Poi Ching Ballot History
Live Phase 2B status for the 2026 exercise, plus every 2009–2026 ballot outcome by phase, so you can see exactly how competitive Poi Ching has been.
Last reviewed against official sources: 22 July 2026
MOE data last updated: 20 July 2026, 5:22pm SGT (Phase 2B applications)
2026 registration dates
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Poi Ching School (PCS) Ballot history
| Year ↕ | PHASE 1 ↕ | 2A ↕ | 2A(2) ↕ | 2B ↕ | 2C ↕ | 2C(S) ↕ | 3 ↕ | Total ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026live | 9999/22045% | 3838/12131% | – | --/48 | -95* | – | – | 99of 28035% |
| 2025 | 115115/22052% | 2525/10524% | – | 4242/4789% | 99212/99SC<1 (200/99)214% | 00/0 | – | 281of 280+40100% |
| 2024 | 106106/18059% | 2222/7430% | – | 3535/3892% | 79192/79SC<1 (185/79)243% | 00/0 | – | 242of 240101% |
| 2023 | 9595/18053% | 2323/8527% | – | 4145/41SC 1-2110% | 82197/82SC<1240% | 00/0 | – | 241of 240100% |
| 2022 | 8383/18046% | 2929/9830% | – | 2727/4363% | 104197/104SC<1189% | 00/0 | – | 243of 240101% |
| 2021 | 8888/20044% | 1111/11210% | 1919/10119% | 4444/6172% | 79195/79SC<1247% | 00/0 | – | 241of 240100% |
| 2020 | 116116/20058% | 66/847% | 1313/7916% | 3636/5368% | 70172/70SC<1246% | 00/0 | – | 241of 240100% |
| 2019 | 8181/20041% | 33/1193% | 1717/11615% | 2424/7034% | 115150/115SC<1130% | 00/0 | – | 240of 240100% |
| 2018 | 122 | 0 | 23 | 3637/4877% | 59158/59268% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2017 | 110 | 5 | 21 | 3636/5269% | 68106/68156% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2016 | 79 | 6 | 20 | 3134/6850% | 104111/104107% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2015 | 93 | 9 | 23 | 3434/5859% | 81120/81148% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2014 | 109 | 5 | 20 | 3131/5358% | 75104/75139% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2013 | 106 | 4 | 17 | 4646/5781% | 6796/67143% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2012 | 90 | 1 | 23 | 2929/6346% | 97106/97109% | 00/0 | --/0 | 240of 240100% |
| 2011 | 104 | 2 | 25 | 3333/5560% | 7883/78106% | 00/0 | --/0 | 242of 240101% |
| 2010 | 108 | 2 | 23 | 3131/6846% | 106120/106113% | 00/0 | --/0 | 270of 270100% |
| 2009 | 120 | 3 | 20 | 2626/6441% | 101111/101110% | 00/0 | --/0 | 270of 270100% |
- 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)
- 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.
Poi Ching is consistently oversubscribed, so a place is not guaranteed. The verified figures below show where it bites: in an open phase like 2C, families without an earlier-phase priority are in a real ballot, where home-to-school distance and citizenship decide who gets in.
If you are weighing Poi Ching against other schools in the east, our registration guide explains how the phases and distance tiers work, and our choosing a school guide helps you build a realistic shortlist.
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