The seven-day deadline
The quiz must be passed within seven days after the practical assessment. The official handbook gives the example: a practical on 1 July means the quiz must be passed by 8 July.
Miss that and the practical result is forfeited, even if your child passed every skill in the pool. That is the single most avoidable way to lose a SwimSafer stage.
If you need more time, apply for the one-time extension on CAMS. It adds one month, costs a $5 administrative fee, and must be applied for before the seven days run out. Only one extension is allowed.
What the theory test covers
The theory quiz is how the knowledge part of each stage is checked. The national syllabus groups that knowledge into five areas, taught alongside the pool skills:
- Principles of personal safety and survival
- Environmental awareness
- Health awareness
- Emergency situations and survival techniques
- Rescues
Each stage has its own quiz, matched to that stage. The skills your child must show in the pool are listed on each stage page, starting with SwimSafer Stage 1.
Practicals passed before CAMS
New assessments do the quiz on CAMS. A practical passed under the old system, between April 2018 and June 2025, that still owes its theory quiz uses the old quiz link instead: go.gov.sg/sstheory.