Townsville Primary School
阅读中文版 · Read in Chinese →Townsville Primary School is relocating from Ang Mo Kio to East Canberra (Sembawang) in 2029. Ahead of the move it is not admitting new Primary 1 pupils for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 registration exercises. This page states only the official MOE position.
Last reviewed against official sources: 18 July 2026
Relocating in 2029, no Primary 1 intake for 2025 to 2027
MOE announced on 14 May 2025 that Townsville Primary School will relocate from Ang Mo Kio to the East Canberra (Sembawang) area in 2029, to meet demand for primary school places there. As part of the move, there is no Primary 1 registration at Townsville for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 exercises.
This pause applies to new Primary 1 intake only. Existing pupils are not displaced: the Ang Mo Kio campus stays open so they can complete their studies there, and the school will operate from two campuses in 2029 and 2030 during the transition.
This is Townsville Primary School's actual Primary 1 balloting record up to 2024, its last intake before the pause. Ahead of the 2029 relocation there is no new Primary 1 intake for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 exercises, so those years have no figures. In its final years Townsville was consistently undersubscribed, taking every applicant without a ballot.
During registration
Townsville Primary School Ballot history
| Year ↕ | PHASE 1 ↕ | 2A ↕ | 2A(2) ↕ | 2B ↕ | 2C ↕ | 2C(S) ↕ | 3 ↕ | Total ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2929/9032% | 66/6110% | – | 00/380% | 2121/11618% | 1111/9611% | 00/850% | 67of 15045% |
| 2023 | 3030/9033% | 1717/6128% | – | 11/353% | 2727/10426% | 1313/7717% | 00/640% | 88of 150-3059% |
| 2022 | 4242/12035% | 99/7812% | – | 33/437% | 2121/12617% | 2121/10520% | 00/840% | 96of 180-1053% |
| 2021 | 4141/15027% | 11/1091% | 1515/10814% | 00/670% | 3636/13527% | 2828/10128% | 00/730% | 121of 190-2064% |
| 2020 | 3333/17019% | 00/1370% | 99/1377% | 00/850% | 3838/17022% | 5252/13339% | 00/810% | 132of 210+3063% |
| 2019 | 6060/14043% | 00/800% | 88/8110% | 00/570% | 4343/11438% | 3131/7144% | 00/400% | 142of 180-3079% |
| 2018 | 44 | 0 | 8 | 00/790% | 3939/15825% | 7171/11960% | --/48 | 162of 210+3077% |
| 2017 | 46 | 1 | 6 | 00/640% | 5353/12941% | 4444/7658% | --/32 | 150of 18083% |
| 2016 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 00/680% | 4242/13631% | 1515/9416% | --/79 | 102of 180-3057% |
| 2015 | 64 | 0 | 8 | 01/691% | 4848/13835% | 99/9010% | --/81 | 129of 21061% |
| 2014 | 58 | 0 | 20 | 00/660% | 5759/13245% | 3232/7543% | --/43 | 167of 21080% |
| 2013 | 67 | 0 | 10 | 00/670% | 8284/13363% | 5250/5296% | --/0 | 211of 210100% |
| 2012 | 73 | 0 | 11 | 00/630% | 6060/12648% | 3634/6850% | --/32 | 180of 210-3086% |
| 2011 | 77 | 1 | 6 | 11/781% | 7979/15651% | 5245/7758% | --/25 | 216of 24090% |
| 2010 | 81 | 0 | 8 | 00/750% | 9898/15165% | 5454/54100% | --/0 | 241of 240100% |
| 2009 | 70 | 0 | 12 | 00/790% | 7980/15851% | 4949/7962% | --/30 | 210of 24088% |
- 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 sgschooling, the same compiled source used for every school here, whose recent years match MOE's official vacancies and balloting data. For a school you can register at this year, see the live 2026 figures.
The key dates
What this means if you were considering Townsville
- You cannot register a child for Primary 1 at Townsville in the 2025, 2026 or 2027 exercises. The earliest a new Primary 1 cohort could enter is a later exercise, once MOE confirms arrangements for the relocated school.
- If your child is a current Townsville pupil, they continue at the Ang Mo Kio campus and are not required to move mid-way.
- Families in the East Canberra (Sembawang) area may find Townsville among their options from 2029 onwards, but confirm the position with MOE closer to the time rather than assuming a fixed date.
- For a school you can register at now, use the schools-by-area guide or the live 2026 Phase 2B and 2C figures.
Independent parent-run guide. MOE administers Primary 1 registration and the school relocation programme, and the P1 Registration Portal is the final word on the phases and schools available to your child. Confirm the current position on MOE’s own pages before you rely on it.
Official sources
- MOE, 2025 Primary One Registration Exercise to start from 1 July 2025 (14 May 2025) — announces the Townsville and Damai relocations
- MOE SchoolFinder, Townsville Primary School
- Townsville Primary School official website
Last reviewed against official sources: 18 July 2026.
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