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Singapore Schools' Performance 2004

Definition

The Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) recognises a school’s ability in sustaining good outcomes over a number of years, in either academic or non-academic areas.

Winners

This year, 140 schools will be presented with 197 SAAs. The breakdown of these 197 SAAs is as follows:

• 11 SAAs for Academic Value-added;
• 14 SAAs for Aesthetics;
• 18 SAAs for Sports;
• 66 SAAs for Uniformed Groups; and
• 88 SAAs for Physical Health

The 140 winning schools comprise:

• 53 Primary Schools winning 58 SAAs;
• 79 Secondary Schools winning 120 SAAs; and
• 8 Junior Colleges winning 19 SAAs

The winning schools will receive a plaque for each category of the SAA. The details are given in Annex B1- B3.

A comparison of the number of SAAs won by schools in 2002, 2003 and 2004 can be found in the table below:

Thirty-one of these winning schools are also first-time winners. A list of the schools can be found at Annex C.

National Education Awards

Definition

The Lee Kuan Yew National Education (LKY NE) Award recognises schools that have made special efforts to design and implement innovative and effective programmes to equip our students with the basic attitudes, values and instincts which make them Singaporeans. Up to two LKY NE Awards are given out each year. Other schools with commendable efforts in NE will be given the National Education Achievement Award (NEAA).

Winners

This year, the LKY NE Award will be presented to Evergreen Secondary School. The school will receive a plaque and a cash award of $3000.

In addition, Chongfu Primary School and Greenridge Primary School will be presented with the NEAA in recognition of their commendable achievements in NE for the year 2004.

(B) A Holistic Approach : The New School Achievement Tables

Shift to Banding of Schools

MOE has shifted from ranking schools based on exact academic scores to banding schools with similar academic performance. MOE’s intention to make this shift was announced in March 2004.

Secondary schools are placed in bands of one O-level point ⁷ width. For the Special/Express course, schools with average L1B5 of 18 points or less (after rounding down to the nearest integer) will be grouped into 9 bands. This replaces the previous rankings of the top 50 schools based on their exact L1B5 scores. Likewise, for the Normal course, schools with average L1B4 of 23 points or less (after rounding down to the nearest integer) will be grouped into 6 bands.

Broadening of Information on School Achievements

The new School Achievement Tables, which replace the previous ranking lists, will also provide a broader picture of schools’ performance, so that they capture schools’ achievements in both the academic and non-academic domains. These comprise:

1. Academic Value-added Awards;
2. Physical & Aesthetics Awards;
3. Best Practice Awards; and
4. Special Awards (SDA and SEA).

Please see Annex A1 – A2 for the 2004 School Achievement Tables.

In addition, the following are other sources of information on the achievements of schools that will also be available to the public:

1. Honour Rolls of schools that have performed exceedingly well in the different domains of the expanded Masterplan of Awards ⁸;
2. Web-based interactive system , which will allow parents and students to generate comparative lists of schools based on specified parameters. The system is accessible from 26 Sept 2004, 6 pm at http://www.moe.gov.sg/schdiv/sis. 
3. Individual School Pic , which will be available in both the web-based interactive system and the annual posting booklets; and
4. School websites maintained by individual schools.

Exclusion of IP Secondary Schools and All JCs from the Revamped School Rankings

IP Secondary Schools

With the implementation of IP from 2004, IP secondary schools now have full flexibility in the admission of IP students as well as the curriculum they provide for their students. IP students do not take the GCE ‘O’ levels. Comparisons between IP secondary schools and their non-IP counterparts are therefore no longer possible in the academic realm.

When the first batch of IP students graduates in two years’ time, these schools would have had to be excluded from the School Achievement Tables. The comparisons based on the 2003 and 2004 batch of non-IP students in the IP secondary schools are also no longer critical information for parents and students to make a decision on admission to these schools from this year. MOE has therefore decided to exclude IP secondary schools from the revamped School Achievement Tables from this year. The IP schools’ various achievements will continue to be highlighted under where they have received awards under MOE’s Honour Rolls, and in the information that the schools will put out individually.

