48 international schools and enrichment centres, 29 categories, and three judges. The scores are in for the Singapore Education Awards 2025, and we have our winners!
In September, we launched our Singapore Education Awards 2025 and asked you to vote for your favourite principal and teacher – and the results are in! After two months of nominating, voting and judging, the Singapore Education Awards 2025 – brought to you by HoneyKids Asia – has come to a close. In this awards series, we celebrated the outstanding achievements, efforts and contributions of Singapore’s best international schools and enrichment centres, based on the assessments of our panel of expert judges. And thanks to your votes, you helped us recognise and honour the standout principals and teachers in Singapore who really deserve a shoutout. So, before we reveal the winners of this year’s 2025 Singapore Education Awards, we want to say an enormous thank you to our judges, and our readers – we couldn’t have done it without you!
SINGAPORE EDUCATION AWARDS 2025: Meet the winners!
1. International School With the Most Future-Ready Students
Gold Winner: Tanglin Trust School
Silver Winners: Australian International School; and Nexus International (Singapore)
Editor’s Choice: International French School (Singapore)
2. Best Bilingual Programme (International School)
Gold Winner: Canadian International School
Silver Winners: Dulwich College (Singapore); and EtonHouse International School Broadrick
Editor’s Choice: Impact Family International School
3. Best Bilingual Programme (Preschool)
Gold Winner: EtonHouse Pre-School Upper Bukit Timah
Silver Winner: Raffles Kidz International
4. Digital Technology in Learning Award
Gold Winner: Nexus International School (Singapore)
Silver Winners: International Community School (Singapore); and XCL World Academy
5. Most Affordable International School
Gold Winners: Astor International School; and The Perse School (Singapore)
Silver Winners: HFSE International School; and Impact Family International School
Editor’s Choice: Invictus International School
6. School Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Gold Winner: Brighton College (Singapore)
Silver Winners: Chatsworth International School; Dover Court International School; Holland International School
Editor’s Choice: Sir Manasseh Meyer International School
7. Singapore International School of the Year
Gold Winner: Tanglin Trust School
Silver Winner: Dulwich College (Singapore)
Editor’s Choice: Stamford American International School
8. Sustainable International School of the Year
Gold Winners: Nexus International School (Singapore); and The Grange Institution
Silver Winner: Holland International School
9. Singapore Preschool of the Year
Gold Winner: Dulwich College (Singapore)
Silver Winner: EtonHouse International Pre-School Claymore; and Stamford American International School
Editor’s Choice: Mulberry Learning
10. Best Small School in Singapore (under 700 students)
Gold Winners: Astor International School; and EtonHouse International School Orchard
Silver Winners: International Community School (Singapore); and Sir Manasseh Meyer International School
Editor’s Choice: Holland International School
11. Student Wellbeing Award
Gold Winner: Brighton College (Singapore)
Silver Winners: Holland International School; and Sir Manasseh Meyer International School
Editor’s Choices: International Community School (Singapore); and XCL World Academy
12. The Curriculum Awards (American)
Gold Winner: Stamford American International School
Silver Winner: International Community School (Singapore)
13. The Curriculum Awards (British)
Gold Winners: Tanglin Trust School; and Brighton College (Singapore)
Silver Winner: Dover Court International School
14. The Curriculum Awards (International Baccalaureate)
Gold Winner: Australian International School
Silver Winners: Stamford American International School; and GESS – International School
Editor’s Choice: Chatsworth International School
15. Best New Campus
Gold Winner: International French School (Singapore)
Silver Winners: The Perse School (Singapore); and XCL World Academy
16. Diversity and Inclusive Community Award
Gold Winner: Dover Court International School
Silver Winner: The Perse School (Singapore)
Editor’s Choice: Overseas Family School
17. Best School for Learning Support
Gold Winner: The Winstedt School
Silver Winner: Dynamics International School
Editor’s Choice: Overseas Family School
18. Best Outdoor Learning Programme
Gold Winner: Stamford American International School
Silver Winners: Australian International School; and GESS – International School
Editor’s Choice: Outdoor School Singapore by NTUC First Campus
19. Best Early Intervention Centre
Gold Winner: Dynamics Therapy Group
Silver Winners: KidsFirst; and Play Therapy by Therapy Inc.
