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
16 schools
Malay Dance
Performing Arts- Ang Mo Kio Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Beatty Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Boon Lay Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Bukit Batok Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Changkat Changi Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Hillgrove Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Marsiling Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- National Junior College (Secondary)SECBoys & girls
- Queenstown Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- School of the Arts, SingaporeSECBoys & girls
- St. Margaret's School (Secondary)SECGirls
- Tampines Secondary SchoolSECGirls
- Woodlands Ring Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Yio Chu Kang Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Yishun Secondary SchoolSECBoys & girls
- Zhenghua 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.
Open MOE SchoolFinderTuition hubs
Choose a subject and level to see the relevant tuition page.
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).