2012 Primary One Registration Exercise for Admission to Primary One in 2013

What is the purpose of the Primary One Registration Exercise?

The Primary One Registration Exercise is an exercise for a child to register for a Primary One place in a mainstream school in the following year.

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Who can participate in the Primary One Registration Exercise?

Children born between 2 January 2006 and 1 January 2007 (both dates inclusive) can participate in the 2012 Primary One Registration Exercise for admission to Primary One Classes in 2013.

Please refer to the different Phases of the Primary One Registration Exercise and the eligibility for each of the Phases.

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When is the Primary One Registration Exercise conducted?

The Primary One Registration Exercise is conducted from June to September every year. Parents should refer to the registration phases and procedures to find out which phase their children are eligible for, how to register and the documents required for registration.

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Where is the Primary One Registration Exercise conducted?

Parents may proceed to the school of choice during their eligible phase to register their child for the Primary One Registration Exercise.

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How do I register my child for the Primary One Registration Exercise?

Registration for each phase is conducted at the primary school. The hours of registration at schools are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm on each scheduled registration day. Parents must produce the originals of each required document at the time of registration.

Overseas Singaporeans who wish to register their children for Primary One can refer to Information for Overseas Singaporeans for the registration procedures. They can also obtain a copy of the notes on the registration procedure and the application forms from the Overseas Missions, Embassies, Singapore Clubs and Associations from 15 June onwards.

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Compulsory Education

Under the Compulsory Education Act, Singapore Citizens born after 1 January 1996 and residing in Singapore are required to attend national primary schools regularly. Thus, a child who is at least 6 years old on 1 January of the year of admission to Primary One has to register at the Primary One Registration Exercise the preceding year.

If a child is assessed as being not ready or suitable for Primary One on medical grounds, a parent may seek approval from the Compulsory Education Unit for deferment of registration. Application can be made using the relevant form available on the compulsory education webpage or at the MOE Customer Service Centre at 1 North Buona Vista Drive (Tel: 6872-2220). Any queries on Compulsory Education may be directed to MOE Compulsory Education Unit at Fax: (65)-67789356 or Email: moe_ce@moe.edu.sg.

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What is new for the 2012 Primary One Registration Exercise

New Primary Schools

There will be seven new primary schools starting in 2013.

Town	Name	Address
Jurong West	Westwood Primary	1 Jurong West Street 73 S(649188)
Punggol	Punggol View Primary	9 Punggol Place S(828845)
Punggol	Punggol Green Primary	98 Punggol Walk S(828772)
Sengkang	Palm View Primary	150 Compassvale Bow S(544822)
Sengkang	Sengkang Green Primary	15 Fernvale Road S(797636)
Sengkang	Springdale Primary	71 Anchorvale Link S(544799)
Woodlands	Riverside Primary	110 Woodlands Crescent S(737803)

Please refer to New, Relocating Primary Schools for information on the registration centres for these new primary schools.

Differentiation by Citizenship

From the 2012 P1 Registration Exercise onwards, when balloting is necessary in a specific phase, Singapore Citizens (SCs) will be given absolute priority over Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs). SCs and PRs will continue to be eligible for the same phases, and all applicants will be admitted if the total number of applications in any phase does not exceed the number of vacancies. However, if the number of applications exceeds the number of vacancies in a specific phase, SCs will be admitted first ahead of PRs, before home-school distance is considered. The following 2 examples illustrate the new rule.

Example 1: School A has 50 vacancies in a specific phase and 61 children applying, based on the table below.

Home-School Distance	Singapore Citizen	Permanent Resident
<1km	38	3
Between 1km and 2km	10	1
>2km	8	1
Total	56	5

As the total number of SC applications exceeds the number of vacancies, not all SC applicants will be admitted. The vacancies will be allocated to the SC children based on home-school distance in this order of priority—home-school distance is (1) within 1km, (2) between 1km and 2km and (3) outside 2km. In the above example, the 38 SC children living within 1km from the school will first be admitted, followed by the 10 SC children living between 1km and 2km from the school. After the 48 vacancies are taken up, the remaining 2 vacancies will be balloted among the 8 SC children living outside 2km from the school.

Example 2: School B has 50 vacancies in a specific phase and 54 children applying, based on the table below.

Home-School Distance	Singapore Citizen	Permanent Resident
<1km	29	4
Between 1km and 2km	15	2
>2km	3	1
Total	47	7

As the total number of SC applications is less than the number of vacancies in this phase, all the 47 SC children will be admitted first and PR can still be admitted thereafter. The remaining 3 vacancies will be allocated to the PR children based on home-school distance in the same order of priority—home-school distance is (1) within 1km, (2) between 1km and 2km and (3) outside 2km. The 4 PR children living within 1km from the school will ballot for the remaining 3 vacancies.

Primary One Internet System for Registration

This year, MOE will introduce the Primary One Internet System (P1-IS) in 42 Primary Schools. The P1-IS serves as an alternate channel to facilitate the registration of children during Phase 2C and Phase 2C Supplementary in these 42 schools. To register online via the P1-IS, both Parents’ SingPass are required. Parents who register online will have to produce the originals of each required document to the school the child is successfully registered when requested by the school or upon reporting to the school.

The 42 primary schools are:

• Anchor Green Primary School	• Fuchun Primary School
• Ang Mo Kio Primary School	• Geylang Methodist School (Primary)
• Balestier Hill Primary School	• Junyuan Primary School
• Beacon Primary School	• Jurong Primary School
• Bendemeer Primary School	• Kheng Cheng Primary School
• Bukit Panjang Primary School	• Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
• Bukit Timah Primary School	• Mee Toh School
• Bukit View Primary School	• Nan Chiau Primary School
• Canberra Primary School	• North Vista Primary School
• Canossa Convent Primary School	• Opera Estate Primary School
• Casuarina Primary School	• Peiying Primary School
• Cedar Primary School	• Punggol Primary School
• Changkat Primary School	• Qihua Primary School
• Chua Chu Kang Primary School	• St. Margaret’s Primary School
• Clementi Primary School	• Tampines Primary School
• Corporation Primary School	• Tanjong Katong Primary School
• Edgefield Primary School	• Telok Kurau Primary School
• Endeavour Primary School	• Temasek Primary School
• Fairfield Methodist School (Primary)	• Yangzheng Primary School
• Fernvale Primary School	• Yio Chu Kang Primary School
• Frontier Primary School	• Zhangde Primary School

Parents who do not wish to use the P1-IS to register their child into the participating schools can continue to do so by going to these schools for registration, like for all other schools.

Phase 3 Registration

Children who are neither Singapore Citizens nor Singapore Permanent Residents may register at the schools directly under Phase 3. The hours of registration are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

Balloting will be conducted in Phase 3 if the number of applications exceeds the number of places available. Balloting will be conducted on the day after Phase 3 registration.

With effect from the 2012 Primary One Registration Exercise, for non Singapore Citizen / Singapore Permanent Resident children who have not been able to obtain a place at their school of choice after the Phase 3 balloting, MOE will post the child to a suitable primary school with vacancy. The posting outcome will be released to the parent a month after the balloting. MOE posting is final and no appeals will be entertained. Schools will also not entertain any walk-in applications.

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Address Used for Registration

The address to be used for the registration of children in the Primary One registration is the official residential address on the parents’ NRIC. This address will be used to determine the home-school distance category. Parents may obtain a list of schools within the 1km and 1-2km distance categories from the OneMap SchoolQuery Service managed by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) in June.

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