The full timetable, what each paper is worth, and what is actually worth revising in the time that is left.
Most parents want two things from a timetable page: the dates, and a sense of how much time that leaves. Here are both.
| Component | 2026 date | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Oral | 12–13 August | Reading Aloud and the stimulus-based conversation |
| Listening Comprehension | 15 September | English Paper 3 — 20 marks, 10% of the English grade |
| Written papers | 24–30 September | English, Maths, Science and Mother Tongue |
| Marking exercise | 12–14 October | Schools closed for pupils |
| Results | Late November | SEAB confirms the exact date nearer the time |
Always check the dates against the official SEAB timetable before planning around them — schools occasionally differ on the oral days.
The oral was sat on 12–13 August. Nothing more can be done about it, and the most useful thing a parent can do now is stop discussing it. Children who keep re-running the conversation in their heads lose revision time to a paper that is finished.
If your child is in P5, the opposite applies: the oral is the single most improvable component, because it is a skill rather than a body of knowledge, and almost nobody practises it properly. See how the oral is marked →
English Paper 3. Twenty marks, 10% of the English grade. It is the component parents most often forget entirely, and it is short enough that a handful of timed practices genuinely moves the mark.
English, Maths, Science and Mother Tongue, spread over five days across two weeks. The weekend in the middle is not a holiday — it is the most valuable revision window of the whole year, because your child will have just sat real papers and will know exactly which topics hurt.
Each subject is graded on an Achievement Level from AL1 to AL8. The four AL scores are added to give the PSLE Score, which runs from 4 (best) to 32.
| Achievement Level | Raw mark |
|---|---|
| AL1 | ≥ 90 |
| AL2 | 85–89 |
| AL3 | 80–84 |
| AL4 | 75–79 |
| AL5 | 65–74 |
| AL6 | 45–64 |
| AL7 | 20–44 |
| AL8 | < 20 |
Two things follow from this table that parents routinely miss. First, the bands are not even — the jump from AL5 to AL4 needs one mark in the right place, while AL6 spans twenty marks. Second, a subject already sitting comfortably in AL1 has nothing left to gain, so revision time is worth far more spent on the subject hovering at a band edge.
At this stage new content is a poor investment. Past papers are a good one, because they tell you where the marks are actually being lost — which is almost never where a parent assumes.
1,364 past-year papers, free to download. P3 to P6, from 28 Singapore primary schools — prelims, SA1, SA2, CA1 and CA2. No sign-up and no card. Browse the papers →
Some of the same papers can also be sat online, marked the moment your child submits, with the working behind every answer. See what that costs →
The oral was on 12–13 August 2026. Listening Comprehension is on 15 September, and the written papers run from 24 to 30 September 2026. The marking exercise is 12–14 October and results are released in late November.
Forty marks out of two hundred — 15 for Reading Aloud and 25 for the stimulus-based conversation. That is 20% of the English grade.
The PSLE Score runs from 4 to 32, lower being better, and is the sum of four Achievement Levels. What counts as good depends entirely on the secondary schools you are considering, since cut-off points differ by school and change each year.
Yes. Primary schools are closed to pupils for the marking exercise, 12–14 October 2026.