South View Primary School
A parent's fact-file: P1 competitiveness, programmes, and what to expect.
South View Primary School is a popular government co-educational primary in Choa Chu Kang, known for its digital-making and performing-arts programmes. Here is what it is known for and a clear read on how hard a P1 place is.
MOE data last updated: 21 August 2026, 4:29pm SGT
Ballot history
South View 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: 113 admitted in Phase 1 (of 270 total places) · Phase 2A had 157 applicants for 97 places (Ballot held (SC<1), 162% demand).
- Phase 2C(S) has closed; results can be checked in the P1 Registration Portal from 8am on 27 August 2026.
Student Care
South View Primary School has a school-based Student Care Centre operated by Singapore Edusmart Learning Hub.
- Monthly fee $245 · registered to administer the SCFA subsidy.
- A place at South View does not guarantee a student-care place. Apply to the centre directly.
School info
South View Primary School (SVPS) at a glance
- Type
- Government, co-educational
- Area
- Choa Chu Kang
- Region
- West
- Mother tongue languages
- Chinese, Malay, Tamil
- Getting there
- Nearest MRT: Choa Chu Kang MRT Station
- Principal
- Miss Ang Mui Khoong
- Contact
- 6769 7176 · [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.
South View Primary School has no MOE-affiliated secondary school, so a P1 place here gives no affiliation priority into any particular secondary. Secondary posting follows the normal PSLE and Secondary 1 Posting Exercise. A shared name with a nearby secondary does not by itself mean an affiliation.
MOE Kindergarten @ South View. A place there earns Phase 2A priority for a P1 seat here.
MOE's official MK-EYC listing shows no partner Early Years Centres for this school's MOE Kindergarten at the moment.
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 South View Primary School.
For the January 2026 intake: P1 Orientation Briefing 21 Nov 2025 (2026 cohort), slides + FAQs published; nothing for 2027. The January 2027 date is not out yet. Watch the school's website around October to November. Source: the school's website.
The appointed school bus operator is DKJ Transport Service (Ms Grace); appointed from 2026, replacing Peng Heng Transportation Services. Ask the operator for routes and a fare quote for your address. Source: the school's website. See every fare band for this school.
South View Primary School has a School-Based Student Care Centre operated by Singapore Edusmart Learning Hub. Monthly fee $245. Registered to administer the SCFA subsidy. 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
South View Primary School's CCAs, its two MOE programmes, and its open house date.
South View Primary School lists 17 CCAs with MOE, including Badminton, Boys' Brigade, 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.
Its Applied Learning Programme is Sustaining Gaia (ICT & Media). Its Learning for Life Programme is Love Dance. Love Life! (Music & Performing Arts).
See the full CCA list and both programmes →
Source: MOE's school CCA data. Confirm current details with the school.
South View 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.
Stage 1 · before you register
Is this school right for us?
Affiliated secondary
None
High-ability
Not a GEP centre
What South View is known for
South View's Applied Learning Programme (ALP), "Sustaining Gaia", is a Digital Making programme that weaves coding, robotics and computational thinking into learning, with an environmental-sustainability theme.
Its Learning for Life Programme (LLP), "Love Dance. Love Life!", is built around music and the performing arts, developing confidence and expression from Primary 1.
It is a well-regarded neighbourhood school with strong academic results. South View is not a Gifted Education Programme centre and has no affiliated secondary school.
Is it a fit for your family? What to weigh
Stage 3 · after you're in
We're in. What happens now?
Visiting
Check South View's official website for any Primary 1 information session or open house, and use MOE's school locator to confirm your home-to-school distance before registering. Living within 1km is a real advantage at a school this oversubscribed.
Common questions
What is South View Primary known for? +
Its 'Sustaining Gaia' Applied Learning Programme in digital making (coding, robotics and computational thinking with an environmental theme), and its 'Love Dance. Love Life!' Learning for Life Programme in music and the performing arts.
Is South View affiliated to a secondary school? +
No. South View has no affiliated secondary school, so a place here gives no advantage in the later Secondary 1 posting.
How hard is it to get into South View at P1? +
Very competitive. In 2025 it balloted in all three open phases, with 191 applicants for 66 places in Phase 2A and 155 for 41 in Phase 2C. Living within 1km and holding an earlier-phase priority both help. Check the live numbers for your year on MOE's balloting checker.
Does South View have an affiliated secondary school? +
No. MOE does not list an affiliated secondary school for South View Primary School, so a P1 place here gives no affiliation priority into any secondary. Secondary posting follows the normal PSLE and Secondary 1 Posting Exercise.
All primary schools in Choa Chu Kang
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 Choa Chu Kang schools.
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| School | Phase 1↕ | 2A↕ | 2A(2)↕ | 2B↕ | 2C↕ | 2C(S)↕ | 3↕ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South View | 113113/21054% | 97157/97SC<1162% | – | 1818/2090% | 44105/44SC<1239% | full0 places | – | 270of 270100% |
| Chua Chu Kang | 9696/18053% | 3939/8446% | – | 1414/3540% | 93125/93SC<1134% | full0 places | – | 240of 240100% |
| Concord | 7777/15051% | 2222/7330% | – | 00/370% | 6363/11157% | pending56/48SC 1-2117% | – | 162of 21077% |
| De La Salle | 8484/15056% | 2626/6639% | – | 88/3324% | 9498/94PR<1104% | full0 places | – | 210of 210(-30)100% |
| Yew Tee | 7474/12062% | 88/4617% | – | 11/333% | 5455/9757% | pending18/4342% | – | 137of 180(-30)76% |
| Unity | 6060/12050% | 2020/6033% | – | 00/330% | 4646/10046% | pending2/544% | – | 126of 180(-30)70% |
| Teck Whye | 4545/12038% | 1313/7517% | – | 00/410% | 2222/12218% | pending18/10018% | – | 80of 180(-30)44% |
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