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2027 Primary 1 registration · explained

The 12 schools where 1 km no longer decides Phase 2C

For years, the surest way into a popular primary school through Phase 2C was to live within 1 km. From the 2027 exercise, that changes at 12 schools. Here's what happened, and what it means for you.

1kmschool.sg · Updated 27 September 2026 · Figures from MOE

Across Singapore, about four in five residents live in public housing, so around most primary schools, most of the homes nearby are HDB flats.

Around these 12 schools, it's different. MOE picked them because public housing makes up less than 40% of the homes within 2 km of each.

Most are in and around Bukit Timah and Newton, where private homes dominate.

A few are in Marine Parade and Katong.

From the 2027 exercise, their Phase 2C places are split in half: one half for families within 2 km, the other for families beyond 2 km.

Inside each half, distance no longer counts. A flat 300 m away and one 1.9 km away stand the same chance.

Everywhere else, 1 km still leads

At every other primary school, Phase 2C still goes by distance: citizens within 1 km first, then 1 to 2 km, then beyond. What changes there is the size of the pie. Most schools now hold back 60 places for Phase 2C, up from 40. Schools with fewer than 180 Primary 1 places keep 40.

Pick a school to see what it means for you

Each page shows the school's 2025 result and what the new split means if you live within 1 km, 1 to 2 km, or further away.

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)2025: ballot within 1 km, 61 places for 83Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)2025: ballot within 1 km, 66 places for 74CHIJ (Katong) Primary2025: no ballot, 107 places for 71Methodist Girls' School (Primary)2025: ballot within 1 km, 45 places for 54Nanyang Primary School2025: ballot within 1 km, 42 places for 60Ngee Ann Primary School2025: every citizen got a placePei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School2025: ballot within 1 km, 41 places for 69Raffles Girls' Primary School2025: ballot beyond 2 km, 17 places for 36Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School2025: ballot within 1 km, 41 places for 55St. Margaret's School (Primary)2025: every citizen got a placeTanjong Katong Primary School2025: ballot at 1–2 km, 13 places for 23Tao Nan School2025: ballot within 1 km, 45 places for 79

Not sure how far you are?

The checker measures your home to the edge of every school's grounds, the way MOE measures, and says plainly when you're too close to a line to trust. Or send your postal code on WhatsApp.

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Sources: MOE announcement of 10 September 2026; MOE 2025 Primary 1 vacancies and balloting data. The national figure is HDB's: about four in five residents live in HDB flats. Map lines are measured from the edge of each school's grounds and are approximate.