Yangzheng Primary School
A parent's fact-file: P1 competitiveness, programmes, and what to expect.
Yangzheng Primary School is a well-established government co-educational primary in Serangoon, with over a century of heritage. 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
Yangzheng 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: 52 admitted in Phase 1 (of 160 total places) · Phase 2A had 85 applicants for 48 places (Ballot held (SC 1-2), 177% demand).
- Phase 2C(S) has closed; results can be checked in the P1 Registration Portal from 8am on 27 August 2026.
Student Care
Yangzheng Primary School has a school-based Student Care Centre operated by Big Heart Student Care.
- Monthly fee $290 · registered to administer the SCFA subsidy.
- A place at Yangzheng does not guarantee a student-care place. Apply to the centre directly.
School info
Yangzheng Primary School (YZPS) at a glance
- Type
- Government, co-educational
- Area
- Serangoon
- Region
- South
- Mother tongue languages
- Chinese, Malay, Tamil
- Getting there
- Nearest MRT: Serangoon Station
- Principal
- Mrs Lim- Foo Boon Ching
- Contact
- 6284 6298 · [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.
Yangzheng 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 @ Yangzheng. 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 Yangzheng Primary School.
For the January 2026 intake: 2025 P1 Orientation Programme recap (first-day orientation + parent welcome); no date for next intake.. 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 LongLim Pte Ltd. Ask the operator for routes and a fare quote for your address. Up to 2km: $162 a month return, stated as a maximum you negotiate down from. Source: the school's website. See every fare band for this school.
Yangzheng Primary School has a School-Based Student Care Centre operated by Big Heart Student Care. Monthly fee $290. 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.
Dates below are pulled from Yangzheng Primary School's own published calendar and can change. Confirm anything time-sensitive with the school.
- 7 Aug 2026National Day Celebrations
- 9 Aug 2026National Day
- 10 Aug 2026PH after National Day
- 4 Sep 2026Teachers' Day
- 5 Sep 2026Term 3 School Holidays
- 1 Oct 2026Children's Day Celebration
- 2 Oct 2026Children's Day
- 8 Nov 2026Deepavali
Auto-extracted from the school's own published Google Calendar. Confirm with the school before relying on any single date.
All Singapore school holiday dates →
See the school's full calendar →Programmes and open house
Yangzheng Primary School's CCAs, its two MOE programmes, and its open house date.
Yangzheng Primary School lists 13 CCAs with MOE, including Badminton, Cub Scouts, Chinese Dance and Art and Crafts. 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 Future-Makers Eco-Champions (FMEC) @ YZ (Innovation & Enterprise). Its Learning for Life Programme is 4H Leadership @ YZPS (Community Service & Student Leadership).
See the full CCA list and both programmes →
Source: MOE's school CCA data. Confirm current details with the school.
Yangzheng 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.
Yangzheng Primary School has 1 top-four finishes recorded in basketball, the most recent in 2023.
Stage 1 · before you register
Is this school right for us?
Affiliated secondary
None
High-ability
Not a GEP centre
What Yangzheng is known for
Yangzheng traces its roots to 1905 as Yeung Ching School, founded by Cantonese businessmen, and carries over a century of heritage. It moved to Serangoon Avenue 3 in 1988. The school is guided by its PRISE values: passion for learning, responsibility, integrity, self-discipline and empathy.
Its Applied Learning Programme (ALP), "Future-Makers Eco-Champions", is in Innovation & Enterprise, integrating STEM with sustainability projects.
It 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 Yangzheng'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.
Common questions
What is Yangzheng Primary known for? +
Its long heritage (founded 1905 as Yeung Ching School) and its 'Future-Makers Eco-Champions' Applied Learning Programme in innovation, enterprise and sustainability.
Is Yangzheng affiliated to a secondary school? +
No. Yangzheng 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 Yangzheng at P1? +
Competitive. In 2025 it balloted in Phase 2A and Phase 2C, with 98 applicants for 47 places in Phase 2C. Living within 1km and an earlier-phase priority both help. Check the live numbers for your year on MOE's balloting checker.
Does Yangzheng have an affiliated secondary school? +
No. MOE does not list an affiliated secondary school for Yangzheng 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 Serangoon
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 Serangoon schools.
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| School | Phase 1↕ | 2A↕ | 2A(2)↕ | 2B↕ | 2C↕ | 2C(S)↕ | 3↕ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosyth | 119119/21057% | 91105/91SC>2115% | – | 1818/2186% | 46120/46SC<1261% | full0 places | – | 270of 270100% |
| Yangzheng | 5252/10052% | 4885/48SC 1-2177% | – | 77/2035% | 5556/55all SC placed102% | full0 places | – | 160of 160100% |
| St. Gabriel's | 2929/9032% | 2222/6136% | – | 1616/3348% | 8385/83PR>2102% | full0 places | – | 150of 150100% |
| CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel | 3232/9036% | 1616/5828% | – | 1515/3444% | 2828/8931% | pending30/6149% | – | 91of 15061% |
| Zhonghua | 2020/9022% | 33/704% | – | 11/422% | 1818/12614% | pending24/10822% | – | 42of 15028% |
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