IP School Cut-Off Points 2026: How to Read MOE Score Ranges

Study guideUpdated 23 Aug 2026

How to check Integrated Programme PSLE score ranges in MOE SchoolFinder, understand cut-off points and tie-breakers, and shortlist without treating a previous cohort's result as...

Q: Where are IP school cut-off points published?
A: Use MOE SchoolFinder. MOE presents the previous S1 Posting cohort's first-to-last admitted scores as a PSLE score range. The last admitted score is commonly called the cut-off point, or COP.
Current data: SchoolFinder displayed "PSLE score range of 2025" when checked on 23 August 2026. The complete current table separates the 23 published IP records from SEC records and preserves affiliated, non-affiliated and non-posted categories.
Last reviewed: 23 August 2026 against MOE's current PSLE score-range, S1 Posting, SchoolFinder, and Integrated Programme pages.

What a published range means

MOE says a SchoolFinder PSLE score range contains the scores of the first and last student admitted through the previous year's S1 Posting exercise. The last admitted score is the COP for that school and entry option in that completed exercise.

It is not a pre-announced threshold for the next cohort. The next COP is determined only after posting, based on that cohort's results, choices, and available places. MOE warns that COPs may move by a few points from year to year.

Why meeting last year's COP is not a guarantee

MOE applies academic merit first. When students with the same PSLE score compete for the final places, the current

Sources

  1. MOE - Understand PSLE score ranges
  2. MOE - Learn how S1 posting works
  3. MOE - SchoolFinder
  4. MOE - Integrated Programme