Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I apply to Clementi Town Secondary School?

• Direct School Admission Exercise (between May and September each year)

• Sec 1 Posting after PSLE (December each year)

• School Transfer Application

• MOE Admission Exercises

  1. School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans (SPERS)

  2. Admissions Exercise for International Studies (AEIS).

These exercises are managed by MOE. For more information, please refer to the following websites:

• SPERS https://beta.moe.gov.sg/returning-singaporeans/secondary/spers/

• AEIS https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/international-students/admissions-exercise

2. How much is the school fees at Clementi Town Secondary School?

School fees range from $25 to $1420 a month.

The monthly rates for the following groups are as follows:

• Singaporean: $25

• Singapore Permanent Resident: $400

• International Students (ASEAN): $800

• International Students: $1420

3. What is the start-time and end-time of school on regular school days?

All students must report to school by 7.30 am. The end time on Tuesdays and Fridays are 1.55pm and 12.45pm respectively. For Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, the end time will vary between 1.55pm and 3.05pm.

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, end times will be further extended by 15 to 30 minutes as dismissals of students will be carried out in a staggered manner so as to minimise crowding in public areas surrounding the school.

School ends by 6 pm on days when they have to attend CCAs (up to three times a week, days depending on select CCAs).

4. What are the academic streams offered in Clementi Town Secondary School?

Is it possible for my child/ward to take a subject at a more demanding stream after PSLE?

The school offers Express, Normal (Academic) (N(A)) or Normal (Technical) (N(T)) streams from Secondary One to Five.

It is possible for some students to take a subject at a more demanding academic stream based on:

• his/her PSLE results at the start of Secondary 1;

• meeting school academic criteria at mid-year or end-of-year and teachers’ professional judgement.

These opportunities are referred to as Subject-Based Banding (SBB) at Lower Secondary and Out-of-Stream (OoS) at Upper Secondary. Some of these subjects are English Language, Mother Tongue Languages, Mathematics, Sciences and the Humanities subjects (Geography, History, Literature; from 2021 Sec 2 cohort onwards). SBB and OoS are opportunities given to students to take at a more demanding level, thereby enabling them to learn more and reach their potential in selected subjects that they show strength and aptitude for. In SBB, N(A) students may be offered to take a subject at Express level based on him/her meeting the school academic criteria and teachers’ professional judgement. N(T) students may similarly be offered to take a subject at N(A) level. SBB students must continue to meet the school academic criteria and teachers’ professional judgement to continue with OoS at Upper Secondary.

5. What was the school’s PSLE cut-off point in 2020?

Aggregate range of 2019 PSLE students posted to 2020 Sec 1

Express : 235 - 246

Normal (Academic) : 178 - 199

Normal (Technical) : 120 - 156

Remarks: Meeting the previous year's minimum aggregate does not guarantee admission to the school.

The minimum aggregate for the current year may vary, depending on the demand pattern and cohort size.

6. How does one travel to school via public transport?

The school is located near the Clementi MRT station and the Clementi Bus interchange. It is also easily accessible via public buses.

• Bus Services : 7, 14, 96, 99, 105,106, 147, 156, 165, 166, 173, 175, 184, 196, 282, 284, 285

• MRT Station : CLEMENTI MRT

7. What are the CCAs available to the students?

Students can choose from a variety of about 20 CCAs, including Physical Sports, Uniformed Groups, Visual and Performing Arts and Clubs & Societies.

• Physical Sports :

Badminton (Boys), Basketball (Boys), Football (Boys), Netball (Girls), ODAC, Volleyball (Boys), Wushu

• Uniformed Groups :

Girl Guides, NCC, NCDCC, NPCC, Scouts

• Visual and Performing Arts :

Art Club, Band - Symphonic, Dance - Chinese (Girls), Dance - Indian (Girls), Dance - Malay, Drama - English, Ensemble - Guzheng

• Clubs & Societies :

Multimedia Services

8. What is Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB) in Clementi Town Secondary School?

Clementi Town Secondary School is one of the 28 secondary schools selected by the Ministry of Education to pilot aspects of Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB) from 2020 onwards.

