Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School
A parent's fact-file: P1 competitiveness, programmes, and what to expect.
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School has taught girls on the Bukit Timah fringe since 1899, and today it pairs a music and performing arts focus with a language programme built around storytelling. It sits on Dunearn Road and is affiliated to Singapore Chinese Girls' School at secondary level.
MOE data last updated: 21 August 2026, 4:29pm SGT
Ballot history
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School has required balloting in several recent registration exercises. Admission risk depends on phase, citizenship and home-to-school distance.
- Phase 2C has gone to a ballot in 7 of the last 7 completed years (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).
- 2026 so far: 56 admitted in Phase 1 (of 192 total places) · Phase 2A had 78 applicants for 76 places (Ballot held (SC>2), 103% demand).
- Phase 2C(S) has closed; results can be checked in the P1 Registration Portal from 8am on 27 August 2026.
Student Care
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School has a school-based Student Care Centre operated by Nascans.
- Monthly fee $265 · registered to administer the SCFA subsidy.
- A place at Singapore Chinese Girls' does not guarantee a student-care place. Apply to the centre directly.
School info
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School (SCGS) at a glance
- Type
- Government-aided, girls'
- Area
- Novena
- Region
- South
- Mother tongue languages
- Chinese, Malay, Tamil
- Getting there
- Nearest MRT: Stevens; Buses: 66, 67, 105, 132, 151, 153, 154, 156, 170, 171, 186, 190, 605, 700, 960
- Principal
- Mrs Linda Chan
- Contact
- 6252 7966 · [email protected]
Details from MOE’s School Directory and Information, checked July 2026. Confirm current details with the school.
School connections
How this school links to the wider system, secondary and preschool, each of which can shape the P1 and later journey.
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School is affiliated to Singapore Chinese Girls' School. An affiliation can give a priority route and a more favourable cut-off into the affiliated secondary at Secondary 1 posting. Places are limited, so confirm the current terms with the school.
Always confirm the latest with the school before relying on it.
Settling in
The practical things once a place is confirmed: orientation, getting to school, and care after school. These vary by school, so confirm the specifics with Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School.
The school has not published its P1 orientation details for the January 2027 intake yet. Schools usually announce around October to November. Visit the school website.
The appointed school bus operator is Revolving Transport Pte Ltd (Ms Jeccy). Ask the operator for routes and a fare quote for your address. Up to 2km: $180 a month return, stated as a maximum you negotiate down from. Source: the school's website. See every fare band for this school.
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School has a School-Based Student Care Centre operated by Nascans. Monthly fee $265. Registered to administer the SCFA subsidy. Source: the school's website. Read our student care guide.
Details vary by school and year. Always confirm with the school before you rely on them.
Programmes and open house
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School's CCAs, its two MOE programmes, and its open house date.
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School lists 17 CCAs with MOE, including Artistic Gymnastics, Girl Guides (Brownies), Chinese Dance and Art Club. Not every CCA on the list runs every year, and some have limited places, so confirm with the school before counting on one.
See the full CCA list and both programmes →
Source: MOE's school CCA data. Confirm current details with the school.
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School has not published an open house date for 2024, 2025 or 2026 in MOE Schoolbag's roundup.
See open house dates for every school →
Source: MOE Schoolbag's open house roundup.
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School has 4 top-four finishes recorded across 2 sports, 1 of them first place, the most recent in 2026.
Stage 1 · before you register
Is this school right for us?
Affiliated secondary
Singapore Chinese Girls' School (Secondary)
High-ability
Not a GEP centre
What Singapore Chinese Girls' is known for
An all-girls school with a long history. Founded in 1899, it remains a government-aided school for girls, so classroom life is shaped around girls across all six primary years.
Music and performing arts as the signature. Its Learning for Life Programme centres on music and the performing arts, whilst the Applied Learning Programme in Languages uses storytelling to build cultural understanding.
Not a Gifted Education Programme centre. The school was not one of the primary schools that ran the Gifted Education Programme, so families looking for that specific stream should note this when weighing options.
Chinese-heritage roots, but not a SAP primary school. Although the school has strong Chinese cultural roots, the primary school is not on MOE's list of Special Assistance Plan primary schools, a point some families assume otherwise.
Is it a fit for your family? What to weigh
Stage 3 · after you're in
We're in. What happens now?
Visiting
The school does not feature in MOE's public open house roundups, so check the school website for any Primary 1 admissions briefings or visit arrangements.
Common questions
Is Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School a girls' only school? +
Yes. It is a government-aided single-gender school, so it admits girls only from Primary 1 through Primary 6.
Is it a SAP school or a GEP centre? +
No on both counts for the primary school. It is not on MOE's list of Special Assistance Plan primary schools, and it is not a Gifted Education Programme centre.
Was balloting needed in 2025? +
Yes. In the 2025 Primary 1 exercise balloting was required in Phase 2C, where there were 40 vacancies and 61 applicants, and balloting also occurred in Phase 2A and Phase 2B.
All primary schools in Novena
Places taken by phase, with applicants / vacancies beneath. Ranked by how competitive the open phases were in 2025 (2C first). This school is highlighted; search to pin schools and compare them. Tap any school for its full ballot history, or see every year for Novena schools.
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| School | Phase 1↕ | 2A↕ | 2A(2)↕ | 2B↕ | 2C↕ | 2C(S)↕ | 3↕ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Chinese (Junior) | 3737/18021% | 124124/14387% | – | 2641/26SC<1158% | 5468/54SC<1126% | full0 places | – | 240of 240(-30)100% |
| St. Joseph's Institution Junior | 5858/18032% | 6161/12250% | – | 4079/40SC 1-2198% | 81108/81SC 1-2133% | full0 places | – | 240of 240100% |
| Anglo-Chinese (Primary) | 5656/18031% | 7676/12461% | – | 3645/36SC<1125% | 7284/72SC>2117% | full0 places | – | 240of 240100% |
| Singapore Chinese Girls' | 5656/13242% | 7678/76SC>2103% | – | 2029/20SC<1145% | 4162/41SC<1151% | full0 places | – | 192of 192100% |
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