SINGAPORE / SCHOOL DIRECTORY

KENT RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Address

147 WEST COAST ROAD S(127368)

Telephone

67731127

Fax

67735119

Website

http://www.kentridgesec.moe.edu.sg

School type

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL/CO-ED SCHOOL/SINGLE SESSION

Mother tongue languages

CHINESE/MALAY/*TAMIL *Students taking Tamil Language will attend lessons at the nearest Tamil Language Centre.

Bus routes

30, 51, 143, 175, 176, 201, 282

MRT

CLEMENTI MRT, HAW PAR VILLA MRT

Vision

A Kent Ridgean has the Heart of a Saint, the Passion of an Inventor, and the Will of an Olympian.

Mission

Kent Ridge Secondary nurtures the heart, ignites the passion and strengthens the will of all Kent Ridgeans to become individuals of exemplary character.

Philosophy

The hallmark of an education at Kent Ridge is the culture of care and excellence. Guided by our philosophy that 'Every Student Counts', our passionate and dedicated staff place our students at the centre of all that we do and spare no effort to instil the right values in them. This commitment to excellence has been recognised at the national level by the awarding of the President's Award for Teachers in 2013, the nation's highest award for teachers and the Caring Teacher Award in 2011. Our holistic curriculum has also been recognised by the awarding of the Best
Practice (Student All Round Development) in 2015. Kent Ridge is proud of what we have achieved in nurturing our students to be exemplary individuals who have the Heart of a Saint, Passion of an Inventor and Will of an Olympian. We look forward to scaling greater heights as we continue to go 'Beyond Frontiers'. Kent Ridge offers many opportunities for our students to learn and grow through our rich array of programmes such as KR Hands-On Day (School VIA), Project Work, the Arts Programme, Speak Up, Speak Out, Speak Right Oracy Programme, Debating, the Shanghai Twinning Programme, Overseas Learning Journeys, Sports Electives, Applied Learning Programme in Robotics and Learning for Life Programme in Sports and Outdoor Education.

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At Kent Ridge, we are committed to providing a holistic education for all our students anchored on our school values of Fitness of Mind and Body; Integrity in Word and Deed; Respect for Self, Community and Environment and Excellence in All Our Endeavours. Students will have opportunities to take part in key programmes including: Character and Citizenship Education with a focus on personal and social life-skills; Learning for Life Programme (Sports and Outdoor Education); Applied Learning Programme (Robotics); Values-in-Action Programme; National Education; Student Leadership Development; Elective Modules; Advanced Elective Modules; Career Guidance; Internationalisation Programme; Subject-based Enrichment Modules; Family Matters! programmes; After School Engagement programmes.

Subjects

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS, PRINCIPLES OF A/C, ART, BASIC CHINESE, BIOLOGY, BASIC MALAY, COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,G), COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,H), CHEMISTRY, CHINESE, CHINESE N(A), CHINESE B, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SYLL A), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SYLL T), FOOD & NUTRITION, FOOD AND CONSUMER EDUCATION, GEOGRAPHY, HIGHER CHINESE, HISTORY, HOME ECONOMICS, LITERATURE(E), MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS A), MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS T), MALAY, MALAY N(A), MALAY B, MUSIC, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PHYSICS, SCIENCE (PHY, CHEM), SCIENCE (SYLL T), SOCIAL STUDIES