Bartley Secondary School 4.22

Bartley Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school in Bartley district of Toa Payoh, Singapore.HistoryFoundingThe school was founded on 18 February 1952 with Mr Chua Leong Hean as the first principal and an enrolment of 81 boys and 10 girls.In 1955 the science laboratories, school hall and tuck shop were built. In 1956, the female population of Bartley was transferred to the newly completed Cedar Girls' Secondary School. The school then became a boys' school in the secondary section. Post-secondary classes were also started in the same year, and female students were admitted to that level. The school also pioneered the National Police Cadet Corps with the first unit being established in 1959.Conversion into a co-educational schoolIn 1992 the school moved to the former Mt. Vernon Secondary School premises while a new school was built. In 1995 Bartley moved to new premises at 10 Jalan Bunga Rampai. The school admitted girls at secondary level again in 1995. Pre-university classes were phased out from the school in 1996. The school was upgraded (PRIME) in its present site from 2003 to 2005. Additional classes, learning suites and an enlarged school hall were added to the school.The school was banded for the first time in MOE's annual school ranking exercise in 2009. The school attributed this success to a lower student-teacher ratio. In 2010, the school received the MOE Master Plan Award 2010, Band 9 in Express and Band 5 in Normal Academic Course. Also the school achieved SAA for Academic (Express), SAA for Uniformed Group (5th Award) and SAA for Aesthetics (1st Award).