Selection Exercise for Senior One Class of 2025 Starts. Here’s a Look at 2024 Cut Off Points for Uganda’s Top Schools

The selection exercise for Senior One Class of 2025 starts today. The Senior One placement exercise will run from January 30, 2025, at UMA Grounds, Lugogo, from 8 AM to 5 PM, and will end on Friday, January 31, 2025. 

By the end of the exercise, hundreds of thousands of 2024 PLE candidates will be have been placed in secondary schools nationwide following last week’s release of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results.

Thereafter, Senior One students will report to schools to join continuing students who will be already at their respective education institutions for two weeks.

“We expect First Term for the Senior One cohort of 2025 to commence on Monday the 17th of February 2025,” said Janet Museveni as she released 2024 PLE results in Kampala last week.

See full 2025 academic calendar for different education institutions in Uganda Here.

Now, as the selection exercise for Senior One Class of 2025 starts today, we take a look at the 2024 Cut Off points for Uganda’s top schools:

	School	Cutoff Pts (M)	Cutoff Pts (F)
1	King’s College Budo	4	5
2	St Mary’s SS Kitende	4	5
3	Uganda Martyrs SS Namugongo	5	5
4	St Mary’s College Kisubi	5
5	Maryhill High School		5
6	Gayaza High School		5
7	Makerere College	5	6
8	Immaculate Heart Girls SS Nyakibare		6
9	Trinity College Nabbingo		6
10	Ndejje SSS	6	6
11	Ntare SS	6
12	St Henry’s College Kitovu	6
13	Brilliant High School	6	6
14	Nabisunsa Girls School		7
15	Mbarara High School	7
16	Bweranyangi Girls SS		7
17	Mengo Senior School	7	7
18	Gombe SS	7	8
19	Kawempe Muslim SS	7	8
20	Sacred Heart SS Mushanga	7	8
21	Seeta HS Green Campus	7	8
22	Seeta HS Mbalala Campus	7	8
23	Seeta HS Mukono Campus	7	8
24	Naalya SS Bweyogerere	7	8
25	Naalya SS Namugongo	7	8
26	Seroma Christian HS	7	8
27	St Stephen’s SS Bugiri	7	10
28	Iganga Girls SS		8
29	St Peter’s SS Nsambya	8	8
30	St Mary’s College Rushoroza	8	8
31	Lubiri SS	8	9
32	Kigezi High School	8	10
33	Kyeizooba Girls SS		9
34	Tororo Girls’ School		9
35	Nyakasura School	9	10
36	Kira College Butiki	9
37	Kabale Brainstorm	9	11
38	Standard College Ntungamo	9	12
39	Masaka SS	9	12
40	St Maria Goretti SS Katende	10	10
41	St Joseph’s College Ombaci	10
42	Kyebambe Girls SS		10
43	Mengo SS	10	10
44	Bishops SS Mukono	10	10
45	Entebbe SSS	10	10
46	Janan SS Bombo	10	12
47	Kajjansi Progressive SS	10	12
48	Nganwa High School	11
49	Ibanda SS	11
50	Nakabaale High School	11	11
51	St Peter’s College Tororo	11
52	Bubangizi SSS	11	12
53	Kitebi SS	11	12
54	Kigezi College Butobere	12
55	St Leo’s College Kyegobe	12
56	Nabumali High School	12	12
57	Mpanga SS	12	12
58	Kigumba Parents SS	12	12
59	St Catherine Girls Lira		12
60	Crested SS Makindye	12	12
61	Wanyange Girls SS		12

It has been widely observed that PLE 2024 results as released by assessment body Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) indicated a reduction in Aggregate 4s and Aggregate 5s as there seemed to be a tightening on the top aggregate scores and division one.

This might mean that the top schools will revise their cut off points to suit PLE 2024 performance. For example, schools which had insisted on 4s and 5s only may have to adjust a bit to fill their Senior One classrooms.

You can see Uganda’s most expensive schools and how much each Senior One student previously paid Here

You can also check out The Pearl Times guide to Uganda’s Best O-level Schools Senior One Students Should Consider as Top Choices in 2024 Here.

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