Outram Secondary School

Image Gallery

History of school badge before 1958 and present.

75th Anniversary Speech Day celebrations by previous and current principals (1982).

Shifting back from holding school at Winstedt Road to the new building at York Hill (1998).

The Water Polo Team have always shown strong team work and an enduring spirit since the 1980s. In recent years, the team have had successes in the National Championships (2017).

School History

Outram Road School was established on 26 February 1906. In 1939, the school was renamed Outram School, and was a feeder primary school to Raffles Institution until the fall of Singapore in February 1942.

On 1 January 1954, Outram School became a secondary school with a four-year Commerce course leading to the School Certificate of Commercial Education of the London Chamber of Commerce. In 1958, Outram School started admitting girls and became a co-educational school. In 1961, the school was renamed Outram Secondary School. In 1968, the school relocated to its current premises at York Hill, off Chin Swee Road. In 1969, the school began focusing on commercial education for its upper secondary levels.

The school’s swimming pool complex was completed and officially opened in 1977. In 1982, the school celebrated its 75th anniversary and commemorated it with the book, 75 Years Today: Outram Secondary School. Outram Secondary School moved to a temporary site at 10 Winstedt Road in June 1994 to make way for the redevelopment of new premises at York Hill.

In 1996, Outram Secondary School celebrated its 90th anniversary. In June 1998, the school returned to its present premises. In 2006, the school celebrated its centennial anniversary and launched the commemorative book, Labor Conquers All – 100 years of Outram Secondary School. In 2016, Outram Secondary School celebrated its 110th anniversary.

The school’s Applied Learning Programme focuses on business and enterprise, while its Learning for Life Programme is in sports and outdoor education. The latter aims to imbue the value of ‘sports for life’ in its students.

Principals:
- Mr W.T. Parry (1906)
- Mr C.E. North (1907)
- Mr P.A. Yearwood (1908, 1910–1912, 1915)
- Mr M.B. Brockwell (1909)
- Mr R.E. Smith (1913)
- Mr C.F.C. Ayre (1914)
- Mrs A.L. Bishop (1919–1920)
- Mr D.W. Maccleod (1921)
- Mr M.R. Holgate (1921)
- Mr T.A. Osullivan (1922)
- Rev A.J. Amery (1922)
- Mr G.R.M. Millar (1925)
- Mr T. Ball (1925)
- Mr G. Ambler (1926-1927, 1929-1931, 1933-1934)
- Mr R.F. Gunn (1928)
- A.W. Frisby (1932)
- Mr C.W. Bloomfield (1935)
- Mr J.D. Joseph (1937)
- Mr R.W. Watson-Hyatt (1938)
- Mr G.G.L. Mccleod (1940)
- Mr D. Roper (1940)
- Mr R.A. Goodchild (1941)
- Mr W.S. Morgan (1941)
- Mr S.G. MD Ghows (1941, 1945)
- Mr Ben Dudley (1949)
- Mr C.A. Peterson (1952)
- Mr Chua Leong Hean (1956)
- Mr O.K. Abraham (1960)
- M.A. Mallal (1962)
- Mr Chan Joon Gek (1964)
- Mr Chan Wee Lee (1971)
- Mr Peter Loh Yee Chong (1971)
- Mr Tan Joo Kheng (1972)
- Mr Chan Joon Gek P.B. (1972)
- Mr Ratnaval Subramaniam (1978)
- Mr Joo Kheng PPA (1982)
- Mrs Lim Han Soon (1984)
- Mrs Lim Chye Tin (1986)
- Ms Susan Leong (1995)
- Mr Chan Poh Meng (1998)
- Mr Foong Yee Tuck (2001)
- Mrs Serene Pang (2003)
- Mdm Choy Wai Yin (2004)
- Mr Loh Cheung Ming (2010)
- Mr Boo Hian Kok (2015–2022)
- Mr Keith Tan (2023 - present)

Key Milestones

School Motto

Labor Omnia Vincit
Latin for ‘Labour Conquers All’

School Crest

The book symbolises academic learning – to instruct, impart knowledge, teach and learn. The lion represents the school’s association with Singapore, the Lion City. The castle signifies a tower of learning; a place where all can study; a self-contained unit; and a place where unity, cooperation and teamwork produce a community (tower) of strength. The lion and the castle together symbolise Outram as one of the centres of learning in Singapore.

School Song

We will go marching on together
True to our Alma Mater,
We will strive and march to victory,
Loyal Outramians are we.

CHORUS:
Onward, friends, be true, sincere,
Work and foes we must not fear,
Never falter, never fall,
Labour conquers all.
We will raise our standards high,
And with our voices cry;
Brave and true hearts we will always be,
Loyal Outramians are we.