Junior Colleges

MOE has also decided to exclude all JCs from the School Achievement Tables for the following reasons:

1. The number of JCs is relatively small, and there is greater convergence in performance among the JCs as compared to secondary schools. MOE now makes public a range of information on these JCs, including each JC’s cut-off scores for entry in the latest year and the academic achievement awards and other achievements that are recognised under the MOE Honour Rolls.
2. Among the 17 JCs in future ⁹ , at least 5 will be offering the IP, leaving 12 non-IP JCs. IP schools such as Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Dunman High School will also run pre-university programmes. The IP JCs will have full flexibility in admission of students and will be running programmes that are 4 to 6 years in length. Comparisons between IP and non-IP JCs will not be fully meaningful in key dimensions.
3. Going forward, it would be desirable to allow the JCs, as post-secondary institutions, to go further in developing their unique strengths, and to compete for students on the basis of their distinct characteristics ¹⁰ . This differentiation is not unlike what the polytechnics are doing currently. It will help to motivate JCs to develop their own individuality and niches of excellence.

Although IP secondary schools and all JCs will be excluded from the School Achievement Tables, they will continue to be included in the other sources of information as set out in paragraph 26. In particular, cut-off entry scores (L1R5) to the JCs as well as their achievements under the Masterplan of Awards and what they offer in various arenas will still be available to the public in the detailed individual school profiles, or School Pics.

The School Excellence Model, a holistic appraisal tool which has been introduced since 2000, will continue to apply to all schools and JCs. It will ensure that there is an accountability framework in place for JCs and IP secondary schools to continue in their pursuit for excellence.

Conclusion

The School Achievement Tables, together with the other sources of information in the form of Honour Rolls, web-based interactive system, School Pics and individual school websites, will provide a holistic picture of schools’ performance and help parents and students make informed and balanced choices when selecting schools. Information will continue to be provided to schools to help them reflect on their performance and devise strategies to provide holistic education.

¹ The MOE Masterplan of Awards was instituted in 1998 as part of the implementation of the School Excellence Model (SEM). The SEM is a framework for school appraisal that emphasises a holistic approach to education with equal focus on processes as well as results.

² These awards include the Sustained Achievement Awards (SAA), Best Practice Awards (BPA), School Distinction Awards (SDA) and School Excellence Awards (SEA).

³ As is the current practice for winners of SAA and BPA, winners of the Special Awards will be allowed to use the logo of the awards on their official letterheads and other publicity materials for as long as the awards are valid.

⁴ The first Outstanding Development Awards (ODA) will be given out at a later date.

⁵ The first Development Awards (DA) will be given out at a later date.

⁶ Achievement Awards in the categories of Aesthetics, Sports and Uniformed Group refer to the awards won at the various national level competitions such as the National Championships and Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging.

⁷ For Special/Express course, this is based on average L1B5, which is the average of students’ aggregate grades in L1 (English or Higher Mother Tongue Language) and the best 5 subjects. For Normal course, this is based on average L1B4, which is the average of students’ aggregate grades in English and best 4 subjects. The smaller the values of L1B5 and L1B4 scores, the better the performance of a school.

⁸ Please see Annex B1-B3 for the 2004 Honour Rolls.

⁹ Including Innova JC, which will open in Jan 2005.

¹⁰ For example, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) will be offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, instead of the ‘A’-levels, to their IP students.

