MK@Rivervale: P1 Priority, Ballot History & K1 Admission

Q: Does MK@Rivervale guarantee admission to Rivervale Primary School?

No. It gives eligible children Phase 2A registration eligibility at Rivervale Primary School, subject to the prevailing MOE rules, vacancies, citizenship, home-to-school distance and balloting where required. Phase 2A is an earlier priority phase, not a guaranteed place.

Q: Does living near MK@Rivervale guarantee a K1 place?

No. Where an MOE Kindergarten is oversubscribed, home-to-school distance can affect priority or balloting, so living nearby may help. It is not an unconditional guarantee of a K1 place.

Q: Does the partner Early Years Centre guarantee a place at MK@Rivervale?

Children who meet the official EYC partnership conditions and stay enrolled through the required period are offered a guaranteed K1 place at the partner MK. This EYC-to-MK guarantee is separate from P1 admission at the host primary school, which is never guaranteed.

Q: Can my child attend MK@Rivervale but apply to another primary school?

Yes. You are not required to register at the host primary school. Attending MK@Rivervale earns Phase 2A eligibility at Rivervale Primary, but you are free to choose the primary school that suits your child and family.

Q: Why should I check old Phase 2A results?

Past results show how much demand there has been at Rivervale Primary in Phase 2A, which helps you set expectations. They cannot predict or guarantee a future outcome, because demand, vacancies and the families who apply change every year.

P1 Priority & Rivervale Primary Ballot History

Children attending MK@Rivervale are eligible to register for Primary 1 at Rivervale Primary School during Phase 2A, subject to the prevailing MOE rules. Phase 2A is an earlier priority phase, but it does not guarantee admission. If applications exceed vacancies, citizenship and home-to-school distance priority may apply, and a ballot may be required.

Phase 2A status

MK@Rivervale is not yet operating, so its pupils have not entered Rivervale Primary's Phase 2A pool. There is no MK-linked Phase 2A figure to report yet, and we do not show host figures as if they were the outlet's own.Rivervale Primary's own P1 registration history is shown below for context.

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View Rivervale Primary's complete P1 registration history

The host school's own registration history, for context. MK@Rivervale pupils are not yet in this pool.

2026 registration dates

National dates, the same for every school · results are in the P1 Registration Portal from 8am on the day

Registration

Results

Phase 1

30 Jun – 2 Jul

8 Jul

Phase 2A

9 – 10 Jul

17 Jul

Phase 2B

20 – 21 Jul

27 Jul

Phase 2C

28 – 30 Jul

11 Aug

Phase 2C(S)

17 – 18 Aug

27 Aug

During registration

Rivervale Primary School

YearYr ↕	PHASE 1P1 ↕	2A ↕	2A(2)2A2 ↕	2B ↕	2C ↕	2C(S)2CS ↕	3 ↕	TotalTot ↕
2026live	8585/12071%	2424/3569%	–	1818/2475%	54106/54SC<1196%	full0 places	–	180of 180(-20)100%
2025	6767/14048%	2020/7327%	–	1717/3845%	96111/96SC<1 (98/96)116%	00/0	00/0	200of 200100%
2024	8787/14062%	2121/5340%	–	1111/3135%	84115/84SC<1 (104/84)137%	00/0	00/0	203of 200101%
2023	9696/14069%	2020/4445%	–	1414/2850%	70133/70SC<1190%	00/0	00/0	200of 200(-10)100%
2022	103103/15069%	1414/4730%	–	1212/3139%	81126/81SC<1156%	00/0	00/0	210of 210(-30)100%
2021	9292/20046%	2020/10819%00/1080%	2020/10819%	2121/6532%	108136/108SC<1126%	00/0	00/0	241of 240100%
2020	8787/20044%	99/1148%00/1140%	99/1148%	2121/7329%	125143/125SC<1114%	00/0	00/0	242of 240101%
2019	9999/20050%	1818/10118%00/1010%	1818/10118%	1717/6227%	107115/107SC<1107%	00/0	00/0	241of 240100%
2018	125	0	20	2323/4848%	72143/72199%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2017	83	0	13	2020/7228%	124141/124114%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2016	85	0	10	1921/7329%	126140/126111%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2015	97	0	22	3434/6156%	87137/87157%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2014	110	0	13	3434/5958%	83144/83173%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2013	111	0	10	3636/6060%	83159/83192%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2012	116	0	20	3434/5265%	70147/70210%	00/0	00/0	240of 240100%
2011	107	0	13	3232/6053%	88163/88185%	00/0	00/0	240of 240(+30)100%
2010	92	2	8	4040/5474%	68144/68212%	00/0	00/0	210of 210100%
2009	116	0	11	2020/4248%	63180/63286%	00/0	00/0	210of 210100%

Phases

1: sibling currently studying in the school
2A: parent/sibling is a former pupil; parent is staff or on the school committee; or a child from the school’s MOE Kindergarten (MK)
2A(2): the former Phase 2A2 (before 2022), now merged into 2A
2B: parent volunteer, church/clan, or community leader
2C: open to all, no prior connection
2C(S): supplementary round after Phase 2C
3: international students (not SC or PR)

Distance groups (ballot priority order)

1. SC<1: Singapore Citizen within 1km
2. SC 1-2: within 1 to 2km
3. SC>2: beyond 2km
4. PR<1: Permanent Resident within 1km
5. PR 1-2: within 1 to 2km
6. PR>2: beyond 2km

MOE measures that distance from any point on the school's land boundary to your home's building outline, not between two single points, using the Singapore Land Authority's SLA's OneMap School Query service. Check your own address there in your registration year, per MOE's page on the address used for registration.

