kams:

You can also check the home-school distance at this site http://www.elite.com.sg/

Yes, however its a Google map, and different computations are used there.

Key thing is, when there are discrepancies, OneMap.sg will be the one that is final as it is a Government service, hence the authoritative version of home-school distances... (play safe! good to be kiasu here!)

… I forgot to add that (i) starting from a school is useful when you already have particular schools in mind, whereas (ii) starting from a home is useful when you’re considering purchasing a particular new place!

You can do either...


On onemap.sg:

If you start from a home address, click on \" Find schools near a building\", and click on the building of your choice on the map. You will see school building symbols appear on the map.

If you start from a school, click on \"Find buildings near a school\", type in the school name in the text box and click Find. You will see RED & BLUE shapes appear on the map...

http://www.whereto.sg has a slightly different approach... It draws 1km and 2km radius circles on the map for you.

notsokiasudaddy:

Hey am new here. Just saw what you guys talked about. I went to try out \"schoolquery\" on the http://www.onemap.sg, and you know what, if you click a building and see what're the schools around your address, and click the print icon, it gives you a listing; the listing kind of looks like the one in http://www.inlis.gov.sg last time that we have to buy. So it is free now with onemap. Not bad lah! The listing looks official, so I think onemap can be trusted lah, after all this one comes from the government wor... not like other websites which are commercialised...


Ya, verykiasu, I saw the caveat also. I think this one applies only if you use the map measuring tool to DIY. They are trying to tell us that don't DIY and come claim that your house is within 1km or 2km ok? better use the Schoolquery. maybe someone email onemap and ask them?

About this http://www.OneMap.sg map...

\"notsokiasudaddy\" is correct, the caveat applies only if you use the digital measurement tool.

If you key in any school name and use the \"Find Buildings near a school\" you will notice that homes within 1 km are in RED, and homes between 1km to 2km are in BLUE.

If you select \"Find Schools near a building\", click an any selected home on the map, schools within 1 km will be coloured RED, and schools between 1km to 2km will be in BLUE.

Basically, SLA's OneMap is official. Depending on the individual primary school, they themselves may not know with full accuracy.

Generally, if your school or home of interest is well within the borders, you're safe. But if you're near the borders, better to use inlis.gov.sg and pay for a downloaded report on that school/home.

Do note that not all blocks within a condominium will necessarily fall within the catchment of a particular school. One must check.

I've interacted with SLA before although not directly for schools registration yet... but my time will come soon!

Knowing every parent's needs, we created http://www.whereto.sg last year, also using SLA source data. In addition to primary schools, we put child care and kindergartens up for map-based searching too...

Hi,

with a few friends we set up a map search utility to display primary schools within 1km and 2km.

Now we have included PAP and NTUC kindergartens.

Go to http://www.whereto.sg, type in your start address, click on \"Schools\" and make a selection.

Do you find this useful? What else would be good?

Thanks! Its a showcase of our mapping software products that our company sells. But the map is free for public use.


And while we were at it, why not do something useful?

It helped my own decisions on location and schools too

(...the things we do for our kids eh?)

There will be more \"widgets\" up soon. Next up on the schedule is child care centres and kindergartens.

Thanks!


By the way, I forgot to mention that you can use the \"Measure\" function to literally digitally measure distances on http://www.whereto.sg.

No need to use a ruler against the computer screen.

As far as the distance criteria goes, SLA distance is final and the school is supposed to take reference from that. Which is why we took pains to use SLA maps on http://www.whereto.sg .


Notwithstanding, the school may reject any registration based on a variety of OTHER reasons.

INLIS will give you the official addresses for a particular school.

However, if you're deciding on some properties for purchase in different places, or considering more than 1 school, then use the website to prioritize and shortlist what to buy.

The list of schools nearby a location purchased from SLA is the authoritative list which the school registration process takes reference from.


SLA maintains the Land Registry of the entire Country.

Meanwhile, try out using http://www.whereto.sg Type in your address and click on the \"Schools\" button.

I have pre-primary kids too. Having similar needs, we developed this free online map. The source of the map data is from SLA themselves, not google.

If your school of choice is well within range, then you're safe. If its at the borders, its good to purchase the list from SLA ($8.40) for peace of mind.

Good luck!