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St. Joseph's Institution cut‑off point 2026
The PSLE cut-off point at St. Joseph's Institution for the 2026 Secondary 1 intake was 7 for the Integrated Programme and 8 for Posting Group 3. That makes it the joint 8th most selective of the 139 secondary schools. Children from its affiliated primary schools needed 12 for Posting Group 3. Its Integrated Programme cut-off is 1 point tighter than 2023.
Source: MOE SchoolFinder, 2026 S1 posting
7
IP
Integrated Programme
8 in 2023
8
PG3
Posting Group 3
10 in 2023
Cut-off points
Four years of St. Joseph's Institution cut‑offs
The Integrated Programme has tightened from 8 to 7 since 2023. Posting Group 3 has tightened from 10 to 8 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 | Posting Group 3 | PG3, affiliated primary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Latest | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Where it ranks
St. Joseph's Institution among 139 schools
Joint 8th most selective, with Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Singapore Chinese Girls' School. The schools ranked just above and below it:
#8of 139
- #6
Catholic High School#6 · Bishan · boysIP7M - #6
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School#6 · Ang Mo Kio · girlsIP7M - #8
St. Joseph's InstitutionThis school#8 · Novena · boysIP7 - #8
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)#8 · Queenstown · boysIP7 - #8
Singapore Chinese Girls' School#8 · Novena · girlsIP7
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 St. Joseph's Institution?
Set a PSLE score and each door reads it. Nothing you type leaves this page.
–PSLE score
- Integrated Programme7
- Posting Group 38
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 7 takes
A score of 7 is four Achievement Levels that add up to 7, 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 2
85 to 89
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 St. Joseph's Institution
How many points do you need for St. Joseph's Institution?
The last places in the 2026 Secondary 1 intake went at a PSLE score of 7 for the Integrated Programme and 8 for Posting Group 3. A lower score is a stronger one.
Does St. Joseph's Institution offer the Integrated Programme?
Yes. It takes children into the six-year Integrated Programme, and through Posting Group 3 into the four-year course.
Which primary school is affiliated with St. Joseph's Institution?
De La Salle School, St. Anthony's Primary School, St. Joseph's Institution Junior and St. Stephen's School. Their pupils who listed it first needed 12 for Posting Group 3 in 2026.
Does a DSA offer to St. Joseph's 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
St. Joseph's Institution DSA 2026
20
talent areas
22
or better: the PSLE score a confirmed offer needs
Sports and Games · 15
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics · 3
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
- Less common subjects
- Exercise & Sports Science · Spanish Language
- CCAs
- 63 across 5 groups: 25 clubs and societies, 2 other, 21 sports, 6 uniformed groups and 9 arts.
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Clubs and societies · 25
- Art and crafts
- Beacon cas
- C3 ace programme for youths
- Chess and strategy games
- Debating
- Design & innovation club
- Environment club
- Faith-based CCA
- Film cas
- Infocomm and media
- KidsREAD
- Language and culture club
- Lasallian youth
- Mathematics club
- Na
- Paper bridges
- Photography
- Pre-university seminar cas
- Prism cas
- Science club
- Sica cas
- Singapore Youth Flying Club
- Student leadership
- Writing and journalism
- Youngxhush
Others · 2
- Blooday
- Student leadership
Physical sports · 21
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Canoeing
- Cross country
- Dragon boating
- Fencing
- Floorball
- Football
- Frisbee
- Hockey
- Judo
- Modular CCA
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Squash
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water polo
Uniformed groups · 6
- National Cadet Corps (air)
- National Cadet Corps (land)
- National Police Cadet Corps
- Scouts
- St John Brigade
- Ventures
Visual and performing arts · 9
- Concert band
- Dance
- English drama
- Guitar ensemble
- Pipe band
- Rock-a-cause cas
- Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra
- Singapore National Youth Orchestra
- Sji vocal ensemble
Getting there
Novena, Singapore 308274
Nearest MRT: Stevens
Travel times open in Google Maps, live.
Nearby
Other secondary schools in Novena
- Singapore Chinese Girls' School0.3 km away · #8 · girlsIP7
Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)0.9 km away · #16 · boysPG39
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