2019 P1 Registration Exercise for 2020 In-take

[phtthp]

it is Not your (parent) citizenship that matter, but the citizenship of your child, that determine which Phase child can enter

[galaxyraider]

jnarayanan:

I am a Singapore Citizen living in Switzerland. I am a naturalized citizen and hence find the process of P1 registration quite new and complex. We are planning to relocate to Singapore in 2018 and will go through the P1 registration in 2019. As I can choose where to live, I am wondering how we should make this choice. We had planned to live in the Bukit Timah Area as there are a number of good schools. It seems like it would be best to live within a km of a school of choice. Am I correct in assuming that? Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated.

I assume that your child is also a Singapore Citizen.

Living within 1km from the school of choice increases your chance to get in. Please note that for popular schools, living within 1km doesn't guarantee a place.

I also assume that you are not affiliated with any clans or churches, so you won't be eligible for Phase 2B. But if you are a Catholic, you are eligible to register in any Catholic primary school in Phase 2B.

Could you share more about your child (citizenship, gender, choice of school type: same-gender or mixed, etc) so that we can better advise you?

[LiviaLiv]

Hi all checking in! My LO is born in 2013 too. Staying at east side. Just went to apply PV today at Red Swastika but I didn’t know that there’s still selection process:( I’m worried my chance is low because am a divorcee and with low qualification. It seems like it’s important on that factor as it’s on the application form. Also I wanna try for Daimai Primary sch PV too but they don’t have that scheme.

[lleng1980]

Hi all, checking in. My DD born in 2013, we are staying in sengkang east, within 1km from mee toh, rivervale and compassvale. May i know what are the chances to get PV from these schools? Do these schools ballot for PV or via interview? My first choice would be meet toh, followed by rivervale and Compassvale.


:thankyou:

[phtthp]

sharp increase in school fees, for PR and foreigner students


https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/singapore/going-to-school-in-singapore-a-costly-affair-for-foreigners/ar-AAtHKwf?li=AAaYtuN&ocid=spartandhp

[roytan]

Hi everyone,


I am a newbie to this forum but have heard of this website for years. My daughter (SC) is born 2013 and will be enrolling for P1 in 2020.

This topic is exactly what I have been waiting for. I lived in Yio Chu Kang and is planning to register my Daughter in Anderson Primary school (within 1-2km) which I understand is considered an above average school. I am hoping to hear from anyone who have experience with this school.

There are 2 other Primary school is that also within 2km of my home, Mayflower and Jing Shan Primary school. How are these schools compared with Anderson Primary? Appreciate your advice.

To get a better chance to enter Anderson Primary, I will be registering for PV with the school next year. Just a few questions:
1. Does both parents have to register as PV or one would do?
2. If both parents can register as PV, does it mean that we can combine and accumulate our PV hours?
3. Anyone here have any experience with the difficulty of PV interview or selection in Anderson Primary?

Thanks a lot!

[jnarayanan]

galaxyraider:

jnarayanan:

I am a Singapore Citizen living in Switzerland. I am a naturalized citizen and hence find the process of P1 registration quite new and complex. We are planning to relocate to Singapore in 2018 and will go through the P1 registration in 2019. As I can choose where to live, I am wondering how we should make this choice. We had planned to live in the Bukit Timah Area as there are a number of good schools. It seems like it would be best to live within a km of a school of choice. Am I correct in assuming that? Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated.

I assume that your child is also a Singapore Citizen.

Living within 1km from the school of choice increases your chance to get in. Please note that for popular schools, living within 1km doesn't guarantee a place.

I also assume that you are not affiliated with any clans or churches, so you won't be eligible for Phase 2B. But if you are a Catholic, you are eligible to register in any Catholic primary school in Phase 2B.

Could you share more about your child (citizenship, gender, choice of school type: same-gender or mixed, etc) so that we can better advise you?

Thank you for your kind response. My daughter is Singaporean. From my research thus far, we have narrowed down to the following: Henry Park, SCGS & RGPS. Have applied for volunteering at all these schools. Depending on which schools accept us and where we find a suitable place to buy/rent, we will make our choice. Being away from Singapore is making this decision so much more open as we now have a choice of where to live as well.

[galaxyraider]

jnarayanan:

galaxyraider:

[quote=\"jnarayanan\"]I am a Singapore Citizen living in Switzerland. I am a naturalized citizen and hence find the process of P1 registration quite new and complex. We are planning to relocate to Singapore in 2018 and will go through the P1 registration in 2019. As I can choose where to live, I am wondering how we should make this choice. We had planned to live in the Bukit Timah Area as there are a number of good schools. It seems like it would be best to live within a km of a school of choice. Am I correct in assuming that? Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated.

I assume that your child is also a Singapore Citizen.

Living within 1km from the school of choice increases your chance to get in. Please note that for popular schools, living within 1km doesn't guarantee a place.

I also assume that you are not affiliated with any clans or churches, so you won't be eligible for Phase 2B. But if you are a Catholic, you are eligible to register in any Catholic primary school in Phase 2B.

Could you share more about your child (citizenship, gender, choice of school type: same-gender or mixed, etc) so that we can better advise you?

Thank you for your kind response. My daughter is Singaporean. From my research thus far, we have narrowed down to the following: Henry Park, SCGS & RGPS. Have applied for volunteering at all these schools. Depending on which schools accept us and where we find a suitable place to buy/rent, we will make our choice. Being away from Singapore is making this decision so much more open as we now have a choice of where to live as well.[/quote]All of them are popular schools! All the best for your PV application. Afterwards you just need to get a place within 1km from the choice school.

Please prepare a backup school in case there are more applicants which force you into balloting as you might not secure the place even if you're going for Phase 2B. The best will be to get a place within 1km from both schools of choice (2B & 2C). I'm not sure about girls school, but there is such place if you're going for boys school.

[floppy]

galaxyraider:

All of them are popular schools! All the best for your PV application. Afterwards you just need to get a place within 1km from the choice school.

Please prepare a backup school in case there are more applicants which force you into balloting as you might not secure the place even if you're going for Phase 2B. The best will be to get a place within 1km from both schools of choice (2B & 2C). I'm not sure about girls school, but there is such place if you're going for boys school.

Will probably have to apply to volunteer at more schools given that these schools have very limited places for PV and are also very selective in their PV.

[rachel_liu8]

I stay near buangkok, and we're 1-2km to both Holy Innocents and Mee Toh, need to go through PV though due to the distance.

Anybody got any advice which school is better academically? I do understand that there're other aspects we have to consider too, just don't want to get a reply commenting academically good doesn't mean the school is good.