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Live Phase 2B status for the 2026 exercise, plus every 2009–2026 ballot outcome by phase, so you can see exactly how competitive Holy Innocents' has been.

MOE data last updated: 27 July 2026, 11:34am SGT (Phase 2B results; MOE-confirmed Phase 2C vacancies)

2026 registration status
Phase 2C registration is open now
Registration: 28 to 30 July 2026, 9am to 4:30pm · Results: 11 August 2026
Phase 1
103 admitted
All eligible applicants admitted
Phase 2A
104 applied / 107 places
No ballot
Phase 2B
45 applied / 21 places
Ballot held (SC<1)
Phase 2C
42 places
Open now, until 4:30pm 30 Jul

2026 registration dates

National dates, the same for every school
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

Holy Innocents' Primary School (HIPS) Ballot history

Year PHASE 12A2A(2)2B2C2C(S)3 Total
2026live 103103/21049%104104/10797%4545/21SC<1214%-42 228of 27084%
2025 103103/21049%102102/10795%2244/22SC<1 (36/22)200%45110/45SC<1 (96/45)244%00/000/0 272of 270101%
2024 108108/21051%102114/102SC>2 (28/16)112%2057/20SC<1 (38/20)285%4096/40SC<1 (84/40)240%00/000/0 270of 270100%
2023 107107/21051%103115/103SC>2112%2053/20SC<1265%40115/40SC<1288%00/000/0 270of 270100%
2022 122122/21058%88103/88SC>2117%2150/21SC<1238%42101/42SC<1240%00/000/0 273of 270101%
2021 129129/23056%4646/10146%5566/55SC>2120%2147/21SC<1224%2165/21SC<1310%00/000/0 272of 270101%
2020 9595/23041%3636/13527%5757/9958%4158/41SC 1-2141%4381/43SC<1188%00/000/0 272of 270101%
2019 9191/23040%2727/13919%6363/11256%4660/46SC>2130%4772/47SC<1153%00/000/0 274of 270101%
2018 12233592743/28154%2964/29221%00/0--/0 270of 270100%
2017 10416554354/48113%5264/52123%00/0--/0 270of 270100%
2016 9811452536/5862%8282/9190%913/9144%--/0 270of 270100%
2015 998624459/51116%5763/57111%00/0--/0 270of 270100%
2014 11410673848/40120%4162/41151%00/0--/0 270of 270100%
2013 1266594047/40118%3964/39164%00/0--/0 270of 270100%
2012 1166624350/43116%4359/43137%00/0--/0 270of 270100%
2011 1095435763/57111%5670/56125%00/0--/0 270of 270(-30)100%
2010 1215625658/55105%5680/56143%00/0--/0 300of 300100%
2009 1211486262/6595%7179/71111%00/0--/0 303of 300101%
Phases
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

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.

Your odds
Competitive in Phase 2C
In 2025, 110 applied for 45 Phase 2C places, about 41 per 100 applicants. Home distance is often the deciding factor.

Figures from MOE's official vacancies and balloting data. Because MOE reserves places for 2B and 2C and rounds when redistributing, the per-phase figures can add up to one or two more or less than the Total. The live picture for your year is always on the 2026 page.

Holy Innocents' is popular and oversubscribed in the open phases. In 2025 it went to a ballot in Phase 2B and Phase 2C (110 applicants for 45 places in Phase 2C), so families without an earlier-phase priority are competing in a ballot decided by home-to-school distance and citizenship. Numbers change every year, so check the live figures for your year on MOE's checker.

Our registration guide explains how the phases and distance tiers work, and our choosing a school guide helps you build a realistic shortlist.

How a P1 place is decided
Places are offered phase by phase, in this order. Only the phases still open when you register apply to you:
Phase 1 — a sibling is already studying in the school
Phase 2A — a parent or sibling is a former pupil, or a parent is staff or a School Advisory/Management Committee member
Phase 2B — a parent is a school volunteer, an active member of a church or clan connected to the school, or a community leader
Phase 2C — open to everyone; the main phase for families with no prior link
Phase 2C Supplementary — any places still left after 2C
When a phase has more applicants than places, priority (and the ballot, if one is needed) follows this order:
1. Singapore Citizens living within 1km of the school
2. Singapore Citizens living between 1km and 2km
3. Singapore Citizens living beyond 2km
4. Permanent Residents living within 1km
5. Permanent Residents living between 1km and 2km
6. Permanent Residents living beyond 2km
Distance and citizenship are the levers most within your control. Our registration guide walks through every phase and the key dates in full.

2026 figures: MOE, vacancies and balloting, last updated 27 July 2026, 11:34am SGT (Phase 2B results; MOE-confirmed Phase 2C vacancies). This moves whenever MOE republishes.

2009 to 2025 ballot history: compiled from public records and matched against MOE's past vacancies and balloting data for the years MOE still publishes.

Page copy last checked against official sources: 28 July 2026.

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