12 Best Science Tuition Centres in Singapore (November 2026)

Fees are per subject as each centre published them in November 2026. Where a row doesn't say "incl. GST", the centre doesn't say either way, so compare the final figure you're quoted.

PSLE Science in 2026 is one written paper of 1 hour 45 minutes in two booklets. Booklet A has 30 multiple-choice questions worth 2 marks each, so 60 marks. Booklet B has 10 or 11 structured questions worth 2 to 5 marks each, 40 marks in all. That's from SEAB's 2026 PSLE Science syllabus (0009), which SEAB marks as revised on its list of 2026 PSLE formats.

It's the first PSLE set on MOE's 2023 primary science syllabus, which started with the 2023 Primary 3 cohort. SEAB tests knowledge with understanding, and applying it through scientific inquiry: predicting, interpreting and evaluating information, and communicating explanations and reasoning. That last skill is where Booklet B marks go. The mark then becomes an Achievement Level from AL1 (90 and above) to AL8.

For PSLE science tuition, two things follow. Booklet A is 60% of the paper, so timed multiple-choice practice earns its keep. And Booklet B rewards a precise, linked answer over a long one. Children who take Foundation Science in P5 and P6 sit a separate paper (0039), so check that a centre has a class for it.

Pure Science means taking Physics, Chemistry or Biology as separate subjects, each with its own grade. Combined Science puts two of the three into one subject and one grade. From 2027 both are examined as G3 subjects of the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) under new codes, though SEAB's 2027 list doesn't mark any of the six science syllabuses as revised. Students who entered Sec 1 in 2024 are the first SEC cohort, with results in January 2028.

The papers differ more than parents expect. A Pure Science such as G3 Chemistry (K324) has a 40-question multiple-choice paper worth 30%, an 80-mark structured and free-response paper worth 50%, and a 1 hour 50 minute practical worth 20%. Combined Science has a multiple-choice paper worth 20%, two 65-mark theory papers worth 32.5% each, and a 1 hour 30 minute practical worth 15%. The practical comes before the written papers in either route.

Combined Science keeps the same chapter headings for Chemistry and most of them for Physics (16 topics to Pure Physics's 20), but asks for less within each. By my rough count, each half lists about three-fifths as many learning outcomes as the matching Pure subject. So a Combined student needs a class that teaches their syllabus, not a Pure class slowed down, which is why I note which centres run Combined Science on its own.

This year's Sec 4s sat the last O-Levels under the old codes (SEAB's 2026 O-Level list). If you're looking at O-Level science tuition for a Sec 3 now, it's really SEC tuition, so ask what changed in the centre's notes and how it prepares students for the practical.

Most children lose marks on PSLE Science open-ended questions because their answer states a true fact without tying it to the question. The usual slips are a missing scientific keyword, a cause given without its effect, and a general rule written where the question wanted evidence from the diagram or experiment in front of them.

Take a classic: why did the water level in the beaker drop? "Evaporation" scores little. "The water gained heat from the surroundings and evaporated, so less water was left in the beaker" links the process to what the child saw, and that link is what earns the marks. The centres here each teach a version of it: BlueTree's A.B.C., Mind Stretcher's CCC and AIR frameworks, Heuristics Science's TCR and The Pique Lab's topic masterclasses.

At home, two habits help more than another assessment book. Keep a short keyword list for each topic and check answers against it. And when a test comes back, have your child rewrite one wrong open-ended answer properly each week instead of just reading the correction.

JC sciences are a different market, and the strongest names specialise. For JC or the upper years of an IP school, I'd start with these, alongside my guides to H2 Maths tuition and, for international school students, IB tuition.

• The Physics Cafe (thephysicscafe.com): the JC physics tuition specialist, part of PMC.SG Education Group, with centres at Bishan, Paya Lebar, Novena and Marymount. Fees aren't published, registration is S$109 and there's no free trial.
• The Chem Cafe (thechemcafe.com): PMC.SG's chemistry side, whose address now opens the group's JC Chemistry page. It teaches H1 and H2 Chemistry at the same four centres and says 87% of its 2023 A-Level JC Chemistry students scored a distinction.
• Chemistry Guru (chemistryguru.com.sg): H2 Chemistry only, taught by Maverick Puah, who has about 20 years of experience and takes every class himself. Classes of about 10 to 12 in Bishan cost S$360 for a four-week month, or S$280 on Zoom, and a trial is S$50.

