Catholic High Joint IP: 2026 DSA, Eunoia, and Fees Guide

Catholic High School is a dual-track boys' school. Students enter either the four-year Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate Programme or the six-year Joint Integrated Programme. Joint IP students spend four years at Catholic High and two years at Eunoia Junior College before the GCE A-Level examination.

Q: What should a family verify about Catholic High's Joint IP?
A: Verify the selected track, Chinese-language requirement, DSA talent criteria, six-year commitment, EJC subject rules, and current MOE fees.

Last reviewed: 19 July 2026. The review used Catholic High's live dual-track and 2026 DSA pages. Its own admissions page labels its numeric fee table as information from 2021, so this guide does not repeat those amounts.

Programme and subject ownership

Catholic High's current overview states that students choose the IP or SEC Programme at DSA or Secondary 1 Posting. IP students progress to EJC after four years at Catholic High. EJC owns the Years 5 and 6 A-Level subject combinations and eligibility rules.

The school publishes distinctive programme and talent-development pages, but programme names do not guarantee a fixed module sequence, partner placement, or individual outcome. Families should use the current school pages for the relevant intake.

2026 DSA-Sec for 2027 entry

The application window was 6 May 2026 at 11am to 2 June 2026 at 4.30pm. Catholic High says shortlisted applicants were to be notified by 13 July, with outcomes issued from 17 to 28 August 2026.

The school is a Special Assistance Plan school. Its current DSA page says applicants must offer Chinese or Higher Chinese in primary school. IP students must offer Higher Chinese in Years 1 and 2. Current talent areas differ by track: several areas are open to both IP and SEC applicants, while bilingualism, humanities, mathematics, and science are IP-specific on the 2026 page.

Successful DSA applicants must honour the four-year SEC or six-year IP commitment and participate in their admitted talent area through Years 1 to 4. Meeting criteria does not guarantee shortlisting or an offer. The school also says applicants without prior experience may be assessed for potential.

Year 3 entry boundary

Catholic High's admissions overview says it invites Secondary 2 boys in an O-Level programme to apply for Year 3 IP each September. The linked detailed page still describes admission for 2026 based on a 2025 application cycle. Treat those dates as historical and wait for the page to refresh from end August before planning a new application.

Fees and posting evidence

Catholic High's admissions page includes a fee table explicitly marked accurate as of 21 October 2021 and tells readers to check MOE for updates. Use the MOE fee checker instead of carrying the old amounts forward.