Registration Phases and Procedures
Registration Phases
Details of the different phases are shown below.
| Eligibility | Primary One Registration Phase | Registration Dates |
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| For children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents |
Phase 1For a child who has a sibling studying in the primary school of choice |
Tuesday, 3 July 2012 Wednesday, 4 July 2012 |
Phase 2A(1)(a) For a child whose parent is a former student of the primary school and who has joined the alumni association as a member not later than 30 June 2011. (b) For a child whose parent is a member of the School Advisory / Management Committee Announcement of Results:Tuesday, 10 July 2012 |
Friday, 6 July 2012 |
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Phase 2A(2)(a) For a child whose parent or sibling has studied in the primary school of choice (b) For a child whose parent is a staff member of the primary school of choice Announcement of Results:Tuesday, 17 July 2012 |
Thursday, 12 July 2012 Friday, 13 July 2012 |
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Phase 2B(a) For a child whose parent has joined the primary school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 Jul 2011 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 Jun 2012 (b) For a child whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the primary school (c) For a child whose parent is endorsed as an active community leader Announcement of Results:Wednesday, 25 July 2012 |
Thursday, 19 July 2012 Friday, 20 July 2012 |
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Phase 2CFor all children who are eligible for Primary One in the following year and are not yet registered in a primary school Announcement of Results:Tuesday, 7 August 2012 |
Monday, 30 July 2012 Tuesday, 31 July 2012 Wednesday, 1 August 2012 |
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Phase 2C SupplementaryFor a child who is not yet registered in a school after Phase 2C Announcement of Results:Tuesday, 21 August 2012 |
Tuesday, 14 August 2012 Wednesday, 15 August 2012 |
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| For children who are not Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents1 |
Phase 3For a child who is neither a Singapore Citizen nor a Singapore Permanent Resident Announcement of Results:Friday, 31 August 2012 |
Thursday, 30 August 2012 |
Note:
- Children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents and who are still not registered in a school after 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 SchoolParents 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 SchoolRegistration 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 (72kb .pdf)) is to submit the registration form and required documents at the school of choice. 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. |
| Phase 2C Phase 2C Supplementary |
Registration at Primary SchoolRegistration 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 (72kb .pdf)) is to submit the registration form and required documents at the school of choice. Online Registration for Primary SchoolsMOE has introduced the Primary One Internet System (P1-IS) in participating primary schools. Parents registering their child for the participating schools in these two phases will have an alternate channel created for their convenience to register their child. The list of participating schools will be available in May 2012. Parents who register online will have to produce the originals of each required documents to the school the child is successfully registered when requested by the school or upon reporting to the school. The online registration periods are:
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. |
| Phase 3 |
Registration at Primary SchoolRegistration 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 (72kb .pdf)) is to submit the registration form and required documents at the school of choice. Balloting will be conducted in Phase 3 if the number of applications exceeds the number of places available at the end of Phase 3 registration. Balloting will be conducted one 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. |
You may want to know:
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. Parents can refer to Primary Schools Vacancies by Phases 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 phase 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 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: