Senior School Profile for Universities Class of 2027
World Class Education (I)GCSE, A Levels, IB Diploma
About Tanglin Trust School Established in 1925, Tanglin Trust School is the oldest British international school in Southeast Asia. Tanglin provides the English National Curriculum with an international perspective to children from 3-18 years in Singapore. As a not-for-profit school, tuition fees are devoted to the provision of an outstanding education. Tanglin is one of the only schools in Singapore to offer A Levels and the IB Diploma in Sixth Form. All of Tanglin’s Sixth Formers study a programme that is tailored both to the subjects they are passionate about and to the style of learning that most suits them, ensuring they thrive and flourish. Tanglin is inspected every three years within the British Schools Overseas (BSO) framework, recognised by Ofsted, and has been awarded “Outstanding”, the highest possible grade in the latest inspections (2025). Tanglin Trust School has an excellent academic reputation and its impressive results enable graduates to enter their universities of choice around the world. The school also has a strong emphasis on sports and performing arts, with well-established choirs, orchestras and concerts. Students can take part in a wide array of interesting co-curricular activities and challenging residential field studies to enrich their learning experience. A strong pastoral system nurtures positive relationships, promoting an ethos that values and celebrates students as individuals while fostering a strong sense of community.
Tanglin Trust School 95 Portsdown Road Singapore 139299 www.tts.edu.sg t +65 6778 0771 f +65 6777 5862 senior.school@tts.edu.sg CEEB: 687007 UCAS: 45126 Craig Considine Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Malpass Principal of Secondary School
Cohort
Year
Upper School
Senior School Years 10-11 (Grades 9 and 10)
Sixth Form
Sixth Form College Years 12-13 (Grades 11 and 12)
Age
Curriculum
14-16 years
Two-year course culminating in (I)GCSE examinations at the end of Year 11 (Grade 10)
16-18 years
(I)GCSE
A Levels IB Diploma
Emilie Eymin Head of Sixth Form University Counsellors Zoë Williams (Head) Zoe.Williams@tts.edu.sg Martine Gagnon Martine.Gagnon@tts.edu.sg Atmika Niranjan Atmika.Niranjan@tts.edu.sg Erin Slocum Erin.Slocum@tts.edu.sg Lieve Perera Lieve.Perera@tts.edu.sg Patricia Andre (Admin) Patricia.Andre@tts.edu.sg The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) Learner Profile is the basis for Tanglin’s Learner Profile.
A majority of A Level examinations are linear, culminating at the end of Year 13 (Grade 12). Results are released in mid-August after graduation. IB examinations are cumulative and occur at the end of Year 13 (Grade 12). Results are released in early July after graduation.
2,881
students (1,366 in Years 7-13)
(I)GCSE A Level IBDP examinations offered
University Counselling Policies
• Tanglin Trust School runs a trimester structure. • The school does not rank its students or provide a grade point average (GPA). • From Year 10, we report any disciplinary issues that result in an out of school suspension. • Students are limited to 10 applications worldwide and a maximum of two application rounds. • All applications are serious and well considered. References and recommendations are confidential. • Male Singapore citizens and permanent residents are required to undertake two years of National Service upon graduation. Students can apply to university in Year 13, needing a two year deferment, or apply during National Service.
The Tanglin Mission Statement
Tanglin Trust School Singapore has a long tradition of providing British-based learning with an international perspective. At Tanglin, we strive to make every individual feel valued, happy and successful. Responsibility, enthusiasm and participation are actively encouraged and integrity is prized. Working together in a safe, caring yet stimulating environment, we set high expectations whilst offering strong support, resulting in a community of lifelong learners who can contribute with confidence to our world.
Future Ready Learners: The Tanglin Ten
Pursue Curiosity • Embrace Change • Practise Reflection • Value Communication • Uphold Integrity • Develop Resilience • Build Community • Show Humility • Demonstrate Kindness • Grow Confidence
(I)GCSE Years 10-11 (Grades 9 & 10)
(I)GCSE Summary for 2025 (Class of 2027)
Students aged 14-16 study a core of compulsory (I)GCSE subjects comprising English Language, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Foreign Language, Physical Education and Life Skills. They also have the opportunity to develop their studies according to preferences and interests. Students may choose up to three option subjects in addition to the compulsory ones mentioned and typically take 10 subjects overall.
168
students took (I)GCSE examinations in 25 subjects.
(I)GCSE Results Table Year
No. of Candidates
No. of Subjects Offered
% of A* to C or equivalent
2023
185
25
99
2024
186
25
99
2025
168
25
99
2026
180
30
99
% of A*/A grades achieved by Tanglin students 2022: 85% 2023: 81% 2024: 77% 2025: 80%
of all grades achieved were A* or equivalent.
2025 (I)GCSE Examination Results (Class of 2027) Subject Art and Design Biology Business Chemistry Design and Technology English Literature French Further Maths Graphic Communication History Maths Physics Psychology Science (Double Award) Physical Education Religious Studies Spanish TOTAL TOTAL %
Subject Computer Science Drama Economics English Language Geography Latin Chinese as First Language Chinese as Foreign Lang Music Moving Image Arts TOTAL TOTAL %
No. of Grades
No. of Candidates 23 92 50 92 44 178 44 90 6 40 179 93 24 84 54 3 45 1225
9
5
4
3
2
13 4 4 2 0 55 24 13 0 0 2 10 13 19 2 58 21 8 5 0 15 15 7 6 1 46 32 32 32 22 16 15 5 4 2 47 31 7 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 21 10 4 4 1 89 40 19 22 7 73 14 4 2 0 8 4 6 3 2 61 37 26 23 13 15 14 7 13 5 1 1 1 0 0 17 17 5 5 1 542 290 161 145 56 44% 24% 13% 12% 5%
0 0 3 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 22 2%
0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 1%
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
C*
C
D
E
4 4 1%
2 0 5 18 4 0 0 0 0 1 30 6%
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0%
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
No. of Candidates 57 44 64 179 67 12 7 46 17 32 525
8
7
6
No. of Grades A*
A
B
24 19 28 78 31 12 3 27 9 2 233 44%
24 19 21 57 21 0 2 13 5 17 179 35%
7 6 10 26 10 0 2 6 3 7 77 15%
%A*
%A*/A %A*-C
74% 86% 24% 86% 68% 44% 70% 87% 100% 78% 72% 94% 50% 58% 54% 67% 76% 68% 68%
91% 100% 50% 95% 84% 62% 82% 94% 100% 88% 83% 98% 75% 74% 67% 100% 87% 81% 81%
100% 100% 98% 100% 100% 98% 98% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 98% 100% 100% 100% 99% 99%
%A* %A*/A %A*-C 42% 43% 44% 44% 46% 100% 43% 59% 53% 6% 44% 44%
84% 86% 77% 75% 78% 100% 71% 87% 82% 59% 78% 78%
100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% 97% 100% 100%
of all grades achieved were A*/A or equivalent.
of all grades achieved were A* to C or equivalent.
A Levels
Years 12-13 (Grades 11 & 12) A Level courses lead to examinations for the General Certificate in Education at Advanced Level (A Level). The approach to A Levels is linear with all examinations, in most subjects, completed at the end of the second year. Students typically take three A Levels and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) or have the opportunity to take four A Levels. All students complete Creativity, Activity & Service (CAS).
A Level Results Table
% of A*/A grades achieved by Tanglin students
Year
No. of Candidates
Tanglin % passed
2023
130
100
2023: 58% 2024: 64% 2025: 63% 2026: 63%
2024
126
100
% of A*-B grades achieved by Tanglin students
2025
141
99.6
2026
125
100
2023: 79% 2024: 85% 2025: 87% 2026: 87%
A Level Summary for 2026 (Class of 2026)
100%
% of A*-C grades achieved by Tanglin students
Pass rate
2023: 93% 2024: 94% 2025: 97% 2026: 95%
A* - B
2026 A Level Examination Results (Class of 2026) No. of Grades
No. of Candidates
A*
A
B
C
D
E
U
English Lang & Lit English Literature Psychology Philosophy Mathematics Further Maths Computer Science Art & Design Drama Music Media Studies Biology Chemistry Physics Geography History Politics Business Economics Spanish French
25 3 19 2 73 22 12 8 9 5 13 27 28 30 23 17 4 25 37 2 2
0 1 9 0 34 12 2 4 1 0 1 13 7 6 13 1 0 4 16 0 0
2 1 4 0 23 1 9 1 5 1 6 7 11 16 6 8 1 6 11 2 0
7 1 5 1 12 7 1 3 3 2 4 6 5 7 3 6 1 9 6 0 2
9 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0
5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physical Education
12
1
4
5
2
0
0
0
42%
Product Design Total Total %
8 406
3 2 3 128 127 99 32% 31% 24%
0 32 8%
0 15 4%
0 5 1%
0 0 0%
63% 63%
Subject
A*/A
A*B
A*-C
A*-E
8% 67% 68% 0% 78% 59% 92% 63% 67% 20% 54% 74% 64% 73% 83% 53% 25% 40% 73% 100% 0%
36% 100% 95% 50% 95% 91% 100% 100% 100% 60% 85% 96% 82% 97% 96% 88% 50% 76% 89% 100% 100% 83% 100% 87%
72% 100% 95% 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 93% 97% 96% 94% 75% 84% 97% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Subject
No. of Entries
A*
A
B
C
D
E
U
Extended Project Qualification
87
16
23
28
14
4
2
0
18%
26%
32%
16%
5%
2%
0%
Percentage
100%
100%
100% 95%
100% 100%
87 %
of all grades were A* to B
A*
32 %
of grades were A*
A* % 18 of EPQ grades were A*
A* - A
45 %
of EPQ were A* to A
IB Diploma
Years 12-13 (Grades 11 & 12) The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma was introduced in September 2009 alongside A Levels in the Sixth Form. All IB students follow the full Diploma programme.
