Pearl's Hill School

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Facade of Pearl’s Hill School building at Chin Swee Road.

Facade of Pearl’s Hill School building at Pearl’s Hill Road (1914 - 1971)

Facade of Singapore Chinese Board School building at Cross Street (1889 - 1913).

School History

Pearl’s Hill School was established in 1881 at Cross Street. Formerly known as the Singapore Chinese Branch School, Pearl’s Hill Primary School was among the pioneer batch of Government Schools set up by the colonial government. The school served as a feeder school for Raffles Institution. By 1885, the school had become known as Cross Street School. 

In 1906, it was converted into a preparatory school and was affiliated with Outram Road School. With this development, the school was renamed Cross Street Infants’ School. 

In 1914, Cross Street Infants’ School was closed and replaced with a new school on Pearl’s Hill Road known as Pearl’s Hill School. 

In 1972, Pearl’s Hill School shifted to a new site at Chin Swee Road. This school building was known for being 12 storeys high, which made it the tallest school building in Singapore at that time. 

In 1995, Pearl’s Hill School merged with Pearl Park Primary School, retaining the name of the former.  

On 31 December 2001, Pearl’s Hill School closed and the former building of the school at Chin Swee Road has since housed Hotel Re!. 

Principals:
Mr E T Yzelman (1881 – 1884)
Mr F Fox (1884 – 1888)
Mr F Vickers (1888)
Mr H S Atkinson (1889 – 1895)
Mr A E Pringle (1895)
Mr M Hellier (1896 – 1904)
Mr W J Parry (1904 – 1905)
Mr J H Thickett (1905 – 1906)
Miss M A Buxton (1906 – 1921)
Miss E Lockie (1921)
Mrs A L Bishop (1921 – 1932)
Mrs M W Paterson (1932 – 1937)
Mrs K Mc Neish (1937 – 1941)
Mrs N Oehlers (1946)
Miss R M Everson (1946 – 1950)
Mrs H T Tacchi (1951 – 1952)
Mrs D F Atherton (1952 – 1953) (Morning Session)
Miss L Pereira (1952 – 1955) (Afternoon Session)
Miss E R Aeria (1953 – 1955) (Morning Session)
Mr Lee Teck Hock (1955 – 1959)
Mr Khor Choo Eong (1960 – 1964)
Mr Lim Song Poh (1964)
Mr S Ratnagopal (1964 – 1970)
Mr Lye Chuan Yuen (1970 – 1971)
Mr Ng Kek Nghi (1971 – 1976)
Mr Cheok Yeow Chong (1976 – 1981)

Key Milestones

School Motto

Perseverance, Honour, Success

School Crest

School Song

School song unavailable

We're here to learn right from the start
Let’s work in unity.
Let's sing this song with all our hearts and pledge our loyalty.
Let not our motto be forgotten.
As Pearl’s Hill we like best
So, sing the song with our hearts.
And shine above the rest. 

With pride we work in PHS
We show our dignity
Perseverance honour success
This is our guarantee