PSLE score calculator

How the PSLE Score works

Each subject is marked out of 100 and placed in one of eight Achievement Levels. The bands are fixed marks, not a curve, so an AL reflects how a child did against the syllabus rather than against the rest of the cohort. The four ALs add up to the PSLE Score.

A student exempted from Mother Tongue is given an assigned Mother Tongue score between AL6 and AL8 for posting. Source: MOE, PSLE scoring system.

Posting Groups

The score decides the Posting Group a student is posted through, and the level (G1, G2 or G3) they start most subjects at in Secondary 1.

A student eligible for two Posting Groups picks one, and it applies to all six school choices. Students in Posting Groups 1 and 2 can take English, Mother Tongue, Mathematics or Science at a higher level from Sec 1: AL5 or better allows G3, and AL6 or a Foundation grade A allows G2. A student who passed Higher Chinese with a score of 14 or better gets a posting advantage at SAP schools.

Sources: MOE, What are Posting Groups; MOE, Release of 2025 PSLE results.

2026 dates

• PSLE results: Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 November 2026, from 11am.
• School choices: seven calendar days from 11.30am on results day, closing at 4.30pm on the last day.
• Posting results: Friday 18 December 2026.

All three are tentative until MOE confirms them. Check MOE's S1 Posting page the week before.

Comparing the score with schools

MOE's SchoolFinder lists each school's PSLE score range from last year: the scores of the first and last student posted in each Posting Group. The last one is the cut-off point. MOE says cut-off points usually move by one point from year to year, and can move by two or three.

Meeting a cut-off point does not guarantee a place. When students with the same score compete for the last places, MOE applies tie-breakers in this order: citizenship, then the order the school was listed in, then a computer ballot. MOE encourages including two or three schools whose cut-off points are less demanding than your child's score.

Sources: MOE, PSLE score ranges; MOE, How posting works.

Questions parents ask

How is the PSLE Score calculated?

Each of the four subjects (English, Mother Tongue, Mathematics and Science) gets an Achievement Level from AL1 to AL8. The PSLE Score is the sum of the four, so it runs from 4, the best, to 32. A Foundation subject's grade A, B or C counts as AL6, 7 or 8.

What PSLE Score is needed for Posting Group 3?

A score of 4 to 20 places a student in Posting Group 3. A score of 21 or 22 gives a choice of Posting Group 2 or 3.

What happens with a score of 26 to 30?

A score of 26 to 30 places a student in Posting Group 1, as long as they scored AL7 or better in both English and Mathematics.

When are the 2026 PSLE results released?

MOE's tentative date is Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 November 2026, from 11am. School choices can then be submitted for seven calendar days from 11.30am on results day, closing at 4.30pm on the last day. Posting results are expected on Friday 18 December 2026.