Annex A1

School Achievementⁱ Table for Special/Express Course (2004ⁱⁱ)

'O' Level Band (Average L1B5iii rounded down to the nearest integer)	School (in alphabetical order within each band)	School Excellence Award () and School Distinction Award ()	Sustained Achievement Awards () and Achievement Awards ()		Best Practice Awardsiv ()
			Academic Value-added	Physical & Aestheticsv
Band 1: Average L1B5 < 11	Cedar Girls' Secondary
	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls'
	River Valley High
	Singapore Chinese Girls'
Band 2: Average L1B5 = 11	Anderson Secondary
	Anglican High
	Bukit Panjang Govt. High
	Catholic High
	Methodist Girls' (Secondary)
	Nan Hua Secondary
	St. Joseph's Institution
	Tanjong Katong Girls'
Band 3: Average L1B5 = 12	Chung Cheng High (Main)
	Crescent Girls'
	Swiss Cottage Secondary
	Victoria
	Xinmin Secondary
	Zhonghua Secondary
Band 4: Average L1B5 = 13	Ang Mo Kio Secondary
	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' (Secondary)
	Tanjong Katong Secondary
Band 5: Average L1B5 = 14	CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
	Chua Chu Kang Secondary
	Ngee Ann Secondary
	Temasek Secondary
Band 6: Average L1B5 = 15	Clementi Town Secondary
	Commonwealth Secondary
	Maris Stella High
	St. Margaret's Secondary
Band 7: Average L1B5 = 16	Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary
	Bukit Batok Secondary
	Fairfield Methodist Secondary
	Fuhua Secondary
	Hai Sing Catholic
	Mayflower Secondary
	Presbyterian High
	St Anthony's Canossian Secondary
	Yishun Town Secondary
Band 8: Average L1B5 = 17	Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road)
	Beatty Secondary
	CHIJ Katong Convent
	Dunman Secondary
	Kranji Secondary
	Riverside Secondary
	St. Hilda's Secondary
Band 9: Average L1B5 = 18	Gan Eng Seng
	Jurong Secondary
	New Town Secondary
	St. Andrew's Secondary

ⁱ The Character Development domain has been excluded from the School Achievement Tables as this is a new domain. The Character Development Award will not be given out in 2004.

ⁱⁱ Based on 2003 GCE ‘O’-level Examinations.

ⁱⁱⁱ Average L1B5 is the average of students’ aggregate grades in L1 (English or Higher Mother Tongue Language) and the best 5 subjects. The smaller the value of average L1B5, the better the performance of a school.

^iv I ncludes past winners whose BPA is still valid in 2004.

^v As there are too many first level Achievement Awards in the Physical & Aesthetics domain, only the second level Sustained Achievement Awards are indicated for this domain.

Annex A2

School Achievement^vi Table for Normal Course (2004^vii)

'O' Level Band (Average L1B4viii rounded down to the nearest integer)	School (in alphabetical order within each band)	School Excellence Award () and School Distinction Award ()	Sustained Achievement Awards () and Achievement Awards ()		Best Practice Awardsix ()
			Academic Value-added	Physical & Aestheticsx
Band 1: Average L1B4 < 19	Xinmin Secondary
	Yishun Town Secondary
Band 2: Average L1B4 = 19	Bukit Batok Secondary
	Ngee Ann Secondary
	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' (Secondary)
	St. Margaret's Secondary
Band 3: Average L1B4 = 20	Bendemeer Secondary
	Bukit View Secondary
	Fairfield Methodist Secondary
	Hai Sing Catholic
	Kranji Secondary
Band 4: Average L1B4 = 21	Chua Chu Kang Secondary
	Nan Hua Secondary
	Presbyterian High
	Riverside Secondary
Band 5: Average L1B4 = 22	Ang Mo Kio Secondary
	Bukit Panjang Govt. High
	Clementi Town Secondary
	Commonwealth Secondary
	Geylang Methodist Secondary
	Hong Kah Secondary
	Queenstown Secondary
	Seng Kang Secondary
	St. Gabriel's Secondary
	Yishun Secondary
Band 6: Average L1B4 = 23	Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary
	Bedok South Secondary
	Bedok View Secondary
	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent
	Dunman Secondary
	Holy Innocents' High
	Jurong Secondary
	Loyang Secondary
	Mayflower Secondary
	New Town Secondary
	North View Secondary
	Pioneer Secondary
	Springfield Secondary
	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary
	St. Hilda's Secondary
	Swiss Cottage Secondary
	Yuan Ching Secondary

^viThe Character Development domain has been excluded from the School Achievement Tables as this is a new domain. The Character Development Award will not be given out in 2004.

