DSA talent areas offered for 2025 (secondary schools)
Under Singapore MOE’s Direct School Admission (DSA) scheme, “talent areas” are the domains schools use to select applicants based on strengths beyond academics.
Find schools by talent area
Snapshot pulled from MOE SchoolFinder on 2025-12-12.
Selected talent area
30 schools
Chinese Orchestra
Performing Arts- Anglican High SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)SECBoys
- Beatty Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Boon Lay Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Bukit Batok Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Bukit Panjang Govt. High SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Catholic High School (Secondary)Both (SEC & IP)Boys
- CHIJ Katong ConventSECGirls
- Chung Cheng High School (Main)SECBoys & girls
- Chung Cheng High School (Yishun)SECBoys & girls
- Dunman High School (Secondary)SECBoys & girls
- Fuhua Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Holy Innocents' High SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Jurongville Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Manjusri Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Maris Stella High School (Secondary)SECBoys
- Marsiling Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Mayflower Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Nan Chiau High SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Nan Hua High SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Nanyang Girls' High SchoolSECGirls
- National Junior College (Secondary)SECBoys & girls
- Ngee Ann Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Pasir Ris Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Raffles Institution (Secondary)SECBoys
- River Valley High School (Secondary)SECBoys & girls
- School of the Arts, SingaporeSECBoys & girls
- Swiss Cottage Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Victoria SchoolBoth (SEC & IP)Boys
- Zhonghua Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
About this data
The listings come from a cached MOE SchoolFinder snapshot from 2025-12-12 and are not a live 2026 admissions tracker.
Always confirm current selection criteria, trials and timelines with each school during the current DSA window.
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Notes
- Offerings can change year-to-year. Always confirm the current list and application process on MOE SchoolFinder and each school’s official channels.
- “Both (SEC & IP)” indicates that SchoolFinder lists the talent area for both tracks (where applicable).