FAQ

5 Steps System™ is a unique teaching approach applied by teachers at 5 Steps Academy. It is a framework designed to achieve efficiency in teaching each and every individual student according to their own level and pace.

In short, 5 Steps methodology implements the latest research on memory and developmental psychology to maximize learning efficiency and allow students progressing at their own comfortable pace. No stress for slow-thinkers, no wasting time for talented and gifted. 

Because of our personalized approach, the students advance 2-3 times faster than their peers. 5 Steps Academy is the only accelerated learning record-breaking international school in Singapore. 

For a more detailed description of the 5 Steps System please click here.

5 Steps Academy is a Committee for Private Education registered, Cambridge International and US College Board approve Level 2 (highest) K-12 school and test center. 

As a Cambridge International School we are entitled to administer IGCSE and A-level exams. 

As a US National K-12 School and test center, we are entitled to administer SAT and AP exams. 

Please find more in the About and Exams sections.

At 5 Steps, there is no beginning and end of a year. Students may join the school at any time, every student has an individual learning plan with personalized test dates, and parents decide on the school holidays periods for their kids themselves. This doesn’t create any problem with the studying process as we use the individual teaching approach and prepare special holiday study plans for every student.

A student is promoted to the next grade when he successfully passed his grading test and he is tested only when he is ready and well prepared. “Every student is A-student” and “No stress” policies are essential parts the 5 Steps System.

12. However, in our accelerated learning environment, students may progress at their own pace. We recognize that all students are unique individuals with different experience, background and level of studies. We apply our personalized 5 Steps approach with students’ personal learning plans.

Students that we take in range from the age of 5 to 18.

5 Steps Academy is the only school in Singapore with both US and Cambridge curriculum. In the 5 Steps High School, students choose whether they want to sit for IGCSE and A-levels (Cambridge Pathway) or pursue US High School Diploma and sit for SAT and AP exams (US Pathways) to achieve their individual goals. Student’s’ learning plans are very flexible and adjustable according to each student’s individual educational needs. We discuss with parents and work towards the goals set for each child separately.

If you are unsure about which educational route is suitable for your child, please feel free to contact us, We will discuss and find the most appropriate and effective route that your child should take.

143 East Coast Rd, Singapore 428833.

5 Steps provides door to door transportation to its students.

For more information click here.

CCAs provided by 5 Steps Academy are:

Music
Karate
Chess
Arts
Gymnastics
Dance: Ballet/Jazz
Dance: hip-hop
Ceramics
Guitar
Speech and Drama

At 5 Steps, we believe that all students are talented, each in their own unique ways. That is one of the reason why we create individual learning plans for each students. Strong bonds between teachers, parents and students help us find the unique and the most effective way for each child’s success.

All courses are taught to the students by our qualified and passionate teachers with 1:8 teacher-student ratio, along with 5 Steps approach, CPE, Cambridge and US College Board requirements. 

For your convenience, we have a very simple fee structure with monthly payments of $2080 and no hidden cost, no registration fee, no admission fee, no materials fee, no deposit, and free holiday periods of your choice. The students who utilise all four months of holidays per year will pay only $16,640 (subject to GST) per year, which is the lowest fee in Singapore at the moment, especially for a Cambridge school and a US College Board school like we are.