Integrated Programme.

In S1 Project Culture, pupils work in groups to investigate a nationality living in Singapore, compare cultural practices and give an oral presentation. S2 Camp Culture is non-residential, combining visits and facilitated reflection; the page describes its broader Singapore-history and multicultural focus from 2018. Overseas school exchanges resumed after 2023, with examples in Thailand, Malaysia and other ASEAN countries. The local curriculum and overseas opportunities should be distinguished: families should ask which trips run for the coming cohort, how places are allocated and what participation costs.

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Location and contact

  • 600 Upper East Coast Road, Singapore 465561
  • Nearest MRT: Bedok, Tanah Merah
  • Telephone: 64495020

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