Raffles Institution | |
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Address | |
1 Raffles Institution Lane Singapore 575954 | |
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Type | Independent School |
Motto | Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Hope of a Better Age) |
Founded | 5 June 1823 |
Founder | Sir Stamford Raffles |
Sister school | Raffles Girls' School |
Chairman | Mr Choo Chiau Beng[1] |
Principal | Mr Aaron Loh [2] |
Deputy Principals | Ms Ng Mei Sze (Student Development, Year 5–6) Dr Theresa Lai (Academic Studies, Year 1-4) Mrs Reavley Munn Ye (Academic Studies, Year 5-6) Mr Brian Lagman Ang (Corporate Development, Year 1-6) Mr Edward Ng (Student Development, Year 1-4) Mr Chen Ziyang (Organisational Development, Year 1-6) |
Gender | Boys (Year 1-4) Mixed (Year 5-6) |
Enrolment | 4,000[3] |
Houses | Year 1-4: Bayley, Buckley, Hullett, Moor, Morrison Year 5-6: Bayley-Waddle, Buckle-Buckley, Hadley-Hullett, Morrison-Richardson, Moor-Tarbet |
Colour(s) | Green White Black |
Mascot | Gryphon and eagle |
Team name | Team Raffles |
Publication | The Rafflesian Times |
Yearbook | The Rafflesian |
Website | ri.edu.sg |
Raffles Institution is an independent educational institution in Singapore. The school provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Year 5 and Year 6. The school offers the Gifted-Education Programme and the Integrated Programme. The schools is known to have 96 President's Scholars. The school alumni include first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew and the first president of Singapore, Yusof Ishak.[4]
It was founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. It is the school with the longest history in Singapore. Its name was changed to "Raffles Institution" in 1868.
The current principal of Raffles Institution is Mr Aaron Loh, who replaced Mr Frederick Yeo when he left the school at the end of 2023.
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