MK@Tanjong Katong: P1 Priority, Ballots & K1 Admission

Q: Does MK@Tanjong Katong guarantee admission to Tanjong Katong Primary School?

No. It gives eligible children Phase 2A registration eligibility at Tanjong Katong 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@Tanjong Katong 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@Tanjong Katong?

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@Tanjong Katong but apply to another primary school?

Yes. You are not required to register at the host primary school. Attending MK@Tanjong Katong earns Phase 2A eligibility at Tanjong Katong 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 Tanjong Katong 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 & Tanjong Katong Primary Ballot History

Children attending MK@Tanjong Katong are eligible to register for Primary 1 at Tanjong Katong 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.

Latest Phase 2A status

2026 P1 Registration Exercise, for children entering P1 in 2027

Host school: Tanjong Katong Primary School · Phase 2A

Vacancies (Phase 2A): 73
Applicants: 78interim
Demand: 107%
Oversubscribed: Yes
Ballot required: Yes, confirmed by MOE
Affected group: PR, within 1km
Data status: Ballot confirmed, applicant count interim

Tanjong Katong Primary's Phase 2A had 78 applicants for 73 places on the interim counts, which is slightly oversubscribed, and MOE has since confirmed that Phase 2A went to a ballot in the PR, within 1km group. Applicants in that group were placed by ballot; those in higher-priority groups were placed before it. The applicant figure itself is still the interim count, so treat it as close rather than final.

Where a phase is oversubscribed, MOE fills places by citizenship first (Singapore Citizens ahead of Permanent Residents) and then by home-to-school distance (within 1km, then 1km to 2km, then outside 2km), balloting only within the group where the places run out. Your family's registered address and citizenship group are what decide your standing, not last year's figures.

Previous-year results describe past demand only. They do not predict or guarantee a future outcome.

Recent Phase 2A history at Tanjong Katong Primary

MK@Tanjong Katong pupils first entered this Phase 2A pool in the 2025 exercise, which is when 2A demand here began to climb.

2026Ballot required

Vacancies: 73
Applicants: 78
Demand: 107%

Affected group: PR, within 1km

2025Ballot required

Vacancies: 59
Applicants: 104
Demand: 176%

Affected group: SC, outside 2km

2024No ballot

Vacancies: 56
Applicants: 31
Demand: 55%

Affected group: -

2023No ballot

Vacancies: 69
Applicants: 33
Demand: 48%

Affected group: -

Tanjong Katong Primary Phase 2A vacancies, applicants, demand and outcome, most recent years.
Year	Vacancies	Applicants	Demand	Outcome	Affected group
2026	73	78	107%	Ballot required	PR, within 1km
2025	59	104	176%	Ballot required	SC, outside 2km
2024	56	31	55%	No ballot	-
2023	69	33	48%	No ballot	-

How to read this

No ballot: places were not exhausted; no ballot held.
Ballot required: a ballot decided the last places.
Oversubscribed, resolved by priority: full, but settled by citizenship/distance without a ballot.
Awaiting result: outcome not yet confirmed by MOE.
SC: Singapore Citizen · PR: Permanent Resident.
Within 1km · 1km to 2km · Outside 2km: home-to-school distance bands.

View earlier Phase 2A history

Tanjong Katong Primary earlier Phase 2A history.
Year	Vacancies	Applicants	Demand	Outcome	Affected group
2022	55	27	49%	No ballot	-
2021	82	0	0%	No applicants	-
2020	80	1	1%	No ballot	-
2019	88	0	0%	No applicants	-

Before the 2025 exercise, Tanjong Katong Primary's Phase 2A drew fewer applicants, so a ballot was less likely in these years.

View Tanjong Katong Primary's complete P1 registration history

Every phase, Phase 1 through Phase 3, across all recorded years. This is the same table shown on the Tanjong Katong Primary page. Scroll sideways to see later phases.

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

Tanjong Katong Primary School

YearYr ↕	PHASE 1P1 ↕	2A ↕	2A(2)2A2 ↕	2B ↕	2C ↕	2C(S)2CS ↕	3 ↕	TotalTot ↕
2026liveMK	6767/14048%	7378/73PR<1107%	–	99/2045%	5694/56all SC<1 placed168%	full0 places	–	200of 200100%
2025MK	8181/14058%	59104/59SC>2 (32/2)176%	–	99/2045%	5383/53SC 1-2 (23/13)157%	00/0	00/0	202of 200101%
2024	8484/14060%	3131/5655%	–	1616/2857%	73104/73SC 1-2 (28/26)142%	00/0	00/0	204of 200102%
2023	7171/14051%	3333/6948%	–	1313/3241%	87108/87SC 1-2124%	00/0	00/0	204of 200102%
2022	8585/14061%	2727/5549%	–	1414/3047%	7598/75SC>2131%	00/0	00/0	201of 200100%
2021	7878/16049%	3535/8243%00/820%	3535/8243%	1212/4427%	7894/78SC>2121%	00/0	00/0	203of 200101%
2020	8080/16050%	3030/8038%11/801%	2929/8036%	33/467%	89114/89SC>2128%	00/0	00/0	202of 200101%
2019	7272/16045%	3030/8834%00/880%	3030/8834%	44/498%	95107/95all PR<1 placed113%	00/0	00/0	201of 200(-40)100%
2018	70	0	22	04/745%	9191/14861%	5765/57114%	00/0	240of 240100%
2017	77	1	19	00/720%	9597/14766%	2323/5244%	no record29 places	215of 24090%
2016	92	0	28	00/600%	9799/12579%	1919/2868%	no record9 places	236of 24098%
2015	93	0	31	00/580%	9293/12177%	2929/29100%	00/0	245of 240102%
2014	85	0	32	00/620%	117124/123101%	69/6150%	00/0	240of 240(-30)100%
2013	91	0	27	99/7612%	134135/14394%	1725/17147%	00/0	278of 270(+30)103%
2012	91	0	29	33/605%	118138/118117%	00/0	00/0	241of 240100%
2011	98	0	32	77/5513%	101101/10794%	712/7171%	00/0	245of 240(-30)102%
2010	109	0	25	1112/6818%	–	1631/16194%	00/0	-of 270(-30)
2009	104	0	29	1414/8417%	105105/15966%	4141/5476%	no record13 places	293of 30098%

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.

Years tagged MK are the years MK@Tanjong Katong pupils were in the Phase 2A applicant pool (from the 2025 exercise, when the MK's first cohort registered for P1). An MK link gives Phase 2A eligibility, not a guaranteed place.

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K1 Admission to MK@Tanjong Katong

K1 places at MK@Tanjong Katong 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@Tanjong Katong. 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@Tanjong Katong
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@Tanjong Katong → Tanjong Katong Primary
Attending MK@Tanjong Katong 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@Tanjong Katong Details

MOE Kindergartens run to a common national framework, so the details below apply to MK@Tanjong Katong 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: 10 Seraya Road, Singapore 437259
Area: Marine Parade
Host primary school: Tanjong Katong Primary School · official website →
Directions: Open in Google Maps →
MOE SchoolFinder: Find MK@Tanjong Katong →

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@Tanjong Katong guarantee admission to Tanjong Katong Primary School?

No. It gives eligible children Phase 2A registration eligibility at Tanjong Katong 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@Tanjong Katong 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@Tanjong Katong?

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@Tanjong Katong but apply to another primary school?

Yes. You are not required to register at the host primary school. Attending MK@Tanjong Katong earns Phase 2A eligibility at Tanjong Katong 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 Tanjong Katong 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.