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Primary 1 registration 2024: 38 schools oversubscribed in Phase 2A

Use CNA's interactive table to find the latest results for every primary school in Singapore in Phase 2A.

Primary 1 registration 2024: 38 schools oversubscribed in Phase 2A

Primary school students in a classroom. (File photo: Facebook/Chan Chun Sing)

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SINGAPORE: A total of 38 schools were oversubscribed in Phase 2A of the Primary 1 registration exercise this year, latest data from the Ministry of Education showed on Thursday (Jul 18).

Applications under Phase 2A started at 9am Jul 11 and closed at 4.30pm the following day.

The number of oversubscribed schools was more than last year, when 27 schools were oversubscribed in this phase.

Use our table to find the results of every primary school. Ballot results are out this Friday:

The most oversubscribed school in Phase 2A this year was Princess Elizabeth Primary School in Bukit Batok, with 142 applicants for 45 spaces. That means there were more than three applicants per vacancy.

The next two most oversubscribed schools in this phase were Shuqun Primary School in Jurong West with 115 applicants for 49 spots, and Gongshang Primary School in Tampines, which received 196 applications for 84 spaces.

They were followed by Temasek Primary School and Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School.

Phase 2A is for children whose parent or sibling is a former student of the school, including those who joined as alumni. It is also for children whose parent is a staff member at the school, or a member of the school advisory or management committee.

Children who went to a MOE kindergarten under the purview of and located within the primary school can also apply under Phase 2A.

BALLOTING

Of the 38 oversubscribed schools, only three will not go to the ballot while the remaining 35 schools will.

Balloting is conducted when the number of applicants exceeds the number of vacancies. This takes place in any phase from Phase 2A to Phase 2C supplementary.

Priority admission into the school is given in this order: Singaporeans living within 1km of the school, Singaporeans living between 1km and 2km of the school, then Singaporeans living further than 2km from the school. They are followed by permanent residents in the same distance groups. 

Which schools are going to ballot?

Balloting for Singaporean children living within 1km of the school:

  • Princess Elizabeth Primary School
  • Shuqun Primary School
  • Gongshang Primary School
  • Jing Shan Primary School
  • Sengkang Green Primary School
  • Naval Base Primary School
  • Frontier Primary School
  • Huamin Primary School
  • Angsana Primary School
  • Riverside Primary School

Balloting for Singaporean children living between 1km and 2km of the school:

  • Temasek Primary School
  • Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
  • Junyuan Primary School
  • Elias Park Primary School
  • North View Primary School

Balloting for Singaporean children living further than 2km from the school:

  • St Hilda's Primary School
  • Nan Hua Primary School
  • Yangzheng Primary School
  • Ai Tong School
  • Nanyang Primary School
  • CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School (Primary)
  • Catholic High School (Primary)
  • Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School
  • Pasir Ris Primary School
  • Rosyth School
  • South View Primary School
  • Xinmin Primary School
  • Holy Innocents' Primary School
  • Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
  • Red Swastika School
  • Rulang Primary School
  • CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)

Balloting for PR children living within 1km of the school:

  • Horizon Primary School
  • Dazhong Primary School
  • Valour Primary School

Oversubscribed but no ballot: 

  • Fengshan Primary School
  • West Spring Primary School
  • Punggol Green Primary School
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Twenty spaces are reserved for students applying under Phase 2B, while 40 vacancies are reserved for those applying under Phase 2C.

Vacancies for Phase 2B will be updated on Friday, before applications open at 9am next Monday. 

Phase 2B is for parents who have joined the primary school as a volunteer no later than Jul 1 of the year before Primary 1 registration. They must have given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by Jun 30 that year.

Parents who are endorsed by the church or clan directly connected with the primary school can also apply in this phase, as can parents who are endorsed as active community leaders.

Source: CNA/mi(rl)

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