Primary 1 Registration: What Parents Need To Know About Primary School Balloting

To help you make an informed decision on the school of your choice, here’s a look into the primary school balloting history in Singapore and how it will work this year.

Given the volume of applicants this year, there is a high chance that you may have to go through balloting at the school of your choice. It’s a process that is set in motion when applications exceed vacancies and can be a confusing.

To help you in picking the right school for your child, we’ll take a look into the primary school balloting history in Singapore as well as current vacancies and balloting updates for this year’s Primary 1 Registration Exercise.

This year there are a total of 41,888 places available within 181 primary schools in the registration process, with the assumption that every child in the country will be allotted a place in one of the schools.

But even if every child in Singapore does get a place in a primary school, primary school balloting history shows that some schools are likely to get oversubscribed at each registration phase.

We’ll take you through a list of primary schools that are most likely to be full at each phase, so you can make an informed decision on where to register your child.

Primary School Balloting History In 2020

Image source: Ministry of Education, Singapore

As stated before, primary school balloting takes place when the number of applications exceed the vacancies available in a school, which has happened frequently in the history of past registration exercises.

According to a study by The Straits Times, 6 to 10 percent of primary school applicants have to undergo more than one phase before they can finally secure a spot in a school.

To check how many places in schools were taken up under the different P1 registration phases, ST’s team of data analysis looked into data from the last 15 years. Their findings reveal that in 2020, about 19 schools had more than half of their places filled by the end of the first phase of registration. They also found that most schools required balloting by Phase 2C, which is known to be the most competitive phase in the exercise.

Here is a list of primary schools that were quickly filled up at each registration phase in 2020. This list is based on their primary school balloting history:


P1 Registration Phases	Primary Schools
Schools popular in Phase 1	Princess Elizabeth Primary School Nan Hua Primary School Radin Mas Primary School Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School Rosyth School Rulang Primary School
Schools popular in Phase 2A	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School Nan Hua Primary School Rosyth School Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
Schools popular in Phase 2B	Fairfireld Methodist School (Primary) Holy Innocents’ Primary School Nanyang Primary School CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
Schools popular in Phase 2C	Princess Elizabeth Primary School Temasek Primary School West Spring Primary School

Source: The Straits Times

Primary School Vacancies And Balloting In 2021

Image source: Ministry of Education, Singapore

If you suspect that you might go through balloting, aside from looking into the primary school balloting history, it would also help to check out updates on the vacancies and balloting for this year’s P1 registration process.

But before looking into the vacancies available, here a few things to note:

MOE will be reserving 40 places in each school for Phases 2B and 2C (20 places each)
The remaining places will be split equally between Phases 2B and 2C when Phase 2A(2) ends
When at the end of phase 2B and there are still vacancies left, the remaining places will be carried forward to Phase 2C

As of Monday (5 July), here are the available vacancies for Phase 1 of this year’s registration exercise in all 181 schools:


School name	Available vacancies in Phase 1	Number of applicants
Admiralty Primary School	170	83
Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School	170	40
Ai Tong School	260	147
Alexandra Primary School	160	95
Anchor Green Primary School	200	87
Anderson Primary School	170	86
Ang Mo Kio Primary School	200	48
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)	230	88
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)	200	59
Angsana Primary School	200	38
Beacon Primary School	200	72
Bedok Green Primary School	230	53
Bendemeer Primary School	200	59
Blangah Rise Primary School	110	18
Boon Lay Garden Primary School	200	61
Bukit Panjang Primary School	200	97
Bukit Timah Primary School	170	63
Bukit View Primary School	200	63
Canberra Primary School	200	85
Canossa Catholic Primary School	110	33
Cantonment Primary School	200	60
Casuarina Primary School	120	63
Catholic High School (Primary Section)	200	81
Cedar Primary School	200	36
Changkat Primary School	170	46
CHIJ (Kellock)	160	43
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel	110	43
CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity	200	54
CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace	140	40
CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)	170	51
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School (Primary Section)	170	93
Chongfu School	260	140
Chongzheng Primary School	140	87
Chua Chu Kang Primary School	200	92
Clementi Primary School	240	94
Compassvale Primary School	200	91
Concord Primary School	230	94
Corporation Primary School	230	72
Damai Primary School	200	33
Dazhong Primary School	160	71
De La Salle School	200	95
East Spring Primary School	170	67
Edgefield Primary School	200	100
Elias Park Primary School	150	81
Endeavour Primary School	200	74
Evergreen Primary School	170	84
Fairfield Methodist School (Primary)	230	124
Farrer Park Primary School	180	48
Fengshan Primary School	140	70
Fern Green Primary School	240	119
Fernvale Primary School	240	80
First Toa Payoh Primary School	170	18
Frontier Primary School	170	87
Fuchun Primary School	170	73
Fuhua Primary School	180	88
Gan Eng Seng Primary School	170	40
Geylang Methodist School (Primary)	230	87
Gongshang Primary School	170	108
Greendale Primary School	240	59
Greenridge Primary School	200	77
Greenwood Primary School	200	81
Haig Girls’ School	150	45
Henry Park Primary School	260	136
Holy Innocents’ Primary School	230	129
Hong Wen School	170	83
Horizon Primary School	200	138
Huamin Primary School	240	133
Innova Primary School	140	88
Jiemin Primary School	180	64
Jing Shan Primary School	120	64
Junyuan Primary School	200	75
Jurong Primary School	150	72
Jurong West Primary School	140	72
Keming Primary School	170	88
Kheng Cheng School	200	125
Kong Hwa School	230	129
Kranji Primary School	140	30
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School	200	82