2026 IB Examination Results (Class of 2026) Subject English A: Lang and Lit HL English A: Lang and Lit SL English A: Literature HL English A: Literature SL French A: Literature self taug SL Danish A: Literature self taug SL Dutch A: Literature self taug SL Russian A: Literature self taug SL Chinese A: Literature self taug SL Chinese B - Mandarin HL Chinese B - Mandarin SL French Ab. SL French B HL French B SL Latin HL Latin SL Spanish Ab. SL Spanish B HL Spanish B SL Business Management HL Business Management SL Economics HL Economics SL Geography HL Geography SL Global Politics HL Global Politics SL History Europe HL History SL Philosophy HL Philosophy SL Psychology HL Psychology SL Biology HL Biology SL Chemistry HL Chemistry SL Computer Sc. HL Computer Sc. SL Env. & Soc. SL Env. & Soc. HL Physics HL Physics SL Mathematics Analysis & Appro HL Mathematics Analysis & Appro SL Mathematics Applications & I HL Mathematics Applications & I SL Film HL Film SL Music HL Music SL Theatre HL Theatre SL Visual Arts HL Visual Arts SL Total Total %
No. of Candidates 16 37 3 12 1 1 1 1 3 3 12 4 1 9 1 5 12 3 15 8 4 16 5 10 2 7 1 5 5 2 4 7 5 17 2 23 5 12 6 4 14 15 2 31 25 4 10 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 2 419
7 7 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 5 1 4 4 2 5 0 2 12 1 4 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 6 3 6 0 8 4 5 4 1 8 7 2 7 5 2 2 0 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 160 38%
No. of Grades 6 5 4 8 1 0 19 10 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 6 2 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 11 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 15 8 1 8 6 5 1 1 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 164 70 24 39% 17% 6%
Tanglin Students Average Diploma Score (out of 45) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
Tanglin Average 39.1
2024
Tanglin Average 39.6
2025
Tanglin Average 39.1
2026
World Average 30.88
2026
IB Diploma Summary for 2026 (Class of 2026) Diploma
100%
7
successfully achieved the full Diploma
students achieved the Bilingual Diploma
6
99 %
students achieved 45 points
of all students scored 30 points or more
67%
29%
scored 38 points or more
scored 42 points or more
IB Results Table Year
No. of Candidates
Tanglin % Passed
2023
57
100
2024
54
100
2025
50
100
2026
70
100
2026 University Offers Asia Anant National University (India) Duke Kunshan University (China) Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong) Monash University (Malaysia) Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) National University of Singapore (Singapore) Singapore Management University (Singapore) Strate School of Design (India) Symbiosis Institute of Design (India) The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Australia Monash University Murdoch University University of Melbourne University of Queensland University of Sydney UNSW Sydney Canada Huron University College McGill University McMaster University Toronto Metropolitan University University of British Columbia University of Guelph University of Toronto University of Victoria University of Waterloo Western University Europe Amsterdam University College (The Netherlands) Design Academy Eindhoven (The Netherlands) Hanze University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands) KU Leuven (Belgium) Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland) Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) University College Roosevelt (The Netherlands) University College Utrecht (The Netherlands) UK Aberystwyth University Anglia Ruskin University Arts University Bournemouth Bournemouth University Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Bristol School of Acting Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff University City St George’s, University of London Durham University Edge Hill University
Hartpury University Heriot-Watt University Imperial College London Keele University Kingston University King’s College London, University of London Lancaster University Leeds Arts University Leeds Beckett University Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Liverpool John Moores University London Metropolitan University Loughborough University LSE, University of London Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester School of Theatre Middlesex University Newcastle University Northumbria University, Newcastle Norwich University of the Arts Nottingham Trent University Oxford Brookes University Queen Mary, University of London Regent’s University London Rose Bruford College Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Veterinary College, University of London Sheffield Hallam University St Mary’s University, Twickenham Swansea University The Glasgow School of Art The University of Edinburgh UAL, University of the Arts London UCL, University College London University for the Creative Arts University of Aberdeen University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Brighton University of Bristol University of Cambridge University of Dundee University of Essex University of Exeter University of Glasgow University of Gloucestershire University of Greenwich University of Hertfordshire University of Kent University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Oxford University of Portsmouth University of Reading University of Roehampton University of Salford University of Sheffield University of South Wales University of Southampton
University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Strathclyde University of Surrey University of Sussex University of Warwick University of York York St John University USA American University Babson College Belmont University 64% UK Brandeis University Columbia College Chicago Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Emerson College Fordham University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvey Mudd College Indiana University Bloomington Loyola Marymount University New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University OTIS College of Art and Design Pratt Institute Purdue University in West Lafayette Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rice University Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Suffolk University Syracuse University Texas Christian University The New School University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Richmond University of Southern California University of Virginia University of Washington, Seattle University of Wisconsin-Madison Washington University in St. Louis Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University
This list is complete as of August 31, 2026 and is subject to alterations and amendments. Southern Hemisphere acceptances are pending. CPE Reg. No. 196100114C (7/6/2023 - 6/6/2029)