With Full SBB, we are moving towards one secondary education, with many subject bands, to better meet our students’ learning needs, without labelling the stream. This is part of the broader shift in our education system to recognise the strengths and interests of our children, to help them build their confidence and develop an intrinsic motivation to learn for life in them.

In CTSS, our FSBB pilot began with 2020 Secondary 1 cohort. All students in this cohort are grouped in mixed stream form classes and in consideration of the CCAs they are in. We use students’ CCAs as way of grouping them in mixed stream form classes because there would be greater opportunities for students to bond through academic learning as well as co-curriculum activities. Students in the same mixed stream form class learn together in these subjects, which are also referred to as ‘common curriculum subjects’:

• Art

• Character and Citizenship Education

• Design & Technology

• Food and Consumer Education

• Music

• Physical Education

In all remaining academic subjects, students will be in classes allocated by their academic stream, as posted after PSLE results.

In 2021, CTSS will continue with FSBB. The above arrangement will be applicable for 2021 Secondary 1 cohort of students.

9. What are the Special Student Development Programmes that Clementi Town Secondary School offers?

CTSS places a strong emphasis on providing a holistic education to every Clementeen. Our programmes are designed in line with the Teaching and Learning framework of the school.

These include signature programmes such as Learning for Life (LLP) and Applied Learning (ALP) that all students experience, special programmes for those with unique talents as well as support programmes for weaker students.

We focus on inculcating values, skills and dispositions in all Clementeens so that they are in good stead to thrive with passion and purpose in the future. As part of the LLP, CTSS develops leadership qualities in our Clementeens using the 'Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership' model by Kouzes and Posner.

Our character development programmes for all students include '7 Habits for Highly Effective Youths' and a structured Service Learning programme that is designed to increase students' self-directedness and collaboration skills over the years.

Our ALP, which is C.O.D.E. (COmputing to Discover and Empower), builds a foundation for students to thrive in the digital age by introducing them to computational thinking and programming.

Other special programmes include Drama-in-Curriculum, Science Talent Development Programme and Project Work.

10. What subjects are offered at Clementi Town Secondary School?

• English Language, English Language (Syllabus A), English Language (Syllabus T)

• Mathematics, Mathematics (Syllabus A), Mathematics (Syllabus T), Additional Mathematics

• Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science (Chemistry, Bio), Science (Physics, Chemistry)

• Higher Chinese, Chinese, Chinese (NA), Chinese (Special Programme), Basic Chinese

• Higher Malay, Malay, Malay N(A), Basic Malay

• Higher Tamil, Tamil, Tamil N(A), Basic Tamil

• Geography, History, Humanities (SS, Geography), Humanities (SS, History)

• Art, Computer Applications, Computing, Design & Technology, Elements of Business Skills, Food & Nutrition, Food and Consumer Education, Literature (E), Music, Physical Education, Principles of Accounts

11. Matters related to Mother Tongue Language & Foreign Languages

• Sec 1 Express students can only take Higher Mother Tongue if they are offered by MOE. Those who are not offered by MOE but are very keen to take Higher Mother Tongue, the school will offer them based on Merit and recommendation of their MTL teachers at the end of Sec 1.

• Students who are offered by MOE to take 3rd Language (Chinese Special Programme/Malay Special Programme/Other Foreign Languages) will be attending lessons at MOE Language Centres at Bishan or Newton. For Chinese Special Programme (CSP) and Malay Special Programme (MSP), they will be attending lessons at Clementi Town Secondary School and Bukit Batok Secondary School respectively. Students who are offered by MOE to take CSP, will be attending lessons in our school every Thursday from 3.15pm to 6.15pm. 3rd Language is an examinable subject.

• Non-Tamil speaking students of Indian ethnicity can apply to study Non-Tamil Indian Language (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi or Urdu). These language classes are not provided by MOE and are usually conducted outside of school premises and hours. You can refer to the Board for the Teaching and Testing of South Asian Languages’ website for more information.