Secondary school · Toa Payoh
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Maris Stella High School cut‑off point 2026
The PSLE cut-off point at Maris Stella High School for the 2026 Secondary 1 intake was 12 for Posting Group 3. That makes it the joint 32nd most selective of the 139 secondary schools. Children from its affiliated primary schools needed 16 for Posting Group 3. Its Posting Group 3 cut-off is 2 points tighter than 2023.
Source: MOE SchoolFinder, 2026 S1 posting
12
PG3
Posting Group 3
14 in 2023
Cut-off points
Four years of Maris Stella High School cut‑offs
Posting Group 3 has tightened from 14 to 12 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 | Posting Group 3 | PG3, affiliated primary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026Latest | 12 | 16 |
| 2025 | 11 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14P | 16 |
Where it ranks
Maris Stella High School among 139 schools
Joint 32nd most selective, with Anglican High School and Ngee Ann Secondary School and Zhonghua Secondary School. The schools ranked just above and below it:
#32of 139
- #32
Anglican High School#32 · Bedok · co-edPG312 - #32
Zhonghua Secondary School#32 · Serangoon · co-edPG312 - #32
Maris Stella High SchoolThis school#32 · Toa Payoh · boysPG312 - #32
Ngee Ann Secondary School#32 · Tampines · co-edPG312 - #36
Clementi Town Secondary School#36 · Clementi · co-edPG313
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 Maris Stella High School?
Set a PSLE score and each door reads it. Nothing you type leaves this page.
–PSLE score
- Posting Group 312
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 12 takes
A score of 12 is four Achievement Levels that add up to 12, so every subject at about AL 3 or AL 4. One way to make it:
- English
AL 3
80 to 84
- Maths
AL 3
80 to 84
- Science
AL 3
80 to 84
- Mother Tongue
AL 3
80 to 84
In Maths, AL 3 starts at 80 marks and AL 4 at 75: 5 marks on a 100-mark paper decide a whole point of the score.
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Getting in
Getting into Maris Stella High School
How many points do you need for Maris Stella High School?
The last places in the 2026 Secondary 1 intake went at a PSLE score of 12 for Posting Group 3. A lower score is a stronger one.
Does Maris Stella High School offer the Integrated Programme?
No. It takes children through Posting Group 3, into the four-year course.
Which primary school is affiliated with Maris Stella High School?
Maris Stella High School (Primary Section). Their pupils who listed it first needed 16 for Posting Group 3 in 2026.
Does a DSA offer to Maris Stella High School 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
Maris Stella High School DSA 2026
Every place opens into the four-year course, for boys.
18
talent areas
22
or better: the PSLE score a confirmed offer needs
Sports and Games · 8
Performing Arts · 3
Language and Humanities · 2
Leadership and Uniformed Groups · 2
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
- Language elective programme (chinese)
- Less common subjects
- Appreciation of Chinese Culture · Arabic Language as MTL-in-lieu · Character and Citizenship Education · Economics · Exercise & Sports Science · Foundation Chinese Language · Foundation English Language · Foundation Mathematics · Foundation Science · Humanities (SS, Literature in Chinese) · Humanities (SS, Literature in Malay) · Humanities (SS, Literature in Tamil) · Literature in Chinese · Spanish Language
- CCAs
- 34 across 5 groups: 10 clubs and societies, 1 other, 14 sports, 4 uniformed groups and 5 arts.
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Clubs and societies · 10
- Art and crafts
- Chess and strategy games
- Environment club
- Infocomm and media
- Language and culture club
- Mathematics club
- Robotics
- Science club
- Singapore Youth Flying Club
- Writing and journalism
Others · 1
- Student leadership
Physical sports · 14
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Canoeing
- Hockey
- Outdoor adventure
- Softball
- Sport climbing
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Water polo
- Wushu
Uniformed groups · 4
- National Cadet Corps (sea)
- National Police Cadet Corps
- Scouts
- St John Brigade
Visual and performing arts · 5
- Chinese orchestra
- Concert band
- Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra
- Singapore National Youth Orchestra
- String ensemble
Getting there
Toa Payoh, Singapore 368051
Nearest MRT: Bartley
Travel times open in Google Maps, live.
Nearby
Other secondary schools in Toa Payoh
Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)3.9 km away · #3 · girlsIP6
Cedar Girls' Secondary School1.0 km away · #16 · girlsIP9
St. Andrew's Secondary School1.8 km away · #16 · boysPG39
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)4.0 km away · #21 · girlsPG310
Beatty Secondary School2.8 km away · #77 · co-edPG318
Bartley Secondary School0.6 km away · #105 · co-edPG321
Every secondary school's cut-off points, in one table
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