Secondary school · Bukit Timah
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- Boys
Hwa Chong Institution cut‑off point 2026
The PSLE cut-off point at Hwa Chong Institution for the 2026 Secondary 1 intake was 6 for the Integrated Programme (the last place needed a Merit in Higher Chinese). That makes it the joint most selective of the 139 secondary schools. Its Integrated Programme cut-off is 1 point tighter than 2023.
Source: MOE SchoolFinder, 2026 S1 posting
6M
IP
Integrated Programme
7 in 2023
Cut-off points
Four years of Hwa Chong Institution cut‑offs
The Integrated Programme has tightened from 7 to 6 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.
| Intake | Integrated Programme |
|---|---|
| 2026Latest | 6M |
| 2025 | 6M |
| 2024 | 7D |
| 2023 | 7M |
Where it ranks
Hwa Chong Institution among 139 schools
Joint most selective, with Nanyang Girls' High School. The schools ranked just above and below it:
#1of 139
- #1
Hwa Chong InstitutionThis school#1 · Bukit Timah · boysIP6M - #1
Nanyang Girls' High School#1 · Bukit Timah · girlsIP6M - #3
Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)#3 · Toa Payoh · girlsIP6 - #3
Raffles Institution#3 · Bishan · boysIP6 - #3
Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)#3 · Bukit Timah · girlsIP6
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 Hwa Chong Institution?
Set a PSLE score and each door reads it. Nothing you type leaves this page.
–PSLE score
- Integrated Programme6M
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 6 takes
A score of 6 is four Achievement Levels that add up to 6, so every subject at about AL 1 or AL 2. One way to make it:
- English
AL 2
85 to 89
- Maths
AL 1
90 to 100
- Science
AL 2
85 to 89
- Mother Tongue
AL 1
90 to 100
In Maths, AL 1 starts at 90 marks and AL 2 at 85: 5 marks on a 100-mark paper decide a whole point of the score.
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Getting in
Getting into Hwa Chong Institution
How many points do you need for Hwa Chong Institution?
The last places in the 2026 Secondary 1 intake went at a PSLE score of 6 for the Integrated Programme (the last place needed a Merit in Higher Chinese). A lower score is a stronger one.
Does Hwa Chong Institution offer the Integrated Programme?
Yes, and only that: every Secondary 1 place is in the six-year Integrated Programme.
Does a DSA offer to Hwa Chong Institution still need a PSLE score?
Yes. A confirmed offer here still needs a PSLE score of 22 or better: every track this school published last year sits inside that range. How DSA works
Direct School Admission
Hwa Chong Institution DSA 2026
Every place opens into the Integrated Programme, for boys.
22
talent areas
22
or better: the PSLE score a confirmed offer needs
Sports and Games · 13
Language and Humanities · 3
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics · 3
Entrepreneurship and Innovation · 1
Leadership and Uniformed Groups · 1
Visual Arts, Design and Media · 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
- MOE programmes
- Art elective programme · Bicultural studies programme · Language elective programme (chinese)
- Less common subjects
- Economics · Integrated Mathematics · Literature in Chinese · Project Work · Spanish Language
- CCAs
- 72 across 5 groups: 22 clubs and societies, 1 other, 30 sports, 4 uniformed groups and 15 arts.
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Clubs and societies · 22
- Art and crafts
- Chess and strategy games
- Chinese calligraphy
- Cmc council
- Community service
- Debating
- Environment club
- Humanities club
- Library
- Lifesaving and first aid
- Malay drama and debating
- Mathematics club
- Mediatech
- National education council
- Photography
- Robotics
- Science club
- Singapore Youth Flying Club
- Social studies
- Student leadership
- Values in action council
- Writing and journalism
Others · 1
- Faculty committee
Physical sports · 30
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Canoeing
- Cross country
- Fencing
- Floorball
- Football
- Frisbee
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Health and fitness
- Ice skating
- Judo
- Modular CCA
- Netball
- Outdoor education student club
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Softball
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tchoukball
- Tennis
- Track & Field Cross Country
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Wushu
Uniformed groups · 4
- National Cadet Corps (land)
- National Police Cadet Corps
- Scouts
- St John Brigade
Visual and performing arts · 15
- Chinese dance
- Chinese drama
- Chinese orchestra
- Choir
- Concert band
- Dance
- Elddfs
- English drama
- Guitar ensemble
- Harmonica ensemble
- Modern dance
- Piano ensemble
- Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra
- Singapore National Youth Orchestra
- String ensemble
Getting there
Bukit Timah, Singapore 269734
Nearest MRT: Tan Kah Kee
Travel times open in Google Maps, live.
Nearby
Other secondary schools in Bukit Timah
- Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)2.6 km away · #3 · girlsIP6
- Nanyang Girls' High School0.7 km away · #1 · girlsIP6M
National Junior College0.6 km away · #12 · co-edIP8
St. Margaret's Secondary School0.7 km away · #24 · girlsPG311
Every secondary school's cut-off points, in one table
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