St Andrew's Secondary School

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Founding of school in 1862.

Prefectorial Board set up by Headmaster Rev RKS Adams to inculcate servant leadership.

St Andrew’s School moves to its current campus at Potong Pasir.

The Indoor Sports Hall (ISH) is opened for use, alongside the artificial grass pitch, hockey turf and cricket cages.

School History

Founded in 1862 by Reverend Edward Sherman Venn, St. Andrew’s School was the first Anglican boys’ school in Singapore. The humble, small, semi-private institution has since grown from strength to strength.

The school has moved five times to better provide for the increasing enrolment. In 2006, it moved to its current premises, which brought all the schools in the St. Andrew’s family under one roof at St. Andrew’s Village. Campus enhancements included the construction of a swimming pool, an artificial grass pitch for rugby and an artificial turf for hockey. To support the growth of the school’s athletes, there is an in-house physiotherapy clinic and gym. As of 2019, the school boasts an indoor sports hall that is double the capacity of a regular hall to cater to the schools in St. Andrew’s Village.

The curriculum and activities have also been developed and refined to bring out the best in the students. These include customised courses and approaches that are tailored to students’ learning needs and preferences in the various streams. Leveraging on its location by the Kallang River, one of the school’s key programmes, River Studies, supports learning beyond the classroom and teaches the importance of environmental conservation.

St. Andrew’s School has a long tradition of sporting excellence. In 2004, the school gained niche status in rugby. In view of the school’s sound sports programme, St. Andrew’s was accorded the Learning for Life Programme, ‘Sports for Life’, in 2014. The programme inculcates life skills and values in the students to serve society while encouraging them to lead an active lifestyle. In the following year, the school was accorded the Applied Learning Programme in engineering and robotics. Through this programme, students apply logical reasoning and design thinking in their projects, and sharpen their critical and creative thinking abilities in the process.

The arts have always been an integral part of the Saints’ experience. The school introduces initiatives that excite and engage the students in developing their appreciation of the arts, such as the annual Arts and Design Festival, performing arts concerts and hall assembly programmes.

St. Andrew’s offers a holistic education that nurtures all-rounded Saints: servant leaders who bring life to the nations.

Principals:
- Mr Sim Quee (1862–1863)
- Mr Cheok Loy Fatt (1864–1887)
- Mr D.S. Ponniah (1888–1910)
- Mr James Romanis Lee (1911–1920)
- Mr P.L. Dickson (1921)
- Mr V. Clough (1922–1923)
- Mr Joseph Lee (1924–1933)
- Mr R.K.S. Adams (1934–1955)
- Mr Tan Lye Whatt (1956–1963)
- Mr Francis Thomas (1964–1973)
- Mr C.D. Jansen (1974–1975)
- Mr Harry H.S. Tan (1976–1995)
- Mrs Priscilla Krempl (1996–2000)
- Mrs Belinda Charles (2001–2010)
- Mrs Lucy Toh (2011–2016)
- Mrs Marion Tan (2017–present)

Key Milestones

School Motto

Up and On

School Crest

The colours are representative of the Patron Saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew.

School Song

Lives are in the making here,
Hearts are in the waking here,
Mighty undertaking here,
Up and On!

We are arming for the fight,
Pressing on with all our might,
Pluming wings for higher flight,
Up and On!

(CHORUS)

Fair before us lies the way,
Time for work and time for play;
Fill the measure while we may,
Up and On!

Life and time will not delay,
Time is running fast away,
Life is now today; today;
Up and On!

(CHORUS)

Foes in plenty we shall meet,
Hearts courageous scorn defeat;
So we press with eager feet,
Up and On!

Ever onward to the fight,
Ever upward to the Light,
Ever true to GOD and RIGHT,
Up and On

CHORUS
Up Boys! Truest fame
Lies in high endeavour;
Play the game! Keep the flame
Burning brightly ever.