A grey note like all SC placed or all SC<1 placed means the phase was oversubscribed but no ballot was conducted: MOE offered the places by citizenship and distance priority, and everyone in the group shown was admitted (per MOE’s official balloting data). The % is not red in these cases because there was no ballot.

Each cell: the big number is places taken; below it, applicants / vacancies, then the demand % (applicants as a share of vacancies, so above 100% means more families wanted that phase than there were places). A red cell went to a ballot, with the group and its ratio, e.g. SC 1-2 (6/5). In the Total column, “of NNN” is that year’s total P1 places, the +/- below is the change from the year before, and the last line is places taken as a % of the total.

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K1 Admission to MK@Rivervale

K1 places at MK@Rivervale are offered through the annual MOE Kindergarten registration exercise, held around February to March for entry the following January. K1 is for children turning 5 in the year of entry; K2 follows the next year.

Admission runs in priority order set by MOE. Continuing K1 children from the partner Early Years Centre and siblings are considered first, followed by other applicants. When applications for a level exceed the places available, MOE holds a ballot, and home-to-school distance can be used as a tie-break where applicable.

Living nearest does not automatically guarantee a place. Distance affects priority in a ballot; it is not an unconditional guarantee. Outcomes are released by MOE after the exercise, and parents accept the offered place within the stated window to secure it.

The full curriculum, fees, KCare and KiFAS details are the same across all MOE Kindergartens, so we summarise them below and link to the MOE Kindergarten guide rather than repeat them.

Official links

Partner Early Years Centre

MOE has not listed a partner Early Years Centre for MK@Rivervale. Where an MK has a partner EYC, enrolling early there is the one route that secures a guaranteed K1 place. You can read how that pathway works in our EYC guide.

Two different pathways

1. Partner EYC → MK@Rivervale
Eligible children who meet the official EYC partnership conditions and stay enrolled through the required period are guaranteed a K1 place at the partner MK.
2. MK@Rivervale → Rivervale Primary
Attending MK@Rivervale provides Phase 2A eligibility at the host primary school. It does not guarantee a Primary 1 place.

The guaranteed part is the EYC-to-MK step. It does not carry through to a guaranteed Primary 1 place.

MK@Rivervale Details

MOE Kindergartens run to a common national framework, so the details below apply to MK@Rivervale as they do to every MK. For the full explanation of fees, KCare, KiFAS and the curriculum, see the MOE Kindergarten guide.

Levels: K1 and K2 (children aged 5 and 6)
Curriculum: MOE's Nurturing Early Learners, learning through play. details
Monthly fee (Singapore Citizen): S$160
Monthly fee (Permanent Resident): S$320
Mother Tongue: Chinese, Malay or Tamil, per MOE's MK programme
KCare: Before/after-school care where offered. KCare guide
Financial assistance: KiFAS for eligible Singapore Citizen families
Session times: Set by the outlet each year. Confirm with MOE at registration

Outlet-specific session times, open-house dates and facilities are confirmed by MOE and the centre at registration. We do not publish dates here until they are confirmed, to avoid showing a past event as upcoming.

Contact and Location

Address: 80 Rivervale Drive, Singapore 545092
Area: Sengkang
Host primary school: Rivervale Primary School · official website →
Directions: Open in Google Maps →
MOE SchoolFinder: Find MK@Rivervale →

We list phone and email only when confirmed from an official source. For enquiries, use MOE SchoolFinder or the host school's official website above.

Common questions

Does MK@Rivervale guarantee admission to Rivervale Primary School?

No. It gives eligible children Phase 2A registration eligibility at Rivervale Primary School, subject to the prevailing MOE rules, vacancies, citizenship, home-to-school distance and balloting where required. Phase 2A is an earlier priority phase, not a guaranteed place.

Does living near MK@Rivervale guarantee a K1 place?

No. Where an MOE Kindergarten is oversubscribed, home-to-school distance can affect priority or balloting, so living nearby may help. It is not an unconditional guarantee of a K1 place.

Does the partner Early Years Centre guarantee a place at MK@Rivervale?

Children who meet the official EYC partnership conditions and stay enrolled through the required period are offered a guaranteed K1 place at the partner MK. This EYC-to-MK guarantee is separate from P1 admission at the host primary school, which is never guaranteed.

Can my child attend MK@Rivervale but apply to another primary school?

Yes. You are not required to register at the host primary school. Attending MK@Rivervale earns Phase 2A eligibility at Rivervale Primary, but you are free to choose the primary school that suits your child and family.

Why should I check old Phase 2A results?

Past results show how much demand there has been at Rivervale Primary in Phase 2A, which helps you set expectations. They cannot predict or guarantee a future outcome, because demand, vacancies and the families who apply change every year.