Hougang Secondary School
Hougang · Government school
#93
most selective of 139, nationally
#23
of 33 in the north zone
20
PG3 cut-off, 2026
24
PG2 cut-off, 2026
▲2
2 points tighter than 2023
Crest from the school's own website. It belongs to the school.
Against your child's score
Set a PSLE score and this section reads it against every track this school posts on, right here. Work out the score
Cut-off points, year by year
Every track this school posted on, as published each May. Lower is more selective.
| Intake | PG3 | PG2 | PG1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026latest | 20 | 24 | 27 |
| 2025 | 20 | 24 | 28 |
| 2024 | 22 | 24 | 28 |
| 2023 | 22 | 24 | 30 |
PG3 has moved 22 → 20 since 2023 (2 tighter). PG2 has held at 24 since 2023. PG1 has moved 30 → 27 since 2023 (3 tighter).
Each value is the cut-off, the score of the last student posted that year. The smaller second value is the affiliated intake. D, M or P means that last place also needed that Higher Chinese grade; * means the school still had vacancies at the printed score. Source: MOE SchoolFinder, 2026 S1 posting and the three years before it.
Affiliation
This school has no affiliated primary schools, so every place is open to everyone.
Getting there
Singapore 534256 · nearest MRT Hougang, Buangkok
Travel times open in Google Maps, so they are live rather than our estimate.
Getting in through DSA
Direct School Admission lets a P6 child apply on a talent instead of a PSLE score. Applying is free, and a family may enter three schools.
Into the O-Level track · 11
- Angklung/Kulintang Ensemble
- Debating
- English Drama
- Floorball
- Football
- Guzheng Ensemble
- Judo
- Leadership
- Modern Dance
- Netball
Every posting group is in range at this school, so the offer does not hang on the PSLE result.
Talent areas from MOE SchoolFinder. Schools revise their lists each year, so check the school's own site before applying. 2026 exercise.
Programmes and CCAs
Applied Learning Programme
Promoting Communication Skills using Authentic Learning as a Platform
Languages
Learning for Life Programme
Values in action, a Hougean way of life
Community Youth Leadership
Subjects not every school offers
- Cce
- Humanities (SS, Literature in Malay)
Co-curricular activities
Clubs and societies · 2
- English drama and debating
- Media resource club
Physical sports · 6
- Basketball
- Floorball
- Football
- Judo
- Netball
- Wushu
Uniformed groups · 6
- Boys' Brigade
- Girl Guides
- Girls' Brigade
- National Cadet Corps (land)
- National Police Cadet Corps
- Red cross youth
Visual and performing arts · 5
- Angklung and kompang
- Choir
- Concert band
- Guzheng ensemble
- Modern dance
Other schools in Hougang
- Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)#21 nationally · 3.0 km awayPG310
- Xinmin Secondary School#36 nationally · 0.6 km awayPG313
- Holy Innocents' High School#46 nationally · 1.7 km awayPG314
- Bowen Secondary School#64 nationally · 1.0 km awayPG316
- Serangoon Secondary School#93 nationally · 2.2 km awayPG320
- Montfort Secondary School#108 nationally · 0.8 km awayPG322
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