Saint Andrew's Secondary School

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St Andrew's Secondary School
圣安德烈中学
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Saint Andrew's Secondary School
15 Francis Thomas Drive, Singapore 359342

Singapore
Coordinates 1°19′50″N103°51′49″E / 1.3305°N 103.8635°E / 1.3305; 103.8635
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TypeGovernment-aided
MottoUp and On
Denomination Anglican
Established1862;162 years ago (1862)
Sister school Saint Margaret's Secondary School
SessionSingle session
School code7015
PrincipalLee Han Hwa
GenderMale
Enrolment1188
Colour(s) Navy Blue  White 
AffiliationsSaint Andrew's Junior School
Saint Andrew's Junior College
Website

Saint Andrew's Secondary School is a government-aided Anglican all-boys' secondary school in Potong Pasir, Singapore. Established in the 19th century, it still operates along traditional British lines and offers a four- or five-year programme, leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level or Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examinations.

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History

The school was founded in 1862 by Reverend Edward Sherman Venn. In May 1872, after the Colonial Chaplain, Canon J. A. Beccles, applied to the government for financial aid, Saint Andrew's School became a grant-in-aid institution. The growing school moved from Upper Hokkien Street to Victoria Street and then in 1875 to a four-acre site along Stamford Road. [1]

By the 1920s, the school's enrolment had reached 800 boys. In the 1930s, a system of prefects was instituted, and the school became known for its excellence in boxing [2] and rugby in this period.

A new, larger campus was opened in Woodsville in 1940. [3] [4] More buildings were added in the 1950s, housing both the primary school and secondary school sections.

In 1986, the secondary school moved from Woodsville to a site in Potong Pasir across the Kallang River after the Woodsville buildings were deemed inadequate for the running of both the primary and secondary classes. In mid-2003, the school moved temporarily to the old Victoria School building at Kallang Bahru before returning to new buildings opposite Saint Andrew's Junior School in 2005 as part of the Saint Andrew's Village project, which brings together in one complex the Junior, Secondary and Junior College campuses. [5]

Meanwhile, the old school buildings have been conserved and strengthened for re-use as a church, winning an Honourable Mention in the UNESCO Heritage Awards in 2007. [6]

The Saint Andrew's Village has the first artificial rugby pitch in Singapore, shared between the secondary school and the primary school. It opened in January 2008 at a cost of S$1 million and provides an all-weather surface. [7]

Academics

In 2008, Saint Andrew's was one of eight schools in Singapore to begin offering three new subjects at the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level: Creative 3D Animation, Fundamentals of Electronics, and Introduction to Enterprise Development. [8]

In 2009, Saint Andrew's gained an Academic Value-Added Sustained Achievement Award from the Ministry of Education. [9]

In 2010, the school was commended for including the Saint Andrew's River Programme in its science curriculum. Students investigated the impact on the Kallang River ecosystem and water quality of the building of the Marina Barrage and the enclosure of the Marina Basin. [10]

From 2011, Saint Andrew's offers enhanced enrichment courses for upper secondary students taking the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations in art. [11]

In 2011, the school won the Special Lee Hsien Loong Award for Innovations in Normal Course. [12]

Sporting achievements

Saint Andrew's is one of the traditional "Big Three" rugby schools in Singapore, along with Raffles Institution and Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). [13] The school has won a total of 157 national school titles for rugby since the late 1960s (based on available records). [14] It has also held the Kiwi Cup from 1945 to 2013 inclusive. [15] It has been awarded niche status in rugby by the Ministry of Education. [16]

The school is also strong in hockey. The B Division Hockey Team emerged champions of the B Division Competitions in 2005, 2008 and 2018, as well as the C Division Hockey Team who emerged champions in 2010, 2012 and a recent win over Raffles Institution gave them another national title in 2014. [17] The B Division Hockey Team also recently emerge as champions in the 2016 B Division Hockey Competitions after edging their opponents, Sengkang Secondary, in the finals with a score of 2-0. In cricket, Saint Andrew's was under-17 champions in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003. [18]

School culture

Despite being an Anglican school, it is not a requirement for students to be Christian. [19] Saint Andrew's has a house system comprising five houses: Gomes, Hose, Loyfatt, Romanis and Venn. [20] The school regards its system of prefects as an important element in maintaining an ethos of service and high standards of conduct. [21]

School uniform

All students wear white short-sleeved shirts bearing the school badge. Lower secondary boys (Secondary 1 and 2) wear dark blue short trousers with white socks; [22] Bermuda shorts are not permitted. Upper secondary boys (Secondary 3 onwards) wear dark blue long pants, although Secondary 3 students have been allowed to do so only since the 1990s. [22] The prefects in upper secondary wear white long pants.

Discipline

Saint Andrew's maintains strict rules for behaviour inside and outside the school. There is a new system of demerit points, used in combination with the school's long-standing [23] policy of corporal punishment in the form of caning on the palm of the hand or on the buttocks over clothing.

After a series of bullying cases attracted attention in 2003, the school stated that the situation at Saint Andrew's was no worse than at any other school, adding that bullies receive a stern warning; recalcitrant offenders or those who injure others are caned and ultimately expelled. [24] A Saint Andrew's student caught bringing pornography to school would be caned either in public or in class, depending on the seriousness of the case. [25]

For cases where the offence has a victim or where there is conflict to be resolved, a system of Restorative Practices is in place. "In the process of resolving the conflict, the offenders are asked to suggest the appropriate consequences for their action, which may include any form of punishment. However, any students who fail to cooperate with the teacher will be dealt with differently." [26]

Notable alumni

Faculty

Affiliated schools

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References

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  2. ↑ "St. Andrew's Champions at Inter-school Boxing". Malayan Saturday Post. Singapore. 12 September 1931. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Model School for Singapore". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 5 November 1936. p. 9.
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  5. ↑ "Changes at other families of schools". The Straits Times. Singapore. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
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