Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 英华中学 (自主)
The Best Is Yet To Be
Address
121 Dover Road 139650 Singapore
Information
Type	Independent
Denomination	Methodist
Established	1 March 1886
Founder	William Fitzjames Oldham
Sister school	Methodist Girls' School, Singapore
Category	Catalysts for change, for God and Humanity
Superintendent	Stella Wee Bee Lian
Session	Single-session
School code	7001
Chairperson	Richard Seow (ACS Board of Governors)
Principal	Winston James Hodge
Chaplain	Rev Aaron Tay
Staff	approx. 500
Gender	Boys (Years 1 - 4) Mixed (Years 5 - 6)
Age range	12 - 18
Enrolment	approx. 2900
Medium of language	English, Mandarin, Tamil, Hindi, Malay, Spanish, French
Colour(s)	Red, Blue, Gold
Song	ACS Anthem
Team name	Team ACS
Website	http://www.acsindep.moe.edu.sg

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), commonly abbreviated as ACS(I), is a Methodist secondary school in Singapore. It is descended from a school established in 1886 by the Rev William Fitzjames Oldham at 70 Amoy Street, Singapore.

It was also one of the first schools to offer the Gifted Education Programme (Singapore) and is one of the only two schools, alongside Raffles Institution, to pioneer both the GEP, now SBGE (School Based Gifted Education), and the Integrated Programme. ACS(I) offers the first four years of the Integrated Programme together with their affiliate, Methodist Girls' School, which allows students to proceed directly to ACS(I) (Year 5-6) without taking the GCE 'O' Levels to complete the last two years of the six-year IP where students will take the IBDP, unlike other IP schools which take 'A' levels.

ACS(I) was recognised as an IB World School in 2005 and is consistently ranked among the top 3 schools worldwide that offer the IB, with score averages as high as 42 out of a total of 45 points. ACS was also the first school in Singapore to have a flower named after it, the Ascocenda Anglo-Chinese School orchid, a hybrid created by the school to mark its 116th Founder's Day on 1 March 2002.

ACS was offered 'independent' status by Singapore's Ministry of Education in 1987. This was accepted by the ACS Board of Governors. In 1992, the school moved to a new campus at Dover Road. The site was opened by Dr Richard Hu, Minister of Finance of Singapore, on 1 March 1993, the 107th anniversary of the school's founding by Bishop Oldham.

ACS was founded on 1 March 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham, as an extension of the Methodist Church. Its first location was a shophouse at 70 Amoy Street with a total of 13 pupils. Its name came from the fact that it conducted lessons in English at night and Chinese in the afternoon. By the following year, enrolment had increased to 104, and the school moved to Coleman Street.