Lakeside Primary School	200	100
Lianhua Primary School	200	51
Maha Bodhi School	290	130
Maris Stella High School (Primary Section)	230	53
Marsiling Primary School	170	64
Marymount Convent School	200	44
Mayflower Primary School	150	47
Mee Toh School	280	141
Meridian Primary School	150	35
Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)	170	78
Montfort Junior School	140	20
Nan Chiau Primary School	260	134
Nan Hua Primary School	200	107
Nanyang Primary School	350	210
Naval Base Primary School	240	118
New Town Primary School	230	37
Ngee Ann Primary School	200	86
North Spring Primary School	200	68
North View Primary School	200	78
North Vist Primary School	230	74


Northland Primary School	200	109
Northoaks Primary School	170	58
Northshore Primary School	200	6
Oasis Primary School	240	124
Opera Estate Primary School	150	62
Palm View Primary School	240	96
Park View Primary School	140	53
Pasir Ris Primary School	140	82
Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)	230	73
Pei Chun Public School	260	130


Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School	184	113
Pei Tong Primary School	240	52
Peiying Primary School	180	76
Poi Ching School	200	88
Princess Elizabeth Primary School	160	92
Punggol Cove Primary School	240	116
Punggol Green Primary School	210	118
Punggol Primary School	150	91
Punggol View Primary School	240	112
Qifa Primary School	240	101


Qihua Primary School	200	79
Queenstown Primary School	200	93
Radin Mas Primary School	160	82
Raffles Girls’ Primary School	230	64
Red Swastika School	200	94
River Valley Primary School	170	92
Riverside Primary School	170	81
Rivervale Primary School	200	92
Rosyth School	230	149
Rulang Primary School	230	134


Sembawang Primary School	150	76
Seng Kang Primary School	230	62
Sengkang Green Primary School	240	116
Shuqun Primary School	160	83
Si Ling Primary School	110	38
Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary School	152	61
South View Primary School	230	116
Springdale Primary School	240	140
St. Andrew’s Junior School	200	72
St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School	200	58


St. Anthony’s Primary School	170	80
St. Gabriel’s Primary School	110	28
St. Hilda’s Primary School	230	133
St. Joseph’s Institution Junior	200	62
St. Margaret’s Primary School	152	53
St. Stephen’s School	200	48
Tampines North Primary School	200	74
Tampines Primary School	200	96
Tanjong Katong Priamry School	160	78
Tao Nan School	320	174


Teck Ghee Primary School	170	77
Teck Whye Primary School	200	56
Telok Kurau Primary School	180	99
Temasek Primary School	160	108
Townsville Primary School	150	41
Unity Primary School	200	77
Valour Primary School	240	65
Waterway Primary School	240	149
Wellington Primary School	200	93
West Grove Primary School	200	74


West Spring Primary School	200	108
West View Primary School	140	38
Westwood Primary School	200	86
White Sands Primary School	140	83
Woodgrove Primary School	140	73
Woodlands Primary School	170	94
Woodlands Ring Primary School	200	80
Xingnan Primary School	260	72
Xinmin Primary School	170	87
Xishan Primary school	180	90


Yangzheng Primary School	140	68
Yew Tee Primary School	200	72
Yio Chu Kang Primary School	160	46
Yishun Primary School	160	82
Yu Neng Primary School	140	79
Yuhua Primary School	200	50
Yumin Primary School	140	58
Zhangde Primary School	170	82
Zhenghua Primary School	200	78
Zhonghua Primary School	140	30

Source: MOE

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