Sports School to move to Kallang, alongside several new sports facilities

Campus relocation part of plans to strengthen Singapore’s sports culture, boost performance

- Deepanraj Ganesan

In a move that augments Kallang as the home of Singapore athletes, the Singapore Sports School (SSP) will move there from its current location in Woodlands, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong revealed in his maiden National Day Rally speech on Aug 18.

The relocation was part of several sporting plans that PM Wong shared in his speech as the Government looks to strengthen the Republic's sports culture and high performance outcomes.

The move will be part of the Kallang Alive masterplan. Details of the timeline will be announced in due course.

The new SSP will be housed alongside new sports science and sports medicine facilities and national training centres for several key sports, making it the new home of Team Singapore, declared PM Wong, adding that this will allow student-athletes to "study and train, together with the senior athletes".

These plans stem from the Government's objective to do more to strengthen the sporting culture in Singapore and to support all Singaporeans in realising their sporting dreams, said PM Wong.

The SSP, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in April, was built at a cost of $75 million. It offers both secondary and post-secondary academic programmes for student-athletes aged 13 to 18.

Its 7ha campus in Woodlands Drive houses facilities such as two Olympic-size swimming pools, a 700-seat indoor multi-sports auditorium, a badminton training centre with 12 courts, and a table-tennis centre with up to 16 tables.