G2 to G3 Math: how your child can move up

Yes. Under Full Subject-Based Banding, a student can take a subject at a more demanding level based on their results and the school's overall judgement. Your child can move up in Math only and keep other subjects at G2.

Each school sets its own bar. Every school we found that publishes one uses 75% in the subject, for example Xinmin, Loyang View, Northbrooks, St. Margaret's and Springfield Secondary. Some look at the mid-year result, others at the year-end result. Ask your child's school which tests count.

That is close, but not the rule most schools publish. The number is 75% in the subject. Xinmin Secondary's mid-year check is the closest match: the average of WA1 and WA2 must be 75% or more. Other schools use the semester or year-end mark.

At some schools after the Sec 1 mid-year results, at most schools at the end of Sec 1, and at some schools again at the end of Sec 2. Your child's school will tell you when it reviews levels.

Yes, if they scored AL5 or better in PSLE Math. MOE's example: a student with a PSLE score of 23 and AL5 in Math is admitted through Posting Group 2 and can take Math at G3 from the start of Sec 1.

No official rule says so. In our view Sec 1 is the best time: there are more review points, and the topic gap to G3 is smaller. By the end of Sec 2, G3 classes have covered topics such as trigonometry that G2 classes reach only in Sec 3.

Your child keeps their form class. MOE groups students in different classes for each subject by subject level, so they join a G3 class for Math lessons.

A school can move a subject to a less demanding level if a student struggles, and MOE allows a student to move up again later as they gain confidence. Catching up on G3 topics before the switch makes a struggle less likely.

Yes. From the 2028 JAE, every subject counted for JC admission must be taken at G3, and the Math requirement is G3 Math or G3 A-Math at A1 to D7.

It depends on the school. G2 A-Math exists, and some schools offer it to G2 Math students with 75% or more. G3 A-Math usually needs G3 Math first: Jurong Secondary asks for a strong Sec 2 G3 Math foundation, and Yishun Secondary asks for 50% in G3 Math.

The topics G3 teaches earlier: linear functions and their graphs (G3 Sec 1, G2 Sec 2) and trigonometric ratios (G3 Sec 2, G2 Sec 3). Sets and Venn diagrams, matrices and vectors are in G3 only. In our Sec 1 classes, G2 students learn the Sec 1 G3 topics alongside G3 students, so they are ready if the school moves them up.

Yes. In Sec 1, G2 and G3 students learn together in one class, because the syllabus is nearly the same and G2 is not tested on two topics. Our G2 students learn those topics too, so they are ready to move up. Small classes at Katong and Hougang, 2 hours a week, $280 for 4 lessons in 2026. Trials are paid lessons, by appointment.