Registration Phases and Procedures
Registration Phases
Details of the different phases are shown below.
| Eligibility | Primary One Registration Phase | Registration Dates |
|---|---|---|
| For children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents | Phase 1 | |
| For a child who has a sibling studying in the school of choice |
Wednesday, Thursday, |
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| Phase 2A(1) | ||
a) For a child whose parent is a former student of the school and who has joined the alumni association as a member not later than 30 Jun 2010 b) For a child whose parent is a member of the School Advisory / Management Committee Announcement of Results: |
Tuesday, |
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| Phase 2A(2) | ||
a) For a child whose parent or sibling has studied in the school of choice b) For a child whose parent is a staff member of the school of choice Announcement of Results: |
Monday, Tuesday, |
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| Phase 2B | ||
a) For a child whose parent has joined the school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 Jul 2010 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 Jun 2011 b) For a child whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the school c) For a child whose parent is endorsed as an active community leader Announcement of Results: |
Monday, Tuesday, |
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| Phase 2C | ||
For a child who is ineligible for or unsuccessful in earlier phases Announcement of Results: |
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, |
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| Phase 2C Supplementary | ||
For a child who fails to get a place in a school of choice at Phase 2C Announcement of Results: |
Thursday, Friday, |
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| For children who are not Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents1 | Phase 3 | |
| Announcement of Results: Friday 26 August 2011 |
Thursday, |
Note:
Children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents and who have not registered at any of the earlier phases are also eligible to register at this phase.
Registration Procedures
Each child should be registered at only one school at any one time. If a child is registered at more than one school, he may lose his place in the school of choice.
| Phases | Registration Procedure |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Registration at Primary School Parents may submit the registration form and relevant documents through the older sibling who will be given the form by the school. All children registered under this phase will be given places in the schools. |
Phase 2A(1) Phase 2A(2) Phase 2B |
Registration at Primary School Registration is conducted at the primary school that you wish your child to be admitted into. The hours of registration are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm on each scheduled registration day. Parents or a person authorized by the parents in writing (letter of authorization) is to submit the registration form and required documents at the school of choice. |
Phase 2C Phase 2C Supplementary |
Registration at Primary School Registration is conducted at the primary school that you wish your child to be admitted into. The hours of registration are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm on each scheduled registration day. Parents or a person authorised by the parents in writing (letter of authorization) is to submit the registration form and required documents at the school of choice. Online Registration for Eight Pilot Primary Schools This year, MOE has introduced a new Primary One Internet System (P1-IS) as a pilot in eight Primary Schools. Parents registering their child for the eight pilot schools in these two phases will have an alternate channel created for their convenience to register their child. For details on online registration, please refer to the P1-IS Step-by-Step Guide (.pdf (2.2mb)). The eight schools are:
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 online registration periods are:
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| Phase 3 | Registration at Primary School Registration is conducted at the primary school that you wish your child to be admitted into. The hours of registration are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm on each scheduled registration day. Parents or a person authorized by the parents in writing (letter of authorization) is to submit the registration form and required documents at the school of choice. With effect from 2011 Primary One Registration Exercise, balloting will be conducted in Phase 3 if the number of applications exceeds the number of places available at the end of the first day of Phase 3 registration. Balloting will be conducted on Friday, 26 August 2011. After the balloting is completed, children who have not been able to obtain a place at their school of choice can go to another school with remaining vacancies to register on a first-come-first-served basis on 26 August 2011. |
You may want to know:
The number of Primary One vacancies each school will offer for the 2011 Primary One Registration Exercise will be made available in June 2011 before the registration begins. Parents can refer to Primary Schools Vacancies by Phases or check the Teletext (Channel 8, page 720) for information on vacancies for each school.
Balloting will be conducted if the number of applications to a school exceed the number of vacancies during any phases from Phase 2A(1) to Phase 3. Please refer to Allocation of Places for details on balloting.
Parents can refer to Primary Schools Conducting Balloting or check the Teletext (Channel 8, page 720) to find out which schools will be conducting balloting at the end of each registration phase.
Parents can refer to the following links for more information:

