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ACS to set up 5th SPED school in Singapore ACS (Primary) to move to Tengah and go co-ed doing so, ACS hopes to fulfil its mission in providing holistic education for a wide and diverse cross-section of society. The new school will begin operations in 2026 at an interim site that previously housed Chua Chu Kang Secondary School. It will then relocate to its permanent campus at Tengah New Town, tentatively in 2031. "We are deeply grateful to have this honour of serving students with special needs by providing them with quality education. It is a vision the ACS Board of Governors have had for a long while now and we are truly appreciative that our constant discussions with MOE over the years have culminated in this humbling opportunity to serve humanity in a new way. With access to resources and cutting-edge SPED pedagogies, we aim to contribute to the upliftment of special The Barker Rd campus where ACS(P) and ACS(Barker) are located. Taken in 2003. Photo credit: Wesley Loh/ Memphis West Pictures
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education in Singapore," Mr Richard Seow nglo-Chinese School (ACS) and
Yung Liang, Chairman of the ACS Board of
the Ministry of Education (MOE)
Governors, said.
announced on 9 February 2023 that ACS will set up Singapore's fifth special
In the same media release, two points
education (SPED) school for students with
took the Methodist community by
Autism Spectrum Disorder who can offer
surprise: ACS (Primary) [ACS(P)] would be
the National Curriculum.
relocated to Tengah New Town in 2030, some 12 kilometres away from its current
The yet-to-be-named school will be run by
location at Barker Road as part of the
ACS in partnership with Methodist Welfare
wider development of the new residential
Services (MWS), the social concerns arm
estate. ACS(P) would also transition to a co-
of The Methodist Church in Singapore. By
educational (co-ed) institution.
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