alscore.sg › Target score planner
Pick a secondary school, and this shows the PSLE score it took last year and what each subject needs to hit. Print it, or save it as a picture for the study wall.
Cut-off points move a little each year, and they move against you as often as for you. Aiming a couple of points better absorbs that.
Adjust any subject. If your child is strong in Maths and weaker in Mother Tongue, put the pressure where it can be taken.
| Grade | Marks needed |
|---|---|
| AL 1 | 90 and above |
| AL 2 | 85 to 89 |
| AL 3 | 80 to 84 |
| AL 4 | 75 to 79 |
| AL 5 | 65 to 74 |
| AL 6 | 45 to 64 |
| AL 7 | 20 to 44 |
| AL 8 | below 20 |
A card to print, stick up, or send to the family chat.
The picture saves at full size, good enough to print on A4.
A PSLE score is four numbers added together, and each one moves for different reasons. A child who needs AL 3 in Maths and AL 5 in Mother Tongue has a clearer job than one told to "do well". Working backwards from a real school turns a vague ambition into four specific marks, and shows quickly whether the ambition is a stretch or a stroll.
Cut-off points describe last year's intake, not next year's. They drift by a point or two in either direction, which is why the planner suggests aiming slightly better than the published figure. A target is a direction, not a promise, and a child who lands two points short of one school is usually within reach of several others.
Most families find this useful from Primary 4 or 5, when subject strengths are clear but there is still time to shift them. By the second half of Primary 6 the value moves from setting targets to choosing realistically — and that is what the score checker is for.