Tao Nan Ballot History
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MOE data last updated: 27 July 2026, 11:34am SGT (Phase 2B results; MOE-confirmed Phase 2C vacancies)
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Tao Nan School (TNS) Ballot history
| Year ↕ | PHASE 1 ↕ | 2A ↕ | 2A(2) ↕ | 2B ↕ | 2C ↕ | 2C(S) ↕ | 3 ↕ | Total ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026live | 162162/27060% | 129129/108SC>2119% | – | 4040/20SC<1200% | -40 | – | – | 290of 330(-30)88% |
| 2025 | 178178/30059% | 122156/122SC>2 (54/20)128% | – | 2063/20SC<1 (57/20)315% | 4581/45SC<1 (79/45)180% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 365of 360101% |
| 2024 | 119119/30040% | 148148/18182% | – | 3162/31SC<1 (58/31)200% | 6686/66SC<1 (78/66)130% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 364of 360101% |
| 2023 | 183183/30061% | 117138/117SC>2118% | – | 2068/20SC<1340% | 4195/41SC<1232% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 361of 360100% |
| 2022 | 164164/30055% | 127127/13693% | – | 2361/23SC<1265% | 4799/47SC<1211% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 361of 360100% |
| 2021 | 174174/32054% | 119119/14682% | 2731/27SC>2115% | 2057/20SC<1285% | 2348/23SC<1209% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 363of 360101% |
| 2020 | 171171/32053% | 109109/15073% | 4141/41100% | 2053/20SC<1265% | 2175/21SC<1357% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 362of 360101% |
| 2019 | 159159/32050% | 110110/16168% | 2424/5147% | 3536/35all SC<1 placed103% | 3662/36SC<1172% | 00/0 | 00/0 | 364of 360101% |
| 2018 | 162 | 87 | 27 | 4055/42131% | 4455/44125% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2017 | 153 | 79 | 41 | 4347/44107% | 4459/44134% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2016 | 146 | 75 | 49 | 4248/45107% | 4873/48152% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2015 | 185 | 70 | 50 | 2458/28207% | 3163/31203% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2014 | 177 | 36 | 64 | 4164/42152% | 4265/42155% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2013 | 187 | 35 | 57 | 4166/41161% | 4049/40123% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2012 | 167 | 31 | 56 | 5380/53151% | 5379/53149% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2011 | 185 | 23 | 58 | 4784/47179% | 4988/49180% | 00/0 | --/0 | 362of 360101% |
| 2010 | 158 | 17 | 60 | 63114/62184% | 6299/62160% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
| 2009 | 147 | 13 | 36 | 82107/82130% | 82103/82126% | 00/0 | --/0 | 360of 360100% |
- 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.
Tao Nan is one of the most heavily oversubscribed primary schools in the east. In the 2025 Primary 1 exercise, Phase 2C was balloted, with 81 applicants competing for 45 vacancies, and Phase 2B was also balloted at 63 applicants for 20 places. Our registration guide explains how the phases work.
If you are weighing your odds against distance and citizenship, our choosing a school guide walks through how to read a school's balloting history before you commit.
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.
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