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

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

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

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@Waterway but apply to another primary school?

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

Children attending MK@Waterway are eligible to register for Primary 1 at Waterway 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: Waterway Primary School · Phase 2A

Vacancies (Phase 2A): 50
Applicants: 46interim
Demand: 92%
Oversubscribed: No
Ballot required: No
Affected group: Not yet confirmed
Data status: Provisional

On the interim counts, Waterway Primary's Phase 2A had 46 applicants for 50 places, which is within its Phase 2A capacity on the interim counts. MOE has not published a confirmed Phase 2A ballot outcome for this school, so the result here is shown as awaiting final confirmation rather than a settled ballot.

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 Waterway Primary

MK@Waterway pupils first entered this Phase 2A pool in the 2019 exercise, which is when 2A demand here began to climb.

2026Awaiting result

Vacancies: 50
Applicants: 46
Demand: 92%

Affected group: -

2025Ballot required

Vacancies: 38
Applicants: 74
Demand: 195%

Affected group: SC, within 1km

2024No ballot

Vacancies: 77
Applicants: 47
Demand: 61%

Affected group: -

2023No ballot

Vacancies: 120
Applicants: 61
Demand: 51%

Affected group: -

Waterway Primary Phase 2A vacancies, applicants, demand and outcome, most recent years.
Year	Vacancies	Applicants	Demand	Outcome	Affected group
2026	50	46	92%	Awaiting result	-
2025	38	74	195%	Ballot required	SC, within 1km
2024	77	47	61%	No ballot	-
2023	120	61	51%	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

Waterway Primary earlier Phase 2A history.
Year	Vacancies	Applicants	Demand	Outcome	Affected group
2022	100	77	77%	No ballot	-
2021	91	0	0%	No applicants	-
2020	115	1	1%	No ballot	-
2019	152	0	0%	No applicants	-

Before the 2019 exercise, Waterway Primary's Phase 2A drew fewer applicants, so a ballot was less likely in these years.

View Waterway 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 Waterway 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

Waterway Primary School

YearYr ↕	PHASE 1P1 ↕	2A ↕	2A(2)2A2 ↕	2B ↕	2C ↕	2C(S)2CS ↕	3 ↕	TotalTot ↕
2026liveMK	100100/15067%	4646/5092%	–	00/210%	6464/6598%	pending2/1all SC<1 placed200%	–	210of 210100%
2025MK	112112/15075%	3874/38SC<1 (63/38)195%	–	00/200%	60102/60SC<1 (90/60)170%	00/0	00/0	210of 210(-30)100%
2024MK	103103/18057%	4747/7761%	–	00/300%	9192/91PR<1 (14/13)101%	00/0	00/0	241of 240(-40)100%
2023MK	100100/22045%	6161/12051%	–	11/403%	7777/12064%	3030/4370%	no record13 places	269of 28096%
2022MK	120120/22055%	7777/10077%	–	11/284%	83107/83SC<1129%	00/0	00/0	281of 280100%
2021MK	149149/24062%	8282/9190%00/910%	8282/9190%	11/254%	48105/48SC<1219%	00/0	00/0	280of 280100%
2020MK	125125/24052%	6363/11555%11/1151%	6262/11454%	00/460%	92128/92SC<1139%	00/0	00/0	280of 280100%
2019MK	8888/24037%	2828/15218%00/1520%	2828/15218%	00/830%	140140/16585%	2525/25100%	00/0	281of 280(-40)100%
2018	73	0	0	45/1244%	196196/24381%	4748/47102%	00/0	320of 320(+20)100%
2017	25	0	0	00/1380%	187187/27568%	5353/8860%	no record35 places	265of 300(+60)88%
2016	9	0	1	00/1150%	100100/23043%	3636/13028%	no record94 places	146of 240(+30)61%
2015	0	0	0	00/1050%	4343/21020%	5555/16733%	no record112 places	98of 21047%
Waterway Primary School opened in 2016; the 2015 figures are its first Primary 1 registration, so there is no earlier data.

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@Waterway pupils were in the Phase 2A applicant pool (from the 2019 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@Waterway

K1 places at MK@Waterway 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

MK@Waterway has 2 partner Early Years Centres. A guaranteed K1 place can come through any one of them.

My First Skool @ 659A Punggol East

Operator: My First Skool (NTUC First Campus)
Postal code: S821659

View this Early Years Centre →

PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Punggol Shore

Operator: PCF Sparkletots (PAP Community Foundation)
Postal code: S828717

View this Early Years Centre →

How the EYC-to-MK pathway works →

Two different pathways

1. Partner EYC → MK@Waterway
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@Waterway → Waterway Primary
Attending MK@Waterway 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@Waterway Details

MOE Kindergartens run to a common national framework, so the details below apply to MK@Waterway 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: 70 Punggol Drive, Singapore 828802
Area: Punggol
Host primary school: Waterway Primary School · official website →
Directions: Open in Google Maps →
MOE SchoolFinder: Find MK@Waterway →

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@Waterway guarantee admission to Waterway Primary School?

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

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@Waterway but apply to another primary school?

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