Tampines Secondary School

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Ministerial visit to Tampines Secondary School (1990).

Tampines Secondary School had a Sports Day that was highly anticipated by the students as it was an opportunity to demonstrate house pride as well as measure their athletic abilities against other school mates at an official platform (2003).

Tampines Secondary School was one of the schools involved in the E6 cluster event organized at Century Square to show off the artistic talents of our youths (2004).

Tampines Secondary School celebrates 30th anniversary (2016).

School History

Named after Tampines New Town, Tampines Secondary School was established in 1986. It was one of the first schools built in the town. On 2 January 1986, the founding principal, Mr Koh Sei Hian, together with 12 teachers, welcomed the school’s inaugural 458 students. On 8 August 1988, the school was officially opened.

In the 1990s, the school underwent infrastructural upgrading to stay relevant in the age of growing information technologies, as well as to prepare for the transition to single-session in 2000. In 2008, Tampines Secondary School underwent PRIME upgrading. 

Tampines Secondary School was accorded the Learning for Life Programme, ‘Creative Expressions: Character Development through Visual and Performing Arts’, and the Applied Learning Programme, ‘Creative Engineering: Inter-disciplinary Authentic Problem Solving’, in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

In 2016, the school celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Principals:
- Mr Koh Sei Hian (1986–1995)
- Mdm Daulath Tajuddin (1995–2000)
- Dr Poon Chew Leng (2000–2001)
- Mr Neo Tick Watt (2001–2009)
- Mr Balamurugam Krishnasamy (2009–2015)
- Mr Shane Kwok (2016–2024)
- Mdm Tan Yang Fern (2025–present)

Key Milestones

School Motto

Betterment of Self for Society

School Crest

The letter ‘T’ symbolises the Tampines tree, while the letter ‘S’ represents the stream of students who join the school and steadily work their way successfully upstream.

School Song

Green and Gold
Green and Gold
We will keep our school flag flying
Green and Gold
Green and Gold
We will keep our school flag flying
Keep our school flag Green and Gold up high
Let Education be our top priority
For the betterment of self
Always outward looking forward thinking
Think not of oneself
Think not of oneself
Working as a team we’ll steer our way upstream
It’s not easy but we’ll try
We’ll give our best to Tampines
Tis here our future lies
Here our future lies