^vii Based on 2003 GCE ‘O’-level Examinations.

^viii Average L1B4 is the average of students’ aggregate grades in English and the best 4 subjects. The smaller the value of average L1B4, the better the performance of a school.

^ix I ncludes past winners whose BPA is still valid in 2004.

^x As there are too many first level Achievement Awards in the Physical & Aesthetics domain, only the second level Sustained Achievement Awards are indicated for this domain.

Annex B1

Honour Rolls for Primary Schools (2004)

Physical & Aesthetics (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Sustained Achievement Awards (SAA)
1	Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School
2	Ai Tong School
3	Boon Lay Primary School
4	Canossa Covent Primary School
5	CHIJ (Bukit Timah)
6	CHIJ (Kellock)
7	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School
8	Chongfu Primary School
9	Concord Primary School
10	East View Primary School
11	Eunos Primary School
12	Gongshang Primary School
13	Henry Park Primary School
14	Huamin Primary School
15	Jin Tai Primary School
16	Kheng Cheng School
17	Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
18	MacPherson Primary School
19	Maris Stella High School (Primary)
20	Methodist Girls' School (Primary)
21	Nan Chiau Primary School
22	Nan Hua Primary School
23	Nanyang Primary School
24	North View Primary School
25	Northland Primary School
26	Park View Primary School
27	Pasir Ris Primary School
28	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary)
29	Pei Chun Public School
30	Peiying Primary School
31	Qiaonan Primary School
32	Queenstown Primary School
33	Raffles Girls' Primary School
34	Rivervale Primary School
35	Rulang Primary School
36	Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School
37	St. Anthony's Canossian Primary School
38	St. Margaret's Primary School
39	St. Stephen's School
40	Tanjong Katong Primary School
41	Tao Nan School
42	Temasek Primary School
43	Townsville Primary School
44	Unity Primary School
45	Wellington Primary School
46	Woodgrove Primary School
47	Woodlands Ring Primary School
48	Xishan Primary School
49	Yew Tee Primary School
50	Yio Chu Kang Primary School
51	Yishun Primary School
52	Yu Neng Primary School
53	Zhonghua Primary School

Annex B2

Honour Rolls for Secondary Schools (2004)

SPECIAL AWARDS (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	School Excellence Award ()	School Distinction Award ()
1	Anderson Secondary School
2	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
3	Cedar Girls' Secondary School
4	Crescent Girls' School
5	Dunman High School
6	Nanyang Girls' High School
7	Ngee Ann Secondary School
8	Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
9	Raffles Institution
10	River Valley High School
11	Tanjong Katong Secondary School
12	Xinmin Secondary School

ACADEMIC VALUE-ADDED (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Sustained Achievement Award (SAA)	Achievement Award (AA)
1	Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road)
2	Balestier Hill Secondary School
3	Bendemeer Secondary School
4	Bukit Batok Secondary School
5	Bukit View Secondary School
6	Cedar Girls' Secondary School
7	CHIJ Katong Convent
8	CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
9	Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
10	Compassvale Secondary School
11	Fairfield Methodist Secondary School
12	Fuhua Secondary School
13	Ghim Moh Secondary School
14	Greenview Secondary School
15	Hai Sing Catholic School
16	Hong Kah Secondary School
17	Kranji Secondary School
18	Loyang Secondary School
19	Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)
20	Nan Hua Secondary School
21	Ngee Ann Secondary School
22	North View Secondary School
23	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)
24	Presbyterian High School
25	Riverside Secondary School
26	Seng Kang Secondary School
27	Singapore Chinese Girls' School
28	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
29	St. Gabriel's Secondary School
30	St. Hilda's Secondary School
31	St. Margaret's Secondary School
32	Tampines Secondary School
33	Westwood Secondary School
34	Xinmin Secondary School
35	Yishun Town Secondary School

PHYSICAL AND AESTHETICS (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Sustained Achievement Awards (SAA)
1	Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School
2	Anderson Secondary School
3	Ang Mo Kio Secondary School
4	Anglican High School
5	Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Rd)
6	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
7	Beatty Secondary School
8	Bedok South Secondary School
9	Bowen Secondary School
10	Braddell-Westlake Secondary School
11	Bukit Batok Secondary School
12	Bukit Panjang Government High School
13	Canberra Secondary School
14	Catholic High School
15	Cedar Girls' Secondary School
16	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School
17	Chung Cheng High School (Main)
18	Clementi Town Secondary School
19	Commonwealth Secondary School
20	Crescent Girls' School
22	Dunearn Secondary School
23	Dunman High School
24	Dunman Secondary School
25	Evergreen Secondary School
26	Fairfield Methodist Secondary School
27	Fajar Secondary School
28	First Toa Payoh Secondary School
29	Fuhua Secondary School
30	Gan Eng Seng School
31	Geylang Methodist Secondary School
32	Hai Sing Catholic School
33	Hong Kah Secondary School
34	Jurong West Secondary School
35	Kranji Secondary School
36	Maris Stella High School
37	Mayflower Secondary School
38	Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)
39	Montfort Secondary School
40	Nan Hua Secondary School
41	Nanyang Girls' High School
42	New Town Secondary School
43	Ngee Ann Secondary School
44	North View Secondary School
45	Peirce Secondary School
46	Presbyterian High School
47	Queenstown Secondary School
48	Queensway Secondary School
49	Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
50	Raffles Institution
51	River Valley High School
52	Riverside Secondary School
53	Serangoon Garden Secondary School
54	Serangoon Secondary School
55	Siglap Secondary School
56	Singapore Chinese Girls' School
57	Springfield Secondary School
58	St. Andrew's Secondary School
59	St. Gabriel's Secondary School
60	St. Hilda's Secondary School
61	St. Joseph's Institution
62	Swiss Cottage Secondary School
63	Tanjong Katong Girls' School
64	Tanjong Katong Secondary School
65	Temasek Secondary School
66	The Chinese High School
67	Unity Secondary School
68	Victoria School
69	Whitley Secondary School
70	Woodlands Secondary School
71	Xinmin Secondary School
72	Yio Chu Kang Secondary School
73	Yishun Town Secondary School
74	Yuying Secondary School
75	Zhenghua Secondary School
76	Zhonghua Secondary School

BEST PRACTICE AWARDS (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Best Practice Awards ()
1	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
2	Dunman High School
3	Nanyang Girls' High School
4	Raffles Institution
5	River Valley High School
6	Tanjong Katong Secondary School

Annex B3

Honour Rolls for Junior Colleges (2004)

SPECIAL AWARDS (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	School Excellence Award ()	School Distinction Award ()
1	Hwa Chong Junior College
2	Raffles Junior College
3	Temasek Junior College
4	Victoria Junior College

ACADEMIC VALUE-ADDED (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Sustained Achievement Award (SAA)	Achievement Award (AA)
1	Victoria Junior College
2	Yishun Junior College

PHYSICAL AND AESTHETICS (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Sustained Achievement Awards (SAA)
1	Anglo-Chinese Junior College
2	Hwa Chong Junior College
3	Jurong Junior College
4	National Junior College
5	Raffles Junior College
6	Temasek Junior College
7	Victoria Junior College
8	Yishun Junior College

BEST PRACTICE AWARDS (2004)

S/N	School (in alphabetical order)	Best Practice Awards ()
1	Anderson Junior College
2	Victoria Junior College

Annex C

List of Schools that have won the Sustained Achievement Awards for the First Time

Source: Ministry of Education Press Release 26 Sep 2004