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School· 9 Nov 2026 · 3 min read

S1 posting: the seven days after PSLE results

MOE says PSLE results come out on 24 or 25 November. From that morning you have seven days to put in six school choices.

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The exams are over, the holidays start on 21 November, and results are only a few days after that. MOE's S1 posting page puts the PSLE results at 11am on Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 November. Both dates are still marked tentative.

How the seven days work

The clock starts on results day. By my count, if results come out on 24 November the window runs through 30 November, and if it is the 25th it runs through 1 December. The last day closes at 4.30pm, not midnight. MOE says the portal is open 24 hours across the whole period.

What to settle before results day

MOE tells parents to start shortlisting well before the results and to talk it over with your child early. Two things are worth sorting now. First, find the schools you like in SchoolFinder and look at their PSLE score ranges. MOE describes a range as the scores of the first and last student posted to a school, and says to use it as a guide. Second, know what a cut-off point is. It is the score of the last student posted once posting has finished. It moves from year to year, and meeting it does not guarantee a place, because tie-breakers can apply.

Three terms that trip people up

  • Posting Group: 1, 2 or 3, set by your child's PSLE score. It also guides the subject levels they can start with in Sec 1. The Integrated Programme is only open to Posting Group 3.
  • Affiliation priority: it goes to eligible students from the affiliated primary school, but only if they list the affiliated secondary school as their first choice.
  • SAP schools: you can choose these only if your child took both English and Chinese at PSLE.

What we don't know

  • The exact results date. MOE says tentative, so watch for the confirmation.
  • Where your child's score will sit against this year's cut-off points. Those are only known after posting.
  1. Shortlist this week

    Use SchoolFinder and the PSLE score ranges, while nobody is nervous yet.

  2. Decide who collects the results

    If neither you nor your child can go, MOE has a proxy form to nominate another adult.

  3. Put the six in early

    You have seven days. Don't leave it to 4.30pm on the last one.

Honestly, think of results day as typing day. If the shortlist is ready, seven days is plenty. If it isn't, they go fast.

On The Little HoursPrimary school guideDay one of P1 to the Sec 1 posting.Take a look →On The Little HoursSecondary school guideSubject levels, exams, what comes next.Take a look →
Where we checked
MOE: Secondary 1 (S1) Posting process · MOE: School Terms and Holidays for 2026 (press release)
Checked 9 Nov 2026. General guidance, not medical advice. Let us know if something’s out of date.