Announcements

Direct School Admission (DSA) Exercise for 2026 Intake

6 May 2025

Primary Six students can apply to join the school via the DSA exercise, with applications open from 7 May to 3 June 2025. Find out about the talent categories, selection process, and key dates here.

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Text block from Chung Cheng High School describing their values and inviting students to join their school family.

We would like to invite all current Primary Six students (or equivalent) to apply for admission to our school in the academic year of 2026 through the Direct School Admission (DSA) exercise.

Notice listing six DSA school application guidelines about school choice, posting rules, commitments, transfers, and language requirements.

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A. DSA CATEGORIES & CRITERIA
B. PROGRAMMES FOR DSA TALENTS
C. DSA SELECTION PROCESS
D. KEY DATES
E. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A. DSA CATEGORIES & CRITERIA

The following 3 categories are open for DSA application for the 2025 intake:

Table listing applicant criteria for Sports and Games, Performing Arts, and Chinese Language categories with bullet-point requirements.

B. PROGRAMMES FOR DSA TALENTS

All DSA talents admitted to the school will be integrated into our system and culture like any other students, with equal opportunities to participate in the school programmes available.

They will also be mentored and supported continuously by our key personnel and teachers throughout their four years in the school.

In addition, they will have access to the multi-faceted programmes and activities organised for their respective CCA or talent area.

Table listing DSA talent areas and their programmes for Sports, Performing Arts, and Chinese Language students.

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C. DSA SELECTION PROCESS

A DSA selection panel, including school leaders, will be formed to administer and oversee the DSA selection process, to ensure that it is transparent, objective, talent-specific, inclusive and student-centric.

All applicants who satisfy our criteria may apply for DSA to our school in 3 simple steps as follows:

STEP 1: APPLICATION

Apply for DSA-Sec to our school through the centralised MOE online DSA-Sec Portal.
The application is free-of-charge and will be open from 07 May 2025, 11am to 03 June 2025, 3pm.
For more details and instructions, please refer to MOE DSA-Sec website – http://www.moe.gov.sg/dsa-sec

STEP 2: ATTEND TRIAL OR AUDITION (ONLY IF SHORTLISTED)

All registered applicants will be assessed and considered by the school based on the records and information provided or made available, in alignment with our criteria listed in Section A. (Please note that meeting the criteria does not guarantee that the student will be shortlisted or given an offer.)
For Sports and Performing Arts talent areas, potential candidates will be shortlisted to attend an in-person trial/ audition at our school, starting from 11 July 2025. They will be notified of the confirmed date and time of the trial/ audition via email provided during application.
For Chinese Language talent areas, potential candidates will be shortlisted directly for an interview, and a performance task will be conducted on the day of the interview.
The trial/ audition schedule will also be made available here by mid jul, and the performance task requirements are for the various talent areas are listed as follows:

Table listing talent areas like Badminton, Wushu, and Chinese Orchestra with their corresponding performance tasks.

STEP 3: ATTEND INTERVIEW (IF FURTHER SHORTLISTED)

After the Trials/ Auditions for Sports and Performing Arts talent areas, potential candidates will be further shortlisted to attend an in-person Interview.
For Chinese Language DSA applicants, potential candidates will be shortlisted directly for an in-person interview. They will also be expected to complete a brief written task on the day of the interview.
All shortlisted candidates will be notified of the interview date and time via email provided during application.

D. KEY DATES

The key dates to note for your DSA application are as follows:

Table showing DSA-Sec 2025 key dates and processes from May application to late November result release.

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E. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For more information regarding DSA for Secondary Schools, please visit MOE DSA-Sec website at www.moe.gov.sg/dsa-sec.
For further queries about DSA to our school, please email cchms@moe.edu.sg with a Subject Header starting with “DSA 2025”.

We look forward to your application.