Editor’s Choice: Dinosaur Speech Therapy
20. Best Math Enrichment Centre
Gold Winners: MasterMaths Education Centre; and The Eton Academy by EtonHouse
21. Best English Language Enrichment Centre
Gold Winner: Academia
Silver Winner: The Eton Academy by EtonHouse
Editor’s Choice: Lil’ But Mighty
22. Best Technology Education Enrichment Centre
Gold Winner: Coding Lab
Silver Winner: Meta Robotics
23. Best Music School For Kids
Gold Winner: The Music Scientist
Silver Winner: Presto Studios
24. Best Dance Studio For Kids
Gold Winner: Centre Stage School of the Arts
Silver Winners: Dance At The Difference
25. Best Chinese Language Enrichment Centre
Gold Winner: Chengzhu Mandarin Centre
Silver Winners: Miss SY Wang Chinese Distinctions Learning Studio; and YouLe Mandarin Centre
26. Best Drama School For Kids
Gold Winner: Centre Stage School of the Arts
Silver Winner: ACT 3 Drama Academy
27. Best Playgroup For Babies and Toddlers
Gold Winner: Julia Gabriel Centre
Silver Winner: Chengzhu Mandarin Centre
28. Principal of the Year
Kindergarten
Josephyne Ho, EtonHouse Pre-School Mountbatten 223, as voted by parents with children in the kindergarten.
Primary
Christina Bacolod Labrador, HFSE International School, as voted by parents and students from its primary school.
Secondary
Elaine Robinson, Sir Manasseh Meyer International School, as voted by parents and students from its secondary school.
29. Teacher of the Year
Kindergarten
Li Linjing, EtonHouse Newton Pre-School, as voted by parents with children in its kindergarten.
Primary
Dominic Quinn, Sir Manasseh Meyer International School, as voted by parents and students from its primary school.
Secondary
Rebecca Lafferty, International Community School (Singapore), as voted by parents and students from its secondary school.
THE JUDGES
For this year’s Singapore Education Awards, we enlisted the help of education industry experts to assess and identify Singapore’s top international schools and enrichment centres. They tirelessly evaluated the performance of each school and centre based on their academic performance, student engagement, campus culture, people, and more!
Anne-Maree Soon
Anne-Maree Soon has over 15 years of recruitment and employment services experience in Australia and Asia, with proven success in partnering with business leaders to optimise organisational effectiveness across a variety of sectors and functions. Anne-Maree has spent the last nine years recruiting for mid to senior appointments for the international education sector, covering academic and non-academic positions for international schools, higher education providers and education consultancies. Her talent pool covers candidates in Asia, Australia, UK, USA, and Canada.
Joanne Gao
Joanne Gao is a trailblazer in the education sector. She has already made a profound impact by guiding thousands of students to realise their academic dreams and leading a high-performing team of 20 in Singapore while contributing to a global network of over 800 staff and 2,000 tutors. Through her leadership, Joanne has helped more than 1,000 families across Asia navigate the complex admissions process for top universities like Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge. She describes some of her most rewarding moments as the heartfelt calls from students sharing news of their acceptance—a testament to the life-changing impact of her work.
Petra Phang
Petra Phang is the Head of Consulting at IvyPrep, a private admissions consultancy based in Singapore, and a young parent. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, and the University of Melbourne with a Juris Doctor. She is also a qualified lawyer. With more than a decade of experience guiding students at various stages of the university application process, Petra is passionate about education, mentoring, and effective communication. Through her continued engagement with families across Asia, Petra hopes to help students find their voice and grow in confidence as they chart out their futures.
READER GIVEAWAY
To say thank you for taking the time to vote, we’ve given one lucky reader dining vouchers worth $300 to Da Paolo Gastronomia!
