ORDER OF PRIORITY
PRIMARY SCHOOL BALLOTING
The following article is sourced and referenced from the Ministry of Education’s website.
Order of priority
‘Places in the school are allocated accordingly to the order of priority laid out in the various phases of the Primary One Registration Exercise. There will be balloting amongst the applicants if the number of applications to a school exceeds the number of vacancies available in any of the phases from Phase 2A (1) onwards. The Ministry of Education (MOE) will reserve 40 places in every primary school for registrants in Phase 2B and 2C to ensure continued open access to all primary schools. The 40 places will be reserved for Phase 2B and 2C (20 places for each phase) before the start of the P1 Registration Exercise. At the end of Phase 2A (2), 50% of the remaining places (including the 40 reserved places) will be allocated for Phase 2B and the other 50% for Phase 2C registrants in a school. In the event that there are vacancies left at the end of Phase 2B, the remaining vacancies will be carried forward to Phase 2C.
Example 1: No balloting at phase 2A (2)
School A has a total of 240 vacancies. Of the 240 vacancies, 40 places are upfront reserved for Phase 2B and 2C registrants, and 200 places are available from Phase 1. Suppose 70 places are taken up in Phase 1, 50 places in Phase 2A (1) and 30 places in Phase 2A (2). This leaves 50 + 40 (reserved upfront) = 90 places for Phase 2B and 2C. The 90 vacancies will then be split equally into 45 vacancies each for Phase 2B and 2C
In the event that not all the vacancies allocated for Phase 2B are taken up, the remaining vacancies will be carried forward to Phase 2C. For example, if only 20 places out of 45 allocated vacancies are taken up at Phase 2B, the remaining 25 vacancies will be carried forward to Phase 2C. Hence, there will be 70 vacancies for Phase 2C.
Example 2: Balloting at phase 2A (2)
School B has a total of 240 vacancies. Of the 240 vacancies, 40 places are upfront reserved for Phase 2B and 2C registrants, and 200 places are available from Phase 1. Suppose 70 places are taken up in Phase 1, 50 places in Phase 2A (1), 80 places in Phase 2A (2). This leaves 0 + 40 (reserved upfront) = 40 places for Phase 2B and 2C. The 40 vacancies will then be split equally into 20 vacancies each for Phase 2B and
In the event that there are 25 registrants for Phase 2B, balloting will be conducted in this phase. Phase 2C will continue to have 20 vacancies.
Singapore Citizen (SC) / Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) children who are unsuccessful in obtaining a Primary One place in a school of their choice at the end of Phase 2C Supplementary should approach MOE to facilitate their placement to a school which still has vacancies. The number of Primary One vacancies each school will offer for the Primary One Registration Exercise will be made available in June before the registration begins.’ – Ministry of Education’s Website