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Last Updated:  14 Jan 2026

Address used for registration

Your home address is used to calculate the distance between your home and school, which can be a key consideration when choosing a school.

The address used for Primary 1 (P1) registration should be the parents' official residential address as reflected on the NRICs. This address will be used to determine the Home-School Distance category, where required for consideration of priority admission.

Home-school distance (HSD)

The HSD of a residential address is:
  • Based on the building outline in the building plan submitted by the Qualified Person of the development.
  • The shortest distance from any point on the boundary around the school to the registrant’s official residential address (based on the building outline).
Parents should check the OneMap School Query service in the year of the child’s P1 Registration Exercise to verify the HSD category of their address to the school.

This is because HSD can change from year to year, for example, when updated building plans are submitted with changes to the building outline, or when school boundaries change.


You have additional considerations when using the following addresses for registration.

         

         

         

  
  • MOE takes a serious view of parents intentionally using an address solely for the purpose of P1 registration.
  • MOE will transfer a child out of the registered school in its sole discretion and parents will have no say in the choice of such school if:
    • MOE establishes that there was an intention to abuse the system, or
    • Parents are unable to provide evidence to the satisfaction of MOE that information provided during P1 registration was true and accurate.
  • It is an offence to give false information to a public officer. Parents found to have given false information during P1 registration will be referred to the police for investigation.

Find schools near your home

 
The distance checker contains information from the Singapore Land Authority's (SLA) OneMap School Query service. Information is accurate as of May 2025 for the registration of children admitting to Primary 1 in 2026. 

Parents are encouraged to check their home-school distance before the start of 2025 P1 Registration Exercise on 1 July 2025. Contact SLA for any enquiries regarding the OneMap School Query service.

Have questions?
Find answers in FAQs on:

Registration phases and key dates
How distance affects priority admission

Part of:

Primary 1 registration: step-by-step