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PSLE Cut Off Points (COP) (Revision 03)

Revision 03 (last paragraph): updated on December 22, 2023.

Revision 02: updated on December 22, 2022.

PSLE COP for year 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were shown below. 

My child is a boy. We target the three secondary schools below, but his PSLE will be in year 2024 instead. 

New PSLE scoring system was introduced in year 2021. Based on 2021 PSLE COP, the sure-in scores required for the 4 schools below are:

(1) Raffles Institution: AL 6 (P)

(2) Hwa Chong: AL 7 (D) - for info/benchmark only.

(3) Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) Independent: AL 7 (P)

(4) River Valley High School: AL 8 (P)

In conclusion:

(1) AL 4 & 5 can choose Raffles Institution. AL 6 can be risky.

(2) AL 6 can choose ACS. AL 7 can be risky.

(3) AL 7 can choose River Valley High. AL 8 can be risky.

(4) AL 8 shall check other high schools too.

Let's see if such strategy works for the PSLE COP for year 2022. The COP result will be announced by December 23, 2022, after the school posting results.



It is interesting to find out the monthly school fees.

(1) Raffles Institution: S$335 per month (Year 1 to Year 4)
(2) Hwa Chong: S$ 300 per month (Year 1 to Year 2) / S$350 (Year 3 to Year 4)
(3) ACS: S$320 per month (Year 1 to Year 4)
(4) River Valley High: S$28 a year = S$2.33 per month. (Year 1 to Year 4)

It is worth to mention Edusave Scholarships for Independent Schools (ESIS). Scholarships of up to S$2,400 per year (S$200 a month) are offered to top-performing Singaporean students at independent schools in Singapore.

ESIS (Secondary 1) is awarded to the top one-third of students admitted to independent schools by PSLE score. Students are awarded the ESIS for 6 years, if they are in the 6-year program. This is subject to their good progress and conduct each year.

Hence, ESIS scholarships can worth S$2,400 x 6 years = S$14,400. That's a pretty good sum!


Updated on December 22, 2022:

The COP for PSLE 2022 had just been released at Zao Bao newspaper on December 22, 2022. 

There are not many changes or no changes at all. Below are the 2022 COP.

(1) Raffles Institution: AL 6 (same as 2021 COP).

(2) Hwa Chong: AL 7M (same as 2021 COP).

(3) Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) Independent: AL 7 (same as 2021 COP).

(4) River Valley High School: AL 9D (one tier higher as 2021 COP was 9M).

In conclusion, the strategy below will work just well for year 2022. 
By the way, that's my own strategy, for your references too.

(1) AL 4 & 5 can choose Raffles Institution. 

(2) AL 6 can choose ACS. 

(3) AL 7 can choose River Valley High. 

(4) AL 8 shall check other high schools nearby.




Updated on December 22, 2023:

The COP for PSLE 2023 had just been released at Zao Bao newspaper on December 21, 2023. 

There are not many changes or no changes at all. Below are the 2023 COP.

(1) Raffles Institution: AL 6 (same as 2022COP).

(2) Hwa Chong: AL 7D (one tier higher as 2022 COP was 7M).

(3) Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) Independent: AL 7 (same as 2022 COP).

(4) River Valley High School: AL 9D (same as 2022COP).

In conclusion, the strategy below will work just well for year 2023. 
By the way, that's my own strategy, for your references too.

(1) AL 4 & 5 can choose Raffles Institution. 

(2) AL 6 can choose ACS. 

(3) AL 7 can choose River Valley High. 

(4) AL 8 shall check other high schools nearby.


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