WHICH NEW SCHOOLS ARE OPENING IN SINGAPORE IN 2018-19?

By ITS Education

Some of Singapore's top international schools are moving to completely new grounds for 2018/2019 & 2020, and there are new schools moving in and local schools are merging. Find out more from our research

EtonHouse International School – opens in April 2018

EtonHouse International School will soon open a new boutique branch in the Orchard area for Years 1 to 13 - its fifth campus in Singapore and will enrol 300 students. Ideal for students who need a high teacher-to-student ratio and parents looking for a boutique style small school environment. It will offer the SMART (Science, Maths, Art, Research Technology) programme. The curriculum has been designed for students who are graduating into an ICT-focused world.  

Curriculum: Inquiry based approach to learning, inspired by the IB, IB PYP, IGCSE & IB Diploma
New address: 10 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247908
www.ehis.edu.sg

 

One World International School (OWIS) – opened January 2018

One World International School (Nanyang) opened its doors to students in January 2018. Located in the Jurong area, the school offers children and outstanding global education, without the hefty price tag. With fees at $16,999 for early years and primary students, and $19,545 for secondary students, this is excellent value for money for those for families for whom the exorbitant international school fees are not paid for by the company. Students can also expect a green emphasis in the school’s design. Using the natural world as an inspiration, the entire site sits on a naturally-landscaped environment with extensive outdoor play and sports facilities. The existing campus at Tampines will close in July 2018.

Curriculum:    – Early Years (IB PYP) IB PYP, IGCSE
New address: 21 Jurong West Street 81, Singapore 649075
www.owis.org

 

German European School Singapore (GESS) – new campus opening in August 2018

Doors to the new and impressive purpose built GESS Campus at Dairy Farm open in August 2018. The new school boasts an Olympic-sized pool, indoor sports hall, black box theatre, visual arts studios, cooking lab, design technology studios, 400-seater auditorium, and music and vocal instrument practice rooms, apart from brand new classrooms, canteens and outdoor areas.  The plan is to increase the school community from 1,500 to 2,000 students. Located opposite the Dairy Farm Nature Park, the new campus will have plenty of environmentally-friendly features such as vertical greenery and a rainwater-harvesting system.

Curriculum: German Section and European Section
PYP / MYP / IB Diploma along with the choice of the German Arbitur
Open House Dates 19 April, 16^th May and 12^th June 2018
New address: 2 Dairy Farm Lane, Singapore 677621
www.gess.sg

 

Nexus International School (NISS) – new campus opening 2020

Nexus International School (Singapore) (NISS) will be moving to Aljunied, Geylang. The all-through IB school for 2,000 students aged three to 18 year plans to relocate from its Bukit Timah site to a new ‘vertical campus’. The primary school will be based on the lower floors; a double-storey library, sports halls, play deck and other communal areas in the middle floors; and the secondary school on the upper floors. Families looking at schools in the Central and Eastern parts of the Island, will find this a wonderful option. The new site, which will replace the Ulu Pandan campus and tcan ake up to 2,000 students, boasts a cutting-edge list of modern facilities, with a strong environmental focus. A state of the art sports field, 50m Olympic-sized swimming pool, 700-seat theatre and the latest innovative learning environments are some of the things you can expect. 

Curriculum: PYP and IGCSE followed by the IB Diploma. 
New address: Aljunied Road
aljunied.nexus.edu.sg

 

Middleton International School – new campus opens in May 2018

Middleton International School by EtonHouse will open a second campus in Tampines in May 2018. After a successful launch at the Upper Bukit Timah campus in January 2017, Middleton will expand to offer its very own innovative approach to international education at half the school fees charged by others. The campus will offer hard courts, sports fields, specialist studios and a cafeteria, the campus will offer a holistic education for millenials. The new campus will house up to 1,000 students, and will offer a through train pathway from Nursery 2 to High School (three to 18 years old). The pre-school will follow the EtonHouse Inquire-Think-Learn programme, while the primary programme follows United Kingdom's curriculum for English, and is inspired by the Ministry of Education for the mathematics, science and humanities subjects.

