All about Transferring to Other Primary Schools

[pecalis]

For transfer of schools, MOE conducts a mass one at the end of the yr called the STEPS exercise. This guarantees you a place nearest to your home within 3 km but parents cannot choose a specific sch.


If you have in mind a particular sch, you may write email to the P and you’ll need to fill in a waitlist form, submit tog with latest sch results and any other achievement or documents like IQ report. Usually the waitlist is valid only for a yr and you may have to reapply.

Some school (even so called good neighbourhood schs) clerks are proud and rude and may not entertain you kindly. So I suggest going the P direct, anyway, the P is usually the one who decides who to accept in the event there is a vacancy.

I just tried asking on behalf of my aunt and the P replied almost immediately that there is no vacancy at all but will put child on waitlist.

[CharleneX]

Hi All


I am in a dilemma whether to transfer my DS to another school.

Currently, he’s with Edgefield Primary School, and am thinking of transfering him to St Andrew or Maris Stella after he completed P1. I don’t know what are my chances of getting him in these two schools. Apparently, Edgefield doesn’t have SA/ exams for P1 and P2, so I wonder how the other schools going to assess him if I wanted a transfer.

Please advise.

Lene

[kylene]

my husband will be posted overseas and we plan to go over as a family. Problem is that we’ll only come back when my son is 8 years old. will it be difficult to find a school of our choice when he enters at pr 2?

[schellen]

kylene:

my husband will be posted overseas and we plan to go over as a family. Problem is that we'll only come back when my son is 8 years old. will it be difficult to find a school of our choice when he enters at pr 2?

Hi! I don't know where you're going so I'm just gonna suggest an existing thread to you but this one is for kids returning from China. Maybe you can scan through and find some general (i.e., regardless of country returning from) procedures to follow? Here's the link: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6005

[kylene]

hi,

thanks for the link. i’ll look through it. we’ll be going to Australia. not so worried about academic part, but more worried about availability .

[ooptimizer]

Your child will definitely be able to enter the MOE schools, but one of your choice will depends on many factors.

[Poonie]

kylene:

my husband will be posted overseas and we plan to go over as a family. Problem is that we'll only come back when my son is 8 years old. will it be difficult to find a school of our choice when he enters at pr 2?

One way is to secure your choiced school at the P1 registration and take leave of absence. You need to pay school fees in order for the school to keep the place for your son. School fee is very nominal so it is worth it. Some schools even send their school work sheets and exam papers to you. They will keep the place for you will till P6 but I think schools encourage parents to send their kids back b4 P5.

[mrswongtuition]

CharleneX:

Hi All


I am in a dilemma whether to transfer my DS to another school.

Currently, he's with Edgefield Primary School, and am thinking of transfering him to St Andrew or Maris Stella after he completed P1. I don't know what are my chances of getting him in these two schools. Apparently, Edgefield doesn't have SA/ exams for P1 and P2, so I wonder how the other schools going to assess him if I wanted a transfer.

Please advise.

Lene

They might require him to take entrance tests. No harm applying though.

Have you tried giving some past year papers to 'test' his standard?

Edgefield is not bad in Punggol area. I have students from there who scored above 250 for PSLE and got into their 1st choice schools.

[kylene]

Hi Poonie,


thanks for the advice regarding leave of absence. sounds like what we need. hmmm, any idea where i can find out more about it? thanks

[Poonie]

kylene


I would recommend you go thru the same thread on 'Returning Singaporean Kids' that schellen mentioned:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1107&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=140

Good Luck!