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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 Pioneer 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
41 admitted
All eligible applicants admitted
Phase 2A
24 applied / 279 places
No ballot
Phase 2B
7 applied / 105 places
All 7 admitted, no ballot
Phase 2C
308 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

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Pioneer Primary School (PPS) Ballot history

Year PHASE 12A2A(2)2B2C2C(S)3 Total
2026live 4141/32013%2424/2799%77/1057%-308 72of 380(+30)19%
2025 00/2900%1212/2904%66/1135%194194/33258%7373/14052%00/670% 285of 35081%
2021 to 2024: no Primary 1 intake (Pioneer merged with Juying and was relocating to Tengah)
2020 5353/11048%00/570%66/5711%00/460%2020/9322%3535/74PR 1-247%00/390% 114of 150(-30)76%
2019 4040/14029%00/1000%1010/10110%00/660%1919/13115%2727/11224%00/850% 96of 18053%
2018 620400/570%5151/11544%5151/6480%--/13 168of 180(+30)93%
2017 690900/360%6262/7385%1120/11182%--/0 151of 150(-60)101%
2016 600600/720%2627/14519%99/1198%--/110 101of 210(-30)48%
2015 731900/790%3939/15725%3737/11831%--/81 159of 24066%
2014 880500/740%8787/14759%6060/60100%--/0 240of 240100%
2013 810700/760%8484/15255%7075/70107%--/0 242of 240101%
2012 870900/720%7474/14451%7168/7196%--/0 241of 240(-30)100%
2011 1090811/771%7070/15445%7354/8464%--/11 261of 27097%
2010 11101200/740%101101/14769%4885/48177%--/0 272of 270101%
2009 10201011/791%9292/15759%6586/65132%--/0 270of 270100%
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.

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.

Pioneer's first Primary 1 intake at the Tengah campus, in the 2025 P1 Registration Exercise, was not competitive. Figures published for that exercise show no phase went to a ballot: Phase 2C, the open phase most families register in, had 332 vacancies for 194 applicants, and the school still had unfilled places after Phase 2C Supplementary, with 285 of 350 total places taken. The 2026 exercise has followed a similar pattern so far (as at 23 July 2026): 380 total places this year, and no ballot needed in Phase 1, Phase 2A or the now-confirmed Phase 2B; Phase 2C for 2026 has not yet run.

Tengah is still being built up, so demand at Pioneer could change as more young families move into the estate and the school builds its own alumni base at the new campus. If you are weighing Pioneer against other options, our P1 registration guide explains how the phases work, and our choosing a school guide can help you weigh a newly relocated school like this against a longer-established one nearby.

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: 25 July 2026.

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