New ACS Sped School to Take in 100 Pupils With Autism in Jan 2026

Temporarily located at former Choa Chu Kang Secondary, it will admit P1, P2 pupils

- Theresa Tan

A new special education (Sped) school for children with autism will take in 100 pupils across Primary 1 and 2 when it opens in January 2026.

The ACS (Academy) is set up by Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) and Methodist Welfare Services, a social service agency.

The newest member of the ACS family, it will be the fifth Sped school here offering the national curriculum for students with autism and who have no intellectual impairment.

Students following the Ministry of Education's (MOE) national curriculum need to take national examinations, such as the PSLE.

ACS (Academy) will start operations in January 2026 at the former Choa Chu Kang Secondary School site in Teck Whye Crescent.

It is expected to move to a new purpose-built school in Tengah by 2031, where it will be co-located with ACS (Primary).

ACS (Academy) is currently accepting applications for the 2026 cohort until Aug 31.

Besides ACS (Academy), St Andrew's Mission School and Pathlight School also offer the national curriculum to students with autism spectrum disorder and who have no intellectual disability.

The new school comes as more children in Singapore have been diagnosed with autism in recent years.