CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ Joint IP: 2025 Admissions & Bilingual Edge

Q: What does the CHIJ St Nicholas Joint IP guide cover?
A: Key facts from the school’s official history and 2025 DSA-Sec circular—how the Joint Integrated Programme with Eunoia Junior College is structured, which talent domains are prioritised, and the bilingual pathways that make St Nicks’ six-year run distinctive.

TL;DR
• St Nicks has run a Joint Integrated Programme with Catholic High, Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, and Eunoia JC since 2013, sending Year 5–6 students straight to the A-Levels without sitting for O-Levels (school history milestones).
• The 2025 DSA-Sec intake feeds both the four-year SP track and the six-year JIP, with talent domains in Sports & Games, Leadership, and Bilingualism (2025 DSA spotlight).
• Bilingualism applicants are groomed through SAP immersion (translation programme, author-in-residence, overseas exchanges) to become bicultural talents—an anchor differentiator for the St Nicks–Eunoia route (same source).
• Parents should lock in DSA submissions between May–June, monitor MOE’s Secondary 1 Posting release in December, and prep for the Year 5 subject selection briefings that precede the move to Eunoia JC.

Quick facts for families

• St Nicks girls stay on the Ang Mo Kio campus for Years 1 to 4 before progressing to Eunoia Junior College for Years 5 and 6 with Catholic High and SCGS peers (school history milestones).
• The 2025 DSA spotlight highlights three talent domains—Sports & Games, Leadership, and Bilingualism—each with published selection criteria (2025 DSA spotlight).
• Bilingualism applicants train through Higher Chinese immersion, translation programmes, overseas experiences, and author-in-residence mentorships outlined in the official JIP write-up (same source).
• The admissions calendar follows MOE’s national timeline: DSA submissions in May–June, Secondary 1 Posting results in December, and Year 5 progression briefings before the Eunoia move (Secondary 1 Posting process).

1 | How the JIP is structured

• Years 1–4 at Ang Mo Kio: Students stay on the St Nicks campus, benefiting from the school’s SAP environment and sisterhood culture before moving to Eunoia Junior College.
• Years 5–6 at Eunoia JC: Promotion is contingent on meeting school criteria; successful candidates skip the O-Levels and head straight into the A-Level curriculum alongside peers from Catholic High and SCGS (