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Phase 2A: Alumni, staff, committee, or an MOE Kindergarten link

Phase 2A is for families with a formal connection to the school through a parent or sibling who is a former pupil, a parent who works there or sits on its committee, or a child coming from the school's MOE Kindergarten.

Last reviewed against official sources: 9 July 2026

Independent parent-run guide: not affiliated with MOE or any school. Always confirm dates, eligibility and results with official MOE sources before you act.

Phase 2A · 2026 exercise (for Primary 1 in 2027)
Registration window
9 to 10 July 2026 (9am to 4:30pm)
Results
17 July 2026

Dates for convenience only, confirm on MOE's key-dates page before registering.

Who qualifies for Phase 2A

  • A parent or sibling is a former pupil of the school. (Some schools ask alumni parents to have registered as members of the alumni association by a cut-off date, check the school.)
  • A parent is a member of the School Advisory or Management Committee.
  • A parent is a staff member of the school.
  • The child is from the school's MOE Kindergarten and is registering for the primary school the MK sits within.

How places are decided

If Phase 2A has more applicants than places, a ballot is held. As in every phase, Singapore Citizens are ranked ahead of Permanent Residents, and within each citizenship group priority follows home-school distance (within 1km, then 1 to 2km, then beyond 2km).

At the most sought-after schools Phase 2A can and does ballot, so a 2A connection is a strong advantage but not always a guarantee at the very top schools.

Every school ranked by Phase 2A demand

How competitive each school was at Phase 2A in the 2025 exercise, the most recent one with published figures. Demand is applicants divided by the places open at this phase, so a higher figure means more children chased each place. Over 100% means the phase was oversubscribed; a balloted tag means a place was actually decided by ballot. This is a guide to past demand, not a prediction.

