How P1 registration works
Six phases, run in order. Each school fills as many seats as it can at each phase before moving to the next; if more parents apply than there are seats, MOE ballots.
- Phase 1 — Siblings of current students. Most are guaranteed a place.
- Phase 2A — Alumni parents, school advisory committee, staff children.
- Phase 2B — School volunteers, church / clan / grassroots leaders (within 2 km).
- Phase 2C — Open to all Singapore Citizens and PRs, prioritised by home-to-school distance.
- Phase 2C Supp. — Leftover seats from 2C, again by distance.
- Phase 3 — Non-citizens and non-PRs (places left over from 2C-Supp).
Most parents only qualify for Phase 2C. Each phase gives away only as many seats as it needs; the later phases fill from what's left.