PSLE 2026 dates, marking days and results

The written week

Four subjects for most children, across five mornings. The maths papers are on Friday 25 September, in the middle of the week.

SEAB last updated this timetable on 13 February 2026. Your child's school confirms the details nearer the time, and the school letter is the one that tells you where to be.

Before and after the written week

Maths day is Friday 25 September

Both papers are sat in one morning. Paper 1 runs 8.15am to 9.25am with no calculator. Paper 2 runs 10.30am to 11.50am and a calculator is allowed.

The two papers carry the same 50 marks. That is the part worth knowing. Paper 1 is the shorter one, it comes first, and it is the one children tend to prepare for less. It decides half the grade.

Marking days, 12 to 14 October

Most primary schools close while teachers mark the papers, so P1 to P5 children are usually home for the three days. Each school decides for itself, so check the letter.

Term 4, and when the P3 to P5 papers fall

Term 4 runs Monday 14 September to Friday 20 November, straight after the September break (Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 September). Primary schools also have Children's Day on Friday 2 October.

The year-end paper is set by your school, not by SEAB. There is no national date for it. In most schools it lands in the last few weeks of term, and your school's assessment letter is the only document that has the real date.

What does not vary is the scope. The year-end paper covers the whole year, including the topics taught back in Term 1 that nobody has looked at since March.

1. 1What the P3 to P5 year-end paper covers, topic by topic. Every topic your child is tested on, and the mistake that costs the marks on each one. Read the year-end guide
2. 2How the Weighted Assessments fit around it. The rhythm of the year, and how to use the gaps between assessments rather than cramming into them. Read the assessment-window guide
3. 3What each paper asks for, and where the marks go. Both papers, the question types, and the method marks a child loses without noticing. Read the paper format guide

PSLE 2026 results, and the week after

Results are expected Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 November. SEAB confirms the exact day closer to the time, so treat it as the week rather than the date. Last year they came out at 11am on Tuesday 25 November, collected at the child's primary school, or by a proxy the family appoints.

The results slip shows an AL for each subject, and the PSLE score: the four ALs added together, from 4 to 32, where lower is better. The score decides the posting group, and all six school choices are made inside that one group.

Then it moves fast. You get about a week from results day to submit six secondary school choices. Last year the window ran from 11.30am on results day to 4.30pm on Monday 1 December, through the S1 Portal on MOE's S1 Posting website, with one parent's Singpass. MOE confirms this year's window with the results. That is not long to start from a blank page, and most of the thinking can be done before results day, from prelim marks and last year's cut-off points.

The posting results came on Thursday 18 or Friday 19 December last year, through the S1 Portal, an SMS, or the primary school, and Secondary 1 began on Friday 2 January. Term 4 ends Friday 20 November, and the year-end holidays run Saturday 21 November to Thursday 31 December.

1. 1Turn prelim marks into a likely score. Enter the marks, see the AL score and the posting group, with nothing leaving your device. Open the PSLE score calculator
2. 2See which schools that score reaches. Cut-off points for every secondary school across four intake years, with your child's fit on each row. Open the cut-off point table
3. 3Rank the six schools well. What a balanced list looks like, how ties are broken at the last places, and the mistakes that cost a choice. How to choose your child's six secondary schools
4. 4A younger child in P3 to P5? Their year-end paper is next. A free Maths exam paper for every level, set out like a school paper, marked on screen, with Lah's working for every mistake. Free Maths exam papers, P1 to P6