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1. The Ministry of Education (MOE) welcomes Singaporean students who are overseas to join our primary and secondary schools, junior colleges (JC) and Millennia Institute (MI) upon their return.

Assured School Placement (ASP) service

2. Returning Singaporeans (RS) who are seeking a place in a primary or secondary school near their Singapore residence are encouraged to apply for the ASP service. It is a convenient admission route which guarantees RS a place in a school with vacancies as near to their residence as possible, even before their return to Singapore. Through the ASP service, RS need not sit for any centralised tests Instead, the school conducts school-based tests and/or interview to determine the appropriate level and class for the child. For more information about the ASP service, please visit /returning-singaporeans/assured-school-placement.

School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans (SPERS)

3. Apart from the ASP option, RS may choose to participate in the 2025 SPERS for those who wish to join our secondary schools, JCs or MI at the start of academic year 2026. SPERS is a centralised merit-based placement exercise held towards the end of each year for RS who have lived and studied overseas and now want to seek admission to a local school. Under SPERS, RS will sit for one set of centralised tests, and will receive a list of schools they are eligible to apply for, based on their performance. RS may visit the following websites to apply for the SPERS tests:

SPERS-Sec: /returning-singaporeans/secondary/spers
SPERS-JC/MI: /returning-singaporeans/post-secondary/spers

4. The application for admission to Secondary 1 to 3 will open from 10 July till 23 July 2025, and the SPERS-Sec tests will be held in the week of 1 to 5 September 2025. The application for Pre-University 1 will open from 10 July till 17 October 2025, and the SPERS-JC/MI tests will be held on 6 November 2025. As Secondary 4 and Pre-University 2 are national examination years, RS generally do not enter the school system at these levels. SPERS applicants will receive their school posting results in December 2025, and will join our secondary schools and JC/MI at the start of the school term in 2026.

Supplementary Placement Exercise (SPE)

5. For RS who are unable to return in time for the SPERS-Sec tests in September 2025, MOE will conduct another round of tests in December 2025 under the SPE. The application for SPE will open from 4 November till 17 November 2025, and the SPE tests will be held on 3 December 2025. SPE applicants will receive their school posting results in February 2026 for admission in the same month. For more information about the SPE, please visit /returning-singaporeans/secondary/spe.

6. RS who can return by September 2025 are advised to apply for SPERS-Sec instead of SPE, as this would allow applicants to start school in January 2026 together with their peers, instead of in February 2026. RS are encouraged to submit their SPERS-Sec and SPE applications early to avoid missing the application periods.

7. More details of the 2025 SPERS-Sec, SPE and SPERS-JC/MI exercises, including the respective application forms, can be found in Annex A and on the MOE RS website (/returning-singaporeans). The website also has a self-help tool for RS to find out more about the services that MOE provides, to facilitate their child's return and education journey in Singapore.