The Japanese School Singapore (Secondary School)
West Coast, Singapore, Singapore · Est. 1970
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- Established
- 1970
- Curriculum
- Japanese national curriculum (junior high, Grades 7-9); Mainstream Class and English-medium Global Class
About this school
The Japanese School Singapore is an overseas Japanese school teaching in Japanese and following the curriculum guidelines of Japan's Ministry of Education. Its roots go back to a Japanese primary school opened on Middle Road in 1912; the post-war school opened in September 1966 with 27 pupils and was recognised by the Singapore government as a private school. Since 1998 it has run three campuses: primary schools in Clementi and Changi, each serving its own catchment area, and a secondary (junior high) school on West Coast Road.
Alongside the Japanese curriculum, the school stresses English through native-speaker teachers and immersion activities, ICT-based learning, and exchanges with local Singapore schools.
The secondary (junior high) division opened in 1970 with 16 students and has used its own campus on West Coast Road since 1984. It teaches the same subjects as a junior high school in Japan to prepare students for further study after returning home, and offers two tracks: a Mainstream Class and, since 2017, a Global Class taught largely in English for students seeking stronger English and international study.