On this list, The Science Academy teaches JC Physics, Chemistry and Biology at S$400 a month, Achievers Dream teaches H2 Chemistry with its own lab, and Future Academy teaches all three H2 sciences in classes of six.

• Science Studios (sciencestudios.com.sg): primary science only, designed by a teacher from top MOE schools and the Gifted Education Programme, at Bukit Timah Plaza, Eastgate in Katong and Balmoral Plaza. Fees aren't published.
• Science Matters (sciencematters.com.sg): P3 to P6 science in small groups at Dunearn Village, led by Jane Chong, a former head of department (GEP) for Maths and Science.
• Geniebook CAMPUS (geniebook.com): primary classes on tablets with a monthly progress report, at six centres. Fees aren't published.

• It teaches the paper your child will sit. PSLE Science is now set on the 2023 syllabus, and today's Sec 3s sit the SEC. Ask what changed in the centre's notes. A vague answer is a warning sign.
• An answering method it can show you. Bring one of your child's wrong open-ended answers to the trial and ask how they'd teach it. Five minutes of that beats any brochure.
• Results with a year, in current grades. "AL1 or AL2 in PSLE 2025" is a result. A* and undated "distinctions" belong to an older exam, and several centres here still use them.
• Practical work at secondary. The practical is 15% to 20% of the SEC grade. Achievers Dream and SmartLab have their own labs, and Explorer Academy runs a lab-practice class.
• Class size for your slot. Future Academy caps at six and The Science Academy runs 5 to 11, while online classes elsewhere can pass 50.

A centre teaching 10 or more students must be registered with MOE, and you can look it up on MOE's list of private schools.

I started from the centres that come up most for science tuition in Singapore, on the pages that rank for it and in lists parents share, then checked each on its own website: 2026 or 2027 fees where published, branches, class sizes, the sciences and levels it teaches, and results with a year. I left out centres I couldn't verify, and one whose website currently shows a security warning. I favoured centres that publish fees and dated results, and said so where they don't. I haven't sat in on these classes, so treat the trial as the final test.

Science tuition in Singapore costs about S$250 to S$685 a month per subject at primary, S$295 to S$720 at secondary and S$360 to S$755 at JC, for group classes of four lessons in 2026-27, going by the fee pages of the centres in this guide.

Per-lesson prices are multiplied by four, and a five-week month costs more where centres bill weekly. Home tutors charge by the hour: agencies such as FamilyTutor list 2026 rates of about S$25 to S$60 an hour at primary and S$30 to S$70 at secondary, more for current or former MOE teachers. Add registration, deposits and, where there's a lab, consumables.

A group class at a science tuition centre suits most children, because science lessons need prepared materials, worked examples and, at secondary, practical work that a home tutor rarely brings. A home tutor is better for a child who needs one-to-one marking of open-ended answers or won't ask questions in a group.

Cost is closer than it looks: four 1.5-hour lessons a month with a full-time secondary tutor run about S$270 to S$420, similar to The Science Academy or Mind Stretcher. The difference is oversight. A centre and its teachers are registered with MOE; a home tutor isn't, so ask for qualifications and references.

Most children don't need science tuition before Primary 4. Science starts at Primary 3 under MOE's syllabus, and P3 is mostly about interest and vocabulary. The moment to act is a weak P4 result, because P4 school exams decide whether a child takes Standard or Foundation Science in P5 and P6.

For the PSLE, starting at the beginning of P5 gives two years to fix answering habits, which change more slowly than content gaps. At secondary, the natural point is Sec 3, when Pure or Combined Science starts and the practical exam is two years away.

Yes. Any science tuition centre in Singapore teaching 10 or more students must be registered with MOE, and so must every teacher there. You can search for a centre by name on MOE's list of private schools.

Registration covers the premises, courses and teachers. It isn't a quality rating and doesn't protect prepaid fees, so pay by the term and read the refund policy. Home tutors and tutor agencies sit outside it.

Parents research science centres late at night, compare three or four in one sitting, and quietly drop the one with no fees, no dated results or a site that won't load. A centre with excellent teaching can lose enquiries every week to a slow, dated website.

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