Mums and dads who are looking to enrol their kids in primary school, here are the top primary schools in Singapore (2018) by planning area.
Top primary schools in Singapore, 2018
Ang Mo Kio
- Anderson Primary School
- Ang Mo Kio Primary School
- CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ (Primary) (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Jing Shan Primary School (Merging with Da Qiao Primary in 2019)
- Mayflower Primary School
- Teck Ghee Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Townsville Primary School
Bedok
- Bedok Green Primary School
- CHIJ (Katong) Primary School
- Damai Primary School (Merging with East Coast Primary in 2019)
- Fengshan Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Opera Estate Primary School
- Red Swastika School
- St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- St Stephen’s School
- Telok Kurau Primary School
- Temasek Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Yu Neng Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Bishan
- Ai Tong School
- Catholic High
- Guangyang Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
Bukit Batok
- Bukit View Primary School
- Dazhong Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Keming Primary School
- Lianhua Primary School
- Princess Elizabeth Primary School
- St Anthony’s Primary School
Bukit Merah
- Alexandra Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Blangah Rise Primary School
- Cantonment Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- CHIJ (Kellock)
- Gan Eng Seng Primary School
- Radin Mas Primary School
- Zhangde Primary School
Bukit Panjang
- Beacon Primary School
- Bukit Panjang Primary School
- CHIJ (Our Lady Queen of Peace)
- Greenridge Primary School
- West Spring Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- West View Primary School
- Zhenghua Primary School
Bukit Timah
- Bukit Timah Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Henry Park Primary School
- Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Nanyang Primary School
- Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
- Raffles Girls’ Primary School
Central
- Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
- River Valley Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- St Margaret’s Primary School
- Stamford Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Choa Chu Kang
- Chua Chu Kang Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Concord Primary School
- De La Salle School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Kranji Primary School
- South View Primary School
- Teck Whye Primary School
- Unity Primary School
- Yew Tee Primary School
Clementi
Geylang
- Canossa Convent Primary School
- Eunos Primary School
- Geylang Methodist School (Primary)
- Haig Girls’ School
- Kong Hwa School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Maha Bodhi School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Hougang
- CHIJ (Our Lady of the Nativity)
- Holy Innocents’ Primary School
- Hougang Primary School
- Montfort Junior School
- Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)
- Punggol Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Xinghua Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Xinmin Primary School
- Yio Chu Kang Primary School
Jurong East
Jurong West
- Boon Lay Garden Primary School
- Corporation Primary School
- Frontier Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Jurong West Primary School
- Juying Primary School
- Lakeside Primary School
- Pioneer Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Rulang Primary School
- Shuqun Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- West Grove Primary School
- Westwood Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Xingnan Primary School
Kallang
- Bendemeer Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities, Merging with Balestier Hill Primary in 2019 )
- Farrer Park Primary School
- Hong Wen School
Marine Parade
- Ngee Ann Primary School
- Tanjong Katong Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Tao Nan School
Novena
- Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
- St Joseph’s Institution Junior
- Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Primary)
Pasir Ris
- Casuarina Primary School (Merging with Loyang Primary in 2019)
- Elias Park Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Meridian Primary School
- Park View Primary School
- Pasir Ris Primary School
- White Sands Primary School (Merging with Coral Primary in 2019)
Punggol
- Edgefield Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Greendale Primary School
- Horizon Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Mee Toh School
- Oasis Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Punggol Cove Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Punggol Green Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Punggol View Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Waterway Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Queenstown
- Fairfield Methodist School (Primary)
- New Town Primary School
- Queenstown Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Sembawang
- Canberra Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Endeavour Primary School
- Northoaks Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Sembawang Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Wellington Primary School
Sengkang
- Anchor Green Primary School
- Compassvale Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Fern Green Primary School(New Primary School + School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Fernvale Primary School
- Nan Chiau Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- North Spring Primary School
- North Vista Primary School
- Palm View Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Rivervale Primary School
- Seng Kang Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Sengkang Green Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Springdale Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Serangoon
- CHIJ (Our Lady of Good Counsel)
- Rosyth School
- St Gabriel’s Primary School
- Yangzheng Primary School
- Zhonghua Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
Tampines
- Angsana Primary School
- Changkat Primary School
- Chongzheng Primary School
- East Spring Primary School
- Gongshang Primary School
- Junyuan Primary School (Merging with East View Primary in 2019)
- Poi Ching School
- St Hilda’s Primary School
- Tampines Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Tampines North Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Yumin Primary School
Toa Payoh
- Cedar Primary School (Merging with MacPherson Primary in 2019)
- CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)
- First Toa Payoh Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Kheng Cheng School
- Maris Stella High (Primary)
- Marymount Convent School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Pei Chun Public School
- St Andrew’s Junior School
Woodlands
- Admiralty Primary School
- Evergreen Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Fuchun Primary School
- Greenwood Primary School
- Innova Primary School
- Marsiling Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Qihua Primary School
- Riverside Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Si Ling Primary School
- Woodgrove Primary School
- Woodlands Primary School
- Woodlands Ring Primary School
Yishun
- Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Chongfu Primary School
- Huamin Primary School
- Jiemin Primary School
- Naval Base Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Northland Primary School
- North View Primary School(School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Peiying Primary School
- Xishan Primary School (School with Full Handicap Facilities)
- Yishun Primary School
New primary schools in 2018
There is only one new primary school in 2018: Fern Green Primary School
Primary schools merging in 2019
14 Singapore primary schools will be merged in 2019. Here they are, together with their new names:
- Balestier Hill Primary and Bendemeer Primary: Bendemeer Primary School
- Casuarina Primary and Loyang Primary: Casuarina Primary School
- Cedar Primary and MacPherson Primary: Cedar Primary School
- Coral Primary and White Sands Primary: White Sands Primary School
- Damai Primary and East Coast Primary: Damai Primary School
- Da Qiao Primary and Jing Shan Primary: Jing Shan Primary School
- East View Primary and Junyuan Primary: Junyuan Primary School
Calculating home-school distance
Those who live within 1 km from a school will be given priority during the primary school registration exercise in Singapore. Singapore citizens enjoy greater priority than Singapore PR.
The order of priority is: home-school distance within 1 km > between 1 km and 2 km > outside 2 km.
Parents who want their children to gain priority admission to schools based on distance while planning for primary school should have stayed in their address for 30 months by the start of the registration exercise.
To calculate the home-school distance, you can use the OneMap SchoolQuery Service :
- Go to the OneMap website.
- Select the “SchoolQuery service”.
- Click on the “Find Schools near a building” option button.
- Enter the residential address in the “Find Location” box and click “Go”.
- Click on the desired building on the map. OneMap will generate a report with a list of schools which are within 1 km and between 1 km and 2 km from the selected building.
- Click on the printer icon in the SchoolQuery dialog box, the report will be displayed.
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We hope this article has been a useful guide to you in planning for primary school.
(Source: MOE)