Saint Andrew's School, Singapore

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St Andrew's School is a complex of schools in Singapore, affiliated to each other as well as to the Anglican Church of Singapore. It comprises St Andrew's Junior School, St Andrew's Secondary School and St Andrew's Junior College.The junior and secondary schools have always only admitted male pupils, but female pupils were admitted to the pre-university or 'A' level classes when they were run from the senior school previously. St Andrew's Junior College has always been co-educational since being separated from the secondary school.The school is also affiliated with other Anglican and Presbyterian schools in Singapore, including St Margaret's Primary School, St Margaret's Secondary School, St Hilda's Primary School, St Hilda's Secondary School, the Anglican High School, Presbyterian High School and Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School.The name of the school is usually abbreviated as SA or SAS (or SAJS for the junior school and SASS for the secondary school), and the junior college as SAJC. Its pupils and alumni ('Old Boys' and 'Old Girls') are referred to as Saints.Chin Chew Street (1862–1863)SAS was founded on 8 September 1862 by the Revd Edward Sherman Venn through adopting a private institution owned by Sim Quee and Tye Kim in Chin Chew Street, in Singapore. The Anglican missionary led by Venn funded the school. Sim Quee and Tye Kim remained as headmasters of their school. This was unusual for the day as most missionary schools were not usually headed by Asians. The school was then known as the St Andrew's Church of England Mission School.

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