Parents, guardians and/or referring agencies may apply for admission of students if they are visually impaired and/or with hearing loss (with or without Intellectual Disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder, etc.)

SPED Admission Timeline

Level of Study	Cohort	Student Age	Admissions Window	Start of Application Period	Application Deadline	When will the School Testing / Intake Assessment be conducted?	When is the schools's intake?
P1 or Year 1 of CCP Programme	2027 Cohort	7	First intake window	2 February 2026	22 May 2026	During the school term time, excluding school holidays.	January 2027
P1 or Year 1 of CCP Programme	2027 Cohort	7	Second intake window	29 June 2026	31 August 2026		January 2027
All other levels	2026 and 2027 cohorts	8 to 18	02 January 2026 to 31 August 2026	2 January 2026	31 August 2026		March 2026 to September 2026, January 2027

Level of Study
Level of Study	P1 or Year 1 of CCP Programme	All other levels
Cohort
Cohort	2027 Cohort	2026 and 2027 cohorts
Student Age
Student Age	7	8 to 18
Admissions Window
	First intake window	Second intake window	02 January 2026 to 31 August 2026
	Start of Application Period
2 February 2026		29 June 2026	2 January 2026
Application Deadline
	22 May 2026	31 August 2026	31 August 2026
	When will the School Testing / Intake Assessment be conducted?
During the school term time, excluding school holidays.
When is the schools's intake?
	January 2027	January 2027	March 2026 to September 2026, January 2027

All applications must be submitted using the digitised SPED application form at https://go.gov.sg/spedschoolapplform.

You may email SPED_Application@moe.gov.sg if you have queries about the form.

Parents can also access https://www.moe.gov.sg/special-educational-needs to find out more about the schools for children with special educational needs.

Mainstream Mid-stream Transfer Policy	Waitlist Policy
Transfer from Mainstream School to SPED School With effect from 10 October 2022, applications for a transfer from a mainstream school to a SPED school must be facilitated through the student’s mainstream school. Please approach the mainstream school Principal to apply for the transfer. Direct applications from parents/legal guardians, private professionals, and hospitals will not be accepted. For more information, please visit https://www.moe.gov.sg/special-educational-needs/apply.	Waitlisting in SPED Schools for Primary 1 / Junior 1 Placement With effect from 1 January 2023, a child applying for placement in Primary 1 / Junior 1 in a government-funded SPED school can only be placed on the waitlist if the child has first been placed in another government-funded SPED school1 which serves the same primary diagnosed condition. Please refer to this link for the list of SPED schools categorised by the primary diagnosed conditions. ¹A child placed in a mainstream school will not be eligible to be on the waitlists for SPED schools. Should there be interest to transfer the child to a SPED school, please refer to the “Transfers from Mainstream Schools to SPED schools” section for more details This requirement will also apply to returning Singaporeans entering SPED schools at all levels². ²This requirement will not be applied to P3 and above children who can access ASD-NC schools in 2023. This is because Pathlight School is the only ASD-NC school that offers P3 and above classes in 2023. This requirement will be extended accordingly to P3 and above children when the other ASD-NC school, St. Andrew's Mission School progressively offers P3 and above and secondary levels.

Mainstream Mid-stream Transfer Policy

Waitlist Policy

Transfer from Mainstream School to SPED School

With effect from 10 October 2022, applications for a transfer from a mainstream school to a SPED school must be facilitated through the student’s mainstream school. Please approach the mainstream school Principal to apply for the transfer.

Direct applications from parents/legal guardians, private professionals, and hospitals will not be accepted.

For more information, please visit https://www.moe.gov.sg/special-educational-needs/apply.

Waitlisting in SPED Schools for Primary 1 / Junior 1 Placement

With effect from 1 January 2023, a child applying for placement in Primary 1 / Junior 1 in a government-funded SPED school can only be placed on the waitlist if the child has first been placed in another government-funded SPED school1 which serves the same primary diagnosed condition. Please refer to this link for the list of SPED schools categorised by the primary diagnosed conditions.

¹A child placed in a mainstream school will not be eligible to be on the waitlists for SPED schools. Should there be interest to transfer the child to a SPED school, please refer to the “Transfers from Mainstream Schools to SPED schools” section for more details

This requirement will also apply to returning Singaporeans entering SPED schools at all levels².

²This requirement will not be applied to P3 and above children who can access ASD-NC schools in 2023. This is because Pathlight School is the only ASD-NC school that offers P3 and above classes in 2023. This requirement will be extended accordingly to P3 and above children when the other ASD-NC school, St. Andrew's Mission School progressively offers P3 and above and secondary levels.

Mainstream Mid-stream Transfer Policy	Transfer from Mainstream School to SPED School With effect from 10 October 2022, applications for a transfer from a mainstream school to a SPED school must be facilitated through the student's mainstream school. Please approach the mainstream school Principal to apply for the transfer. Direct applications from parents/legal guardians, private professionals, and hospitals will not be accepted. For more information, please visit https://www.moe.gov.sg/special-educational-needs/apply.
Waitlist Policy	Waitlisting in SPED Schools for Primary 1 / Junior 1 Placement With effect from 1 January 2023, a child applying for placement in Primary 1 / Junior 1 in a government-funded SPED school can only be placed on the waitlist if the child has first been placed in another government-funded SPED school1 which serves the same primary diagnosed condition. Please refer to this link for the list of SPED schools categorised by the primary diagnosed conditions. ¹A child placed in a mainstream school will not be eligible to be on the waitlists for SPED schools. Should there be interest to transfer the child to a SPED school, please refer to the “Transfers from Mainstream Schools to SPED schools” section for more details This requirement will also apply to returning Singaporeans entering SPED schools at all levels². ²This requirement will not be applied to P3 and above children who can access ASD-NC schools in 2023. This is because Pathlight School is the only ASD-NC school that offers P3 and above classes in 2023. This requirement will be extended accordingly to P3 and above children when the other ASD-NC school, St. Andrew's Mission School progressively offers P3 and above and secondary levels.