Skip to content P1 Registration 2026 · LIVE Vacancies & balloting, school by school
P1 P1 Parents SG

Live Phase 2B status for the 2026 exercise, plus every 2009–2026 ballot outcome by phase, so you can see exactly how competitive St. Stephen's 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
22 applied / 109 places
No ballot
Phase 2B
19 applied / 49 places
All 19 admitted, no ballot
Phase 2C
128 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

St. Stephen's School (SSS) Ballot history

Year PHASE 12A2A(2)2B2C2C(S)3 Total
2026live 4141/15027%2222/10920%1919/4939%-128 82of 210(-30)39%
2025 3434/18019%1313/1469%1111/6417%7474/18340%108108/10999%00/10% 240of 240100%
2024 5050/18028%1919/13015%1313/5723%5353/16033%3030/10728%00/770% 165of 24069%
2023 3030/18017%2323/15015%2828/6245%5858/16036%6666/10265%00/360% 205of 24085%
2022 3535/18019%1919/14513%2323/6237%6666/16340%8686/9789%00/110% 229of 24095%
2021 4848/20024%33/1522%1818/14912%2626/8630%7777/14553%5656/6882%00/120% 228of 24095%
2020 4242/20021%11/1581%2929/15718%1818/8521%7474/15448%8190/81SC>2111%00/0 245of 240(+30)102%
2019 4141/17024%00/1290%2222/12917%2222/7430%6868/12654%3737/5864%00/210% 190of 21090%
2018 400413335/6554%7777/9680%1925/19132%--/0 210of 210100%
2017 370262731/7442%5252/12043%2626/6838%--/42 168of 21080%
2016 440223233/7246%6464/11257%1717/4835%--/31 179of 21085%
2015 470513435/5663%7882/78105%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
2014 560344647/6078%7480/74108%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
2013 380426060/6592%7086/70123%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
2012 500385252/6185%7085/70121%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
2011 530275960/6592%7176/71107%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
2010 390245656/7278%91100/91110%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
2009 420325959/6887%77101/77131%00/0--/0 210of 210100%
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.

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.

You're not doing this alone

Find your child's group

Every cohort has its own WhatsApp group of parents going through the exact same year, real-time registration updates, school reviews, balloting news and answers from people one step ahead of you. Pick the year your child starts Primary 1.

Browse all cohort groups by school and area →

Registering now For children born in 2020

The 2026 registration exercise runs from 30 June to 30 October 2026, with the citizen and PR phases finishing in late August. This is the live cohort, phase dates, balloting and school choice are happening right now.

Free to join. A friendly, parent-run space, no spam, no selling.

Did this page answer what you needed about this school?