Anglo-Chinese Primary School to relocate to Tengah and become co-ed from 2030
ACS will also operate a special education school in partnership with Methodist Welfare Services
SINGAPORE - Anglo-Chinese Primary School (ACS) will be relocating from Barker Road to Tengah New Town and become co-educational starting from 2030.
In an announcement on Thursday (9 February), the Ministry of Education (MOE) said the relocated ACS (Primary) will admit Primary One (P1) students from 2030 onwards, and have a larger capacity of 11 Primary One classes.
The new location will be 12km away from its current 50 Barker Road premises.
Future Primary One admission and operational changes
According to the MOE, all P1 cohorts admitted to ACS (Primary) until 2029 will remain at the Barker Road premises until they finish their primary school education.
From 2030, the school at Barker Road will only accept male students who are siblings of students currently studying at the premises.
Meanwhile, both male and female siblings of existing students and alumni of Barker Road ACS (Primary) will be eligible for Phase 1 priority for P1 admission at the new ACS (Primary) premises in Tengah.
The school at Barker Road will eventually combine with ACS (Junior) at Winstedt Road, and operate under the ACS (Junior) name, tentatively in 2033.
The new ACS (Junior) will then operate from both Windstedt and Barker Road, before shifting all operations to the latter site around 2039.
These changes are in response to national trends such as low birth rates and more younger families moving to new emerging estates, said Richard Seow Yung Liang, the Chairman of the ACS Board of Governors.
Singapore's fifth special education (SPED) school to open in 2026
In partnership with Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), ACS will also operate a special education (SPED) school in three years time.
This will make ACS the fifth educational institute in Singapore to supply special education in effort to cater to growing demand of students who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The yet-to-be named school will begin operations in 2026 at an interim site previously housed by Chua Chu Kang Secondary School, before relocating permanently to the new campus at Tengah, tentatively in 2031.
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