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[Jrage]

Lavis:

Hi, can anyone suggest any good location where there is a few good alternative school around ? Any SHHK affiliated school got good school nearby as alternative in case cannot get? Planning to shift house with primary school selection in mind thank you!

you probably get a better luck in the eastern region.
If you make your selection right, you will have a few schools to \"work\" with. Clementi area is probably the worst choice with all the \"not so bad\" school already very crowded.

[Lavis]

Jrage:

Lavis:

Hi, can anyone suggest any good location where there is a few good alternative school around ? Any SHHK affiliated school got good school nearby as alternative in case cannot get? Planning to shift house with primary school selection in mind thank you!

you probably get a better luck in the eastern region.
If you make your selection right, you will have a few schools to \"work\" with. Clementi area is probably the worst choice with all the \"not so bad\" school already very crowded.

Ya, was looking at Marine Parad area... Tks! Will do more research first...

[Lavis]

Jrage, have u ever done such research before? Do you have any east area to recommend? Can you share a little bit more? Tks!

[Simpel]

Hi,

I figured out that we don’t have any primary school within 2 km from our house. We would like to send our child to the closest school, but that’s a rather popular one for which I won’t get a seat under 2C or even 2B with distance of more than 2km.
Would anybody know whether there is an MOE policy related to sending your child to the nearest primary school, even though is more than 2 km?
Thanks a lot!

[qms]

Simpel:

Hi,

I figured out that we don't have any primary school within 2 km from our house. We would like to send our child to the closest school, but that's a rather popular one for which I won't get a seat under 2C or even 2B with distance of more than 2km.
Would anybody know whether there is an MOE policy related to sending your child to the nearest primary school, even though is more than 2 km?
Thanks a lot!

What type of policy do you have in mind? :scratchhead:

What about your old school?

[Simpel]

Hi qms,


Thanks for coming back to me!

I didn’t visit a school in Singapore, as I am foreigner. My wife is Singaporean (so are our children), but unfortunately her former primary school is far far away from our home.

What I meant is a policy that would give children priority for the closest school to their home, regardless of the distance. That’s exactly the case for us. Have checked on "One Map", but there is really no Primary School within 2km radius to our home(seems a very unique situation). Closest school (around 2.2.km) is Fairfield Methodist, but this one is popular and even under 2B (if accepted as a volunteer) we may not get a seat because of the more than 2km distance.

Hence I thought if distance generally plays a role for seat allocation in primary school, then there should also be a policy related to our case, but I couldn’t find anything on it. Do you have an idea?

Thanks a lot!

[qms]

Simpel:

What I meant is a policy that would give children priority for the closest school to their home, regardless of the distance. That's exactly the case for us. Have checked on \"One Map\", but there is really no Primary School within 2km radius to our home(seems a very unique situation). Closest school (around 2.2.km) is Fairfield Methodist, but this one is popular and even under 2B (if accepted as a volunteer) we may not get a seat because of the more than 2km distance.


Hence I thought if distance generally plays a role for seat allocation in primary school, then there should also be a policy related to our case, but I couldn't find anything on it. Do you have an idea?

You may want to consider moving nearer to the school of your choice?

[parker]

hi i would like to check, am staying within 1-2km of PLMPS. but my aunty the caregiver to my girl is staying within 1km of PLMPS. can i register my girl in PLMPS using my aunty address which is within 1km of PLMPS? bcos it stands a higher chance to get into PLMPS if it’s 1km? what am i supposed to do?

[qms]

parker:

hi i would like to check, am staying within 1-2km of PLMPS. but my aunty the caregiver to my girl is staying within 1km of PLMPS. can i register my girl in PLMPS using my aunty address which is within 1km of PLMPS? bcos it stands a higher chance to get into PLMPS if it's 1km? what am i supposed to do?

If you are going by the caregiver route, your girl will still be in the 1-2 km category even if the caregiver lives right next to the school. You can only be considered under 1 km if you are genuinely staying with your aunt and that both you and your spouse's NRICs reflect your aunt's address.

[parker]

tks class monitor !