Curriculum: Inquiry based approach to learning, inspired by the IPC and IGCSE and Cambridge A levels
School tours on May 11^th and 12^th 2018
New address: 2 Tampines Street 92
www.middleton.edu.sg/tampines

 

Global Indian International School (GIIS) – new campus opens third quarter of 2018

The new Global Indian International School campus in Punggol is planning to be one of the most technologically-advanced SMART campuses in all of Asia. Seven-stories high, it has more than 130 classrooms fitted with TV display panels and tablets, high-speed internet, while the campus will have facilities like sports data analytics and smart safety features like facial recognition. Students will also have the opportunity to learn from faculty members from specialised fields and industry leaders, and will have access to learning resources from international universities through virtual classrooms. Long-distance group projects will be implemented with fellow GIIS students from campuses across seven countries. GIIS also boasts a green campus and is involved in plenty of ongoing water conservation efforts.

Curriculum: CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education (India), IGCSE and IB in higher grades

New address: 27 Punggol Field Walk, Singapore 828649
www.schoolofthefuture.sg

 

Chatsworth International School – new Bukit Timah Campus opens in August 2018

Chatsworth International School in the East will close operations from their campus coming August.  The Chatsworth group will instead open their second campus in the current GESS campus in Bukit Tinggi in August 2018. Facilities will include a sports complex, swimming pool, basketball court, football pitch, performing arts hall, art and music rooms, science labs, a library and a canteen.

The Secondary School (Years 7 to 13) will move to Bukit Timah, and the existing Orchard Campus will become an expanded primary school for students from Kindergarten through to Year 6. 

Curriculum: IB PYP followed by the IGCSE and IB Diploma
New address: Bukit Timah Campus, 72 Bukit Tinggi Road, Singapore 289760
www.chatsworth.com.sg

 

New Local Schools in Singapore:

Two new primary schools and a secondary school have been built in Punggol to meet the demand in the young housing estate while a primary school will be built in Tampines North, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE) The new schools will bring the total number of primary schools in Punggol to 11, and the number of secondary schools in the area to four. Besides this, in Punggol, the ministry is also building a new primary school in Tampines North.  *Public information has not been released on the expected completion dates for the schools.

 

What else do you need to know?

The will be 20% of places in affiliated secondary schools will be reserved for non-affiliated students. Twenty Seven secondary schools in Singapore currently offer their affiliated primary school students priority in the Secondary 1 admission. From 2019, these schools will have to reserve one-fifth of the places for students with no affiliation priority, to ensure these schools remain accessible to all students regardless of their backgrounds.

Several secondary schools in mature housing estates have merged in recent years after being hit by falling student enrolments. Eleven have merged with others in the last two years, including Balestier Hill Secondary School in Novena and Henderson Secondary School in Bukit Merah in 2017.

 

And there is more…13 new MOE-run kindergartens will open in high demand areas in 2019

The proposed development, with an estimated gross floor area of 28,335 sq metres, consists of two blocks of seven-storey classrooms, one block of three-storey canteen and a multi-purpose hall, with construction work expected to be completed by fourth quarter 2020.  All the blocks will be interconnected via a deck at the second storey and link bridges on higher floors.

 

PRIMARY SCHOOLS   BY  PLANNING  AREA  IN  YEAR  2019

?This information is accurate as of April 2018

⁺ Merging Schools in 2019
* Schools with Full Handicap Facilities

 

