The short answer
Your child will have a primary school place. What is still open is which school.
A Singapore Citizen or PR child who takes part in the exercise is placed. After Phase 2C there is one more round in which you choose the school, Phase 2C Supplementary, held at the schools that still have places. If that does not produce a place either, MOE posts the child to a school that still has room.
What happens, and when
The gap between the Phase 2C result and the next round you can act on is about a week. These are the 2026 dates.
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11 August 2026
Phase 2C results
Released through the P1 Registration Portal, with an SMS notification.
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Before 17 August
MOE publishes the remaining places
The schools still open for Phase 2C Supplementary, with the number of places at each.
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17 to 18 August 2026
Phase 2C Supplementary registration
9am to 4.30pm. One school, chosen from the published list.
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27 August 2026
Phase 2C Supplementary results
Checked in the portal from 8am, with an SMS notification.
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After 27 August
MOE posts any child still unplaced
Allocated to a school that still has a place. There is no further parent-selected round.
The full eligibility rules, priority order and registration steps for that round are on the Phase 2C Supplementary page, together with the schools that had places in past years.
What happened to children in this position
MOE publishes both how many children registered at each school in Phase 2C Supplementary and how many were admitted, so the outcome for the group can be counted rather than guessed. These figures cover every primary school in the exercise.
3,821
children registered in Phase 2C Supplementary in 2025
90%
were admitted to the school they registered at, 3,448 of 3,821
373
were not, and were posted by MOE to a school with a place
| Year | Registered | Admitted | Posted by MOE | Schools with places | Of those, balloted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,821 | 3,448 (90%) | 373 | 93 of 179 | 18 |
| 2024 | 3,556 | 3,252 (91%) | 304 | 92 of 178 | 19 |
| 2023 | 3,444 | 2,987 (87%) | 457 | 93 of 178 | 24 |
Two things in that table are worth reading together. About 90% of children who registered in Phase 2C Supplementary were admitted to the school they picked, which is a far better position than the Phase 2C result on its own suggests. At the same time, in 2025 only 93 of 179 schools had any places left, and 18 of those still had more applicants than places. The round is winnable, and the choice within it is narrow.
Where Phase 2C Supplementary still balloted in 2025
A school appearing on the remaining-vacancy list does not mean a place is assured. These 18 schools had more applicants than places in 2025 and went to a ballot, ordered by how far demand ran ahead of supply.
- Woodlands Primary School 9/3 300%
- St. Gabriel's Primary School 33/12 275%
- Tampines Primary School 111/47 236%
- Punggol View Primary School 47/21 224%
- Haig Girls' School 29/15 193%
- Springdale Primary School 48/26 185%
- Opera Estate Primary School 36/21 171%
- Canossa Catholic Primary School 44/26 169%
- Bukit Timah Primary School 63/39 162%
- Marsiling Primary School 8/5 160%
- Zhangde Primary School 19/13 146%
- CHIJ (Katong) Primary 50/36 139%
- Xishan Primary School 110/80 138%
- Lakeside Primary School 42/33 127%
- Cedar Primary School 107/89 120%
- Oasis Primary School 52/46 113%
- Bukit View Primary School 121/111 109%
- Tampines North Primary School 142/131 108%
Applicants against places, at the point Phase 2C Supplementary opened in 2025. A ballot is run within a citizenship and distance band, so the percentage is a guide to pressure at the school, not the odds for any individual child.
What to do in the week in between
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1. Check the result yourself in the portal
Phase 2C results are released through the P1 Registration Portal, and MOE also notifies parents by SMS. Read the result in the portal rather than relying on word of mouth about which schools balloted.
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2. Wait for MOE's list of remaining places
Before Phase 2C Supplementary opens, MOE publishes the schools that still have places and exactly how many. That list, not your original shortlist, is what you work from.
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3. Rebuild the shortlist around distance
Within a school, places go by citizenship then home-school distance, Singapore Citizens within 1km first, then 1 to 2km, then beyond 2km, and the same three bands for PRs. Of the schools with places left, the ones nearest your registered address give your child the strongest position.
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4. Register at one school, 17 to 18 August 2026
Phase 2C Supplementary runs 9am to 4.30pm on both days. As in every phase you register at a single school. The 30-month residency requirement applies to a place secured through distance priority.
Common questions
Will my child definitely get a primary school place? +
Yes. A Singapore Citizen or PR child who takes part is placed in a primary school. What is still open after Phase 2C is which school, not whether there is one. If your child is not offered a place in Phase 2C Supplementary either, MOE posts the child to a school that still has room.
How many children are in this position each year? +
In 2025, 3,821 children registered in Phase 2C Supplementary, the round for children still unplaced after Phase 2C. 3,448 of them were admitted to the school they registered at, and 373 were not and were posted by MOE instead. Across 2023 to 2025 the figure has been steady at about 90% admitted to their chosen school.
Can I appeal the Phase 2C result? +
The published Primary 1 process does not run on appeals. Where a phase is oversubscribed within a distance band, places are decided by a computerised ballot, and the next step MOE provides is Phase 2C Supplementary at a school that still has places. For anything specific to your child's circumstances, contact MOE directly through the P1 Registration pages.
Should I register for Phase 3 instead? +
No. Phase 3 is the separate process for international students, and it is not an extra round for Singapore Citizen or PR children. Registering there does not help and is not the route MOE provides.
Are the schools with places left the unpopular ones? +
Not all of them. In 2025, 93 schools still had places when Phase 2C Supplementary opened and 86 had none at all, so roughly half the schools were already full. Among those with room, 18 still had more applicants than places and went to a ballot, which is why the remaining-vacancy list is a starting point rather than a guarantee.
What happens if we are posted to a school we did not choose? +
MOE allocates the child to a school that still has a place. Watch for the posting instructions by SMS, email and the registration portal, keep your contact details current, and follow the allocated school's reporting instructions once they arrive.
Sources
- MOE, past vacancies and balloting data, the source of the 2023 to 2025 registered and admitted figures on this page. Checked 28 July 2026.
- MOE, registration phases and key dates, the source of every 2026 date above. Checked 28 July 2026.
- MOE, understand balloting and MOE, home-school distance, for the priority order within a school. Checked 28 July 2026.
Page copy last checked against official sources on 28 July 2026. The year-by-year figures are computed from the stored MOE results rather than typed in, so they move when the data does.