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Hougang Secondary School cut‑off point 2026

The PSLE cut-off point at Hougang Secondary School for the 2026 Secondary 1 intake was 20 for Posting Group 3, 24 for Posting Group 2 and 27 for Posting Group 1. That makes it the joint 93rd most selective of the 139 secondary schools. Its Posting Group 3 cut-off is 2 points tighter than 2023.

Check your child's scoreAll 139 cut-off points

Source: MOE SchoolFinder, 2026 S1 posting

PSLE cut-off · 2026 intake#93 of 139

20

PG3

Posting Group 3

22 in 2023

24

PG2

Posting Group 2

held at 24 since 2023

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Cut-off points

Four years of Hougang Secondary School cut‑offs

Posting Group 3 has tightened from 22 to 20 since 2023. Posting Group 2 has held at 24 since 2023. Posting Group 1 has tightened from 30 to 27 since 2023.

Each value is the score of the last child posted that year. D, M or P: that place also needed that Higher Chinese grade. *: places were still open at that score.

PSLE cut-off trends, 2023 to 2026: what changed

IntakePosting Group 3Posting Group 2Posting Group 1
2026Latest202427
2025202428
2024222428
2023222430

Where it ranks

Hougang Secondary School among 139 schools

Joint 93rd most selective, with Bedok Green Secondary School and Bukit View Secondary School and Chua Chu Kang Secondary School and Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School and New Town Secondary School and Peicai Secondary School and Peirce Secondary School and Serangoon Secondary School and Yishun Secondary School and Yuhua Secondary School and Zhenghua Secondary School. The schools ranked just above and below it:

#93of 139

  1. Bukit View Secondary School#93 · Bukit Batok · co-edPG320
  2. Chua Chu Kang Secondary School#93 · Choa Chu Kang · co-edPG320
  3. Hougang Secondary SchoolThis school#93 · Hougang · co-edPG320
  4. New Town Secondary School#93 · Queenstown · co-edPG320
  5. Peicai Secondary School#93 · Serangoon · co-edPG320

Ranked by each school's hardest door: its cut-off, then the Higher Chinese grade the last place needed. Schools with the same bar share a rank. All 139 cut-off points, ranked

Your child's score

Could your child get into Hougang Secondary School?

Set a PSLE score and each door reads it. Nothing you type leaves this page.

–PSLE score

  • Posting Group 320
  • Posting Group 224
  • Posting Group 127

Pick a score to see where it lands on each door.

A cut-off is last year's last admitted score, not a promise. Work out the score from marks in the PSLE score calculator

What it takes

What a PSLE score of 20 takes

A score of 20 is four Achievement Levels that add up to 20, so every subject at about AL 5 or AL 6. One way to make it:

  • English

    AL 5

    65 to 74

  • Maths

    AL 5

    65 to 74

  • Science

    AL 5

    65 to 74

  • Mother Tongue

    AL 5

    65 to 74

In Maths, AL 5 starts at 65 marks and AL 6 at 45: 20 marks on a 100-mark paper decide a whole point of the score.

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Getting in

Getting into Hougang Secondary School

How many points do you need for Hougang Secondary School?

The last places in the 2026 Secondary 1 intake went at a PSLE score of 20 for Posting Group 3, 24 for Posting Group 2 and 27 for Posting Group 1. A lower score is a stronger one.

Does Hougang Secondary School offer the Integrated Programme?

No. It takes children through Posting Group 3, Posting Group 2 and Posting Group 1, into the four-year course.

Does a DSA offer to Hougang Secondary School still need a PSLE score?

Yes, a PSLE score that qualifies for Secondary 1 posting. Every posting group is open here, so no particular score is needed. How DSA works

Direct School Admission

Hougang Secondary School DSA 2026

Every place opens into the four-year course.

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talent areas

Any posting score: every posting group is open here

Performing Arts · 4

Sports and Games · 4

Language and Humanities · 1

Leadership and Uniformed Groups · 1

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics · 1

Talent areas from MOE SchoolFinder's 2026 exercise. Schools revise their lists each year, so check the school's own site before applying.

The school

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
Less common subjects
Cce · Humanities (SS, Literature in Malay)
CCAs
19 across 4 groups: 2 clubs and societies, 6 sports, 6 uniformed groups and 5 arts.
See all 19

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

Getting there

Hougang, Singapore 534256

Nearest MRT: Hougang, Buangkok

By bus or MRT
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