Hi St Margaret Primary parents, we just relocated back to SG. It was a great pleasure that my daughter will join P4 in May, any P4 WhatsApp Group that I can join? Thank you! Looking forward to be a part of St Margaret family.
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RE: St Margaret's Primary
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@coast - sorry for the delayed response.
How Affiliation Priority Works
https://postimg.cc/qgb0FDyT
https://www.moe.gov.sg/microsites/psle-fsbb/posting-to-secondary-school/faqs.html
Do note that MOE is working with the schools to determine the minimum requirements for affiliated students. If I am not wrong, it will be released by mid-2021.
Hope it helps.
If you have any query, do feel free to post here.
Happy Lunar New Year! :rahrah:
Wishing you a belated Happy Lunar New Year!
Your link is most informative. Now we have a better sense on how affiliation works.
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RE: St Margaret's Primary
[quote]MOE said that secondary schools affiliated to primary schools will still have two sets of cut-off points next year to cater to affiliated and non-affiliated pupils.
It said that there will also be no change in how the affiliation priority works, with pupils still required to meet the minimum requirements of the secondary school and pick them as their first choice. [/quote]These are taken from Today Online,
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/moe-release-mid-2021-indicative-cut-points-sec-schools-based-new-psle-grading-system?cid=h3_referral_inarticlelinks_03092019_todayonline -
RE: St Margaret's Primary
coast\" post_id=\"2014645\" time=\"1612928354\" user_id=\"38933:
Thank you
:congrats:
St. Margaret's Secondary School has a very good PSLE T-Score COP for students from affiliated primary schools. Hope that the AMR (affiliate minimum requirement) under the new AL Score will continue to be attractive.
All the best to your gal.
this is akin to divine intervention for us.
We were still living under the impression of the T Score COP system until you had pointed out about the new Achievement Level banding system.
Would the following understanding on how the COP works (under the T Score system), based on ranking and available vacancies be correct:[list]- assume say SMSS has 200 slots for the coming year
[/list][list]- if the number of applicants exceeds 200, then students with or without AMR will be sorted and ranked with the affiliation offset, and the 200th ranked student's score + affiliation offset (if applicable) become the COP
[/list][list]- if there is a tie for the last spot, then the student that has indicated SMSS as the higher priority will secure
[/list]If this understanding is correct then COP is a market driven cutoff that adjusts each year based on the number of applicants, quality of applicants and available spots.
Also, I wonder if the affiliation offset is determined by targeting a certain affiliate percentage say y% of the new intake?
Perhaps someone can shed some light on this?
Hopefully, the relative offset will still apply well under the new system. -
RE: St Margaret's Primary
Thank you for your detailed response and sorry for the delay in reverting.
We have been extremely fortunate and had just received news that our daughter has been admitted under the Assured School Placement (ASP) program into St Margaret’s. Based on your post, this would appear to be a relatively low occurrence, as such we are overjoyed and grateful.
In the event that there are returning Singaporeans in a similar situation, and had not previously secured a Leave of Absence with a specific school, we would suggest writing to MOE and/or the School. We have found that this has been most helpful. We believe that the outcome is solely based on proximity to the school and vacancy at the level of admission. This approach will likely be unsuccessful where there is a long waiting list at the level of entry. For the Schools we had investigated, there was a 25-30% drop in the total number of students admitted over the last 3-4 years. As such, the upper primaries has a larger population than the lower primaries, coupled perhaps with the temporary shift to its present location, this may have resulted in this availability.
We had also subsequently realize that it may not be an easy decision choosing between St. Margaret and Fairfield, if coed /girls school and distance are not prevailing factors. From an affiliation perspective, through to Junior College, we believe that SMPS to be more suitable for our case. -
RE: St Margaret's Primary
Hello there,
We are returning Singaporeans that would like to get our daughter to SMPS P4. A request has already been made to MOE, and they will make some recommendations under the Assured School Placement program. Essentially this is an allocation based on proximity and availability. We are indicated our priorities as 1) SMPS, 2) RVPS, 3) HGS Haig Girl School.
We have a couple of questions: [list]- Generally, what is the availability like at P4? What are our odds of SC gaining admissions at this level?
[/list] [list]- As she learns relatively slowly, and has never lived in Singapore, will the school be of a good fit?
[/list] [list]- What are the key pros and cons of SMPS?
[/list] [list]- How would you view these three schools, their relative strengths and weakness (location aside)?
[/list] [list]- Our choice of SMPS is driven by the 40 point pickup for the Secondary (she would need all the boosting that she can get), is this thinking erroneous?
[/list]Could someone kindly pm the email address of the Principal & Vice Principal (we have the generic email address)?
Any light that you can shed on the above questions, will be much appreciated, we have absolutely no clue on the current school situation as we have been away for over 20 years.
Thank you so much