Planning Area	Name of School
Ang Mo Kio	Anderson Primary School Ang Mo Kio Primary School CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ (Primary)* Jing Shan Primary School+ Mayflower Primary School Teck Ghee Primary School* Townsville Primary School
Bedok	Bedok Green Primary School   CHIJ (Katong) Primary School   Damai Primary School+* Fengshan Primary School* Opera Estate Primary School   Red Swastika School St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School* St Stephen’s School Telok Kurau Primary School   Temasek Primary School* Yu Neng Primary School*
Bishan	Ai Tong School Catholic High Guangyang Primary School* Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
Bukit Batok	Bukit View Primary School   Dazhong Primary School* Keming Primary School   Lianhua Primary School Princess Elizabeth Primary School   St Anthony’s Primary School
Bukit Merah	Alexandra Primary School* Blangah Rise Primary School   Cantonment Primary School* CHIJ (Kellock) Gan Eng Seng Primary School Radin Mas Primary School   Zhangde Primary School
Bukit Panjang	Beacon Primary School   Bukit Panjang Primary School   CHIJ (Our Lady Queen of Peace) Greenridge Primary School   West Spring Primary School* West View Primary School   Zhenghua Primary School
Bukit Timah	Bukit Timah Primary School* Henry Park Primary School   Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)* Nanyang Primary School Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School Raffles Girls’ Primary School
Central	Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) River Valley Primary School* St Margaret’s Primary School   Stamford Primary School*
Choa Chu Kang	Chua Chu Kang Primary School* Concord Primary School   De La Salle School* Kranji Primary School South View Primary School   Teck Whye Primary School   Unity Primary School   Yew Tee Primary School
Clementi	Clementi Primary School   Nan Hua Primary School   Pei Tong Primary School   Qifa Primary School
Geylang	Canossa Catholic Primary School   Eunos Primary School   Geylang Methodist School (Primary) Haig Girls’ School Kong Hwa School* Maha Bodhi School*
Hougang	CHIJ (Our Lady of the Nativity) Holy Innocents’ Primary School   Hougang Primary School   Montfort Junior School Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) Punggol Primary School* Xinghua Primary School* Xinmin Primary School Yio Chu Kang Primary School
Jurong East	Fuhua Primary School   Jurong Primary School   Yuhua Primary School
Jurong West	Boon Lay Garden Primary School   Corporation Primary School   Frontier Primary School* Jurong West Primary School   Juying Primary School   Lakeside Primary School   Pioneer Primary School* Rulang Primary School   Shuqun Primary School* West Grove Primary School   Westwood Primary School* Xingnan Primary School
Kallang	Bendemeer Primary School+* Farrer Park Primary School   Hong Wen School
Marine Parade	Ngee Ann Primary School   Tanjong Katong Primary School* Tao Nan School
Novena	Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) St Joseph’s Institution Junior Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Primary)
Pasir Ris	Casuarina Primary School+ Elias Park Primary School* Meridian Primary School   Park View Primary School   Pasir Ris Primary School   White Sands Primary School+
Punggol	Edgefield Primary School* Greendale Primary School   Horizon Primary School* Mee Toh School Oasis Primary School* Punggol Cove Primary School* Punggol Green Primary School* Punggol View Primary School* Waterway Primary School*
Queenstown	Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) New Town Primary School Queenstown Primary School*
Sembawang	Canberra Primary School* Endeavour Primary School Northoaks Primary School* Sembawang Primary School* Wellington Primary School
Sengkang	Anchor Green Primary School   Compassvale Primary School* Fern Green Primary School* Fernvale Primary School Nan Chiau Primary School* North Spring Primary School   North Vista Primary School   Palm View Primary School* Rivervale Primary School Seng Kang Primary School* Sengkang Green Primary School* Springdale Primary School*
Serangoon	CHIJ (Our Lady of Good Counsel) Rosyth School St Gabriel’s Primary School Yangzheng Primary School Zhonghua Primary School*
Tampines	Angsana Primary School Changkat Primary School Chongzheng Primary School East Spring Primary School Gongshang Primary School Junyuan Primary School+ Poi Ching School St Hilda’s Primary School Tampines Primary School* Tampines North Primary School* Yumin Primary School
Toa Payoh	Cedar Primary School+   CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) First Toa Payoh Primary School* Kheng Cheng School Maris Stella High (Primary) Marymount Convent School* Pei Chun Public School St Andrew’s Junior School
Woodlands	Admiralty Primary School   Evergreen Primary School* Fuchun Primary School   Greenwood Primary School   Innova Primary School   Marsiling Primary School* Qihua Primary School Riverside Primary School* Si Ling Primary School Woodgrove Primary School   Woodlands Primary School   Woodlands Ring Primary School
Yishun	Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School* Chongfu Primary School Huamin Primary School Jiemin Primary School Naval Base Primary School* Northland Primary School North View Primary School* Peiying Primary School Xishan Primary School* Yishun Primary School