Anderson Secondary School

Anderson Secondary School

Anderson Secondary School is an autonomous, co-educational government school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It became an autonomous school in 1994 and was one of the pioneer autonomous schools in Singapore. It was ranked the Top Neighbourhood School by the The Straits Times in 1992. Anderson Secondary has also been recognised for excellence in both education processes and outcomes, being awarded the School Distinction Award by the Ministry of Education in 2004. It also received the Singapore Quality Class Award in 2002 and the Best Practice Award for Staff Well-being in 2003. Anderson Secondary has been a band 1 school since 2006. The school was founded in 1960 as a girls' primary school. In 1964 it expanded its mission to become Anderson Girls' Secondary School, and in 1965 began admitting boys for the first time.