# School Applied Places Demand
1 Gongshang Balloted 203 67 303%
2 South View Balloted 191 66 289%
3 Princess Elizabeth Balloted 145 52 279%
4 Temasek Balloted 122 44 277%
5 Yangzheng Balloted 92 36 256%
6 Pei Hwa Presbyterian Balloted 120 53 226%
7 Shuqun Balloted 111 57 195%
8 Waterway Balloted 74 38 195%
9 Tanjong Katong Balloted 104 59 176%
10 Nan Hua Balloted 102 61 167%
11 Angsana Balloted 125 78 160%
12 Yu Neng Balloted 60 39 154%
13 Catholic High ( Section) Balloted 141 94 150%
14 Rosyth Balloted 110 76 145%
15 Rulang Balloted 102 71 144%
16 Riverside 69 50 138%
17 CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' ( Section) Balloted 117 86 136%
18 Singapore Chinese Girls' Balloted 99 75 132%
19 Tao Nan Balloted 156 122 128%
20 Sengkang Green Balloted 119 95 125%
21 Huamin Balloted 83 67 124%
22 Nanyang Balloted 177 144 123%
23 Ai Tong Balloted 134 109 123%
24 Jurong West Balloted 59 48 123%
25 Chongfu Balloted 120 98 122%
26 Punggol Green Balloted 76 63 121%
27 Westwood Balloted 89 75 119%
28 Frontier Balloted 78 66 118%
29 Red Swastika Balloted 110 95 116%
30 Wellington Balloted 87 77 113%
31 Pasir Ris 47 42 112%
32 Northland Balloted 76 70 109%
33 Pei Chun Public Balloted 119 111 107%
34 Fairfield Methodist () Balloted 103 97 106%
35 Naval Base Balloted 59 56 105%
36 North View 74 71 104%
37 Jing Shan Balloted 48 46 104%
38 Zhenghua Balloted 69 67 103%
39 Punggol Balloted 61 60 102%
40 Valour Balloted 52 51 102%
41 Horizon Balloted 87 86 101%
42 St. Hilda's 91 91 100%
43 West Spring 60 62 97%
44 West View 38 39 97%
45 Holy Innocents' 102 107 95%
46 Methodist Girls' () 88 95 93%
47 Maha Bodhi 121 131 92%
48 Casuarina 38 42 90%
49 Alexandra 67 76 88%
50 Fengshan 51 58 88%
51 Kong Hwa 84 97 87%
52 Radin Mas 54 63 86%
53 CHIJ (Toa Payoh) 78 92 85%
54 Xinmin 49 60 82%
55 Punggol View 71 88 81%
56 Junyuan 96 120 80%
57 Anglo-Chinese (Junior) 104 134 78%
58 Elias Park 21 27 78%
59 Bukit Panjang 62 81 77%
60 Sembawang 50 65 77%
61 Maris Stella High ( Section) 100 132 76%
62 Henry Park 99 131 76%
63 Dazhong 49 68 72%
64 Admiralty 42 60 70%
65 Northshore 59 86 69%
66 Anglo-Chinese () 81 120 68%
67 Kuo Chuan Presbyterian 50 78 64%
68 Anderson 43 69 62%
69 Hong Wen 38 62 61%
70 Keming 58 96 60%
71 Chua Chu Kang 47 78 60%
72 St Andrew's (Junior) 76 132 58%
73 Springdale 41 72 57%
74 St. Joseph's Institution Junior 61 117 52%
75 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' () 64 135 47%
76 Mayflower 25 56 45%
77 St. Anthony's 45 102 44%
78 Oasis 35 80 44%
79 Raffles Girls' 64 150 43%
80 Tampines 54 126 43%
81 River Valley 34 79 43%
82 Concord 18 44 41%
83 Woodlands 22 59 37%
84 Nan Chiau 38 105 36%
85 Punggol Cove 36 101 36%
86 Chongzheng 38 110 35%
87 Yishun 33 94 35%
88 Greenridge 14 41 34%
89 Zhangde 13 38 34%
90 Fuhua 28 85 33%
91 Fuchun 17 51 33%
92 CHIJ (Katong) 28 87 32%
93 Peiying 21 66 32%
94 Canossa Catholic 6 19 32%
95 Qifa 37 118 31%
96 St. Gabriel's 18 58 31%
97 Xingnan 17 54 31%
98 Cedar 36 119 30%
99 North Vista 32 108 30%
100 Woodgrove 18 60 30%
101 Ngee Ann 27 94 29%
102 Haig Girls' 23 79 29%
103 Queenstown 17 61 28%
104 White Sands 17 61 28%
105 Geylang Methodist () 31 113 27%
106 Rivervale 20 73 27%
107 Fern Green 32 125 26%
108 Meridian 29 113 26%
109 St. Margaret's () 24 91 26%
110 Jurong 21 82 26%
111 Canberra 16 61 26%
112 Qihua 17 69 25%
113 Jiemin 14 55 25%
114 Telok Kurau 29 119 24%
115 Poi Ching 25 105 24%
116 Compassvale 17 72 24%
117 Opera Estate 14 58 24%
118 Greenwood 10 41 24%
119 Mee Toh 28 124 23%
120 CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity 27 120 23%
121 Lakeside 21 92 23%
122 CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel 12 53 23%
123 Ang Mo Kio 17 78 22%
124 Teck Whye 22 105 21%
125 Greendale 18 86 21%
126 Hougang 13 66 20%
127 Bendemeer 17 89 19%
128 Marsiling 10 54 19%
129 Woodlands Ring 10 53 19%
130 Blangah Rise 7 36 19%
131 Anchor Green 21 116 18%
132 CHIJ (Kellock) 14 80 18%
133 Corporation 11 60 18%
134 East Spring 22 127 17%
135 Fernvale 20 117 17%
136 Innova 10 59 17%
137 Park View 10 60 17%
138 Farrer Park 13 81 16%
139 Yio Chu Kang 9 58 16%
140 Pei Tong 28 186 15%
141 Xishan 15 102 15%
142 North Spring 11 71 15%
143 Tampines North 22 153 14%
144 Seng Kang 11 76 14%
145 Si Ling 9 66 14%
146 Yuhua 17 132 13%
147 Teck Ghee 12 92 13%
148 Unity 12 95 13%
149 Evergreen 6 46 13%
150 Kheng Cheng 12 113 11%
151 Gan Eng Seng 7 62 11%
152 De La Salle 11 105 10%
153 Boon Lay Garden 8 83 10%
154 St. Stephen's 13 146 9%
155 St. Anthony's Canossian 11 117 9%
156 CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace 8 87 9%
157 Montfort Junior 6 68 9%
158 Lianhua 15 197 8%
159 First Toa Payoh 8 98 8%
160 Xinghua 7 87 8%
161 Yew Tee 7 92 8%
162 Bukit Timah 6 78 8%
163 Cantonment 5 61 8%
164 Clementi 13 183 7%
165 Changkat 12 171 7%
166 Northoaks 11 152 7%
167 West Grove 6 83 7%
168 Yumin 9 149 6%
169 Ahmad Ibrahim 6 132 5%
170 Pioneer 12 290 4%
171 Marymount Convent 7 156 4%
172 Bukit View 6 148 4%
173 Bedok Green 5 140 4%
174 Edgefield 5 122 4%
175 Endeavour 5 119 4%
176 Zhonghua 2 75 3%
177 New Town 3 122 2%
178 Beacon 1 48 2%
179 Palm View 1 106 1%

Source: MOE Vacancies and balloting data (2025), via sgschooling. Tap a school for its full year-by-year ballot history.

Documents and proof to have ready

Registration is online through the P1 Registration Portal with Singpass, so you usually will not upload anything, the school verifies eligibility against its records. Even so, have these ready in case they are asked for:

  • For the alumni route: the parent's or sibling's proof of former study, and alumni-association membership if the school requires it.
  • For staff or committee: the school verifies this against its own records.
  • For the MOE Kindergarten route: confirmation of the child's MK enrolment.

Tips and common pitfalls

An MK place is a Phase 2A link, not a guarantee
A child from the co-located MOE Kindergarten qualifies for Phase 2A, but if 2A is oversubscribed it still ballots by citizenship and distance.
Register your alumni membership early
If you are using the former-pupil route, sort out any required alumni-association membership well before registration, some schools set an earlier cut-off.

Official MOE sources for Phase 2A

Common questions

Is a child from an MOE Kindergarten in Phase 2A or 2B? +

Phase 2A, the same phase as alumni children. Living more than 1km away does not remove that eligibility, distance only matters as a tie-breaker if Phase 2A itself ballots.

Does Phase 2A ever go to a ballot? +

Yes, at heavily oversubscribed schools. When it does, Singapore Citizens are placed before PRs, and within each group the ballot follows home-school distance.

The other phases
Phase 1 A sibling already studies in the school Phase 2B Volunteers, church or clan, community leaders Phase 2C Open to everyone, the main phase for most families Phase 3 International (non-citizen, non-PR) students

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