St Margaret's Primary

[Rai_0212]

Anyone is intending to apply under 2c next year for p1 registration and i stay out of the 2km radius.

[Rai_0212]

Anyone is intending to apply under 2c next year for p1 registration and i stay out of the 2km radius.

[Davischew]

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Anyone is intending to apply under 2c next year for p1 registration and i stay out of the 2km radius.

2C SC >2km most probably need to ballot

[TheTeds]

Anyone looking for a premium sc in river valley area? i’m trying to gather enough girls to arrange transportation from school to sc

[Rai_0212]

Anyone takes transportation from amk/yishun? What’s the cost and pick up time. Any feedback on the student care centre pls?

[Rai_0212]

Anyone takes transportation from amk/yishun? What’s the cost and pick up time. Any feedback on the student care centre pls?

[CBDL]

Hello there,


We are returning Singaporeans that would like to get our daughter to SMPS P4. A request has already been made to MOE, and they will make some recommendations under the Assured School Placement program. Essentially this is an allocation based on proximity and availability. We are indicated our priorities as 1) SMPS, 2) RVPS, 3) HGS Haig Girl School.

We have a couple of questions: [list]

[floppy]

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Could someone kindly pm the email address of the Principal & Vice Principal (we have the generic email address)?

Any light that you can shed on the above questions, will be much appreciated, we have absolutely no clue on the current school situation as we have been away for over 20 years.

Thank you so much

Assured School Placement is for those with no preference of schools. The list drawn up by MOE will be based on proximity to your intended place of residence. They won’t take into account your priorities or preferences. As such, it’s quite unlikely to include all 3 schools since they are in different areas. If you have indicated your intended residence as near to St Margaret - the original location, not the temporary location - there’s a chance, albeit very slim, that the school might show up as one of the option.

Frankly, the rest of the questions are better answered after MOE has gotten back to you with the list for your consideration. You can then go through the merits of each option / school. TBH I’m highly doubtful SMPS (or RVPS) would be available even if you have indicated your intended place of residence as Mount Sophia. You are more likely to receive Farrer Park as an option than those two schools.

[CBDL]

Thank you for your detailed response and sorry for the delay in reverting.


We have been extremely fortunate and had just received news that our daughter has been admitted under the Assured School Placement (ASP) program into St Margaret’s. Based on your post, this would appear to be a relatively low occurrence, as such we are overjoyed and grateful.

In the event that there are returning Singaporeans in a similar situation, and had not previously secured a Leave of Absence with a specific school, we would suggest writing to MOE and/or the School. We have found that this has been most helpful. We believe that the outcome is solely based on proximity to the school and vacancy at the level of admission. This approach will likely be unsuccessful where there is a long waiting list at the level of entry. For the Schools we had investigated, there was a 25-30% drop in the total number of students admitted over the last 3-4 years. As such, the upper primaries has a larger population than the lower primaries, coupled perhaps with the temporary shift to its present location, this may have resulted in this availability.

We had also subsequently realize that it may not be an easy decision choosing between St. Margaret and Fairfield, if coed /girls school and distance are not prevailing factors. From an affiliation perspective, through to Junior College, we believe that SMPS to be more suitable for our case.

[coast]

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Thank you for your detailed response and sorry for the delay in reverting.

We have been extremely fortunate and had just received news that our daughter has been admitted under the Assured School Placement (ASP) program into St Margaret's. Based on your post, this would appear to be a relatively low occurrence, as such we are overjoyed and grateful.

In the event that there are returning Singaporeans in a similar situation, and had not previously secured a Leave of Absence with a specific school, we would suggest writing to MOE and/or the School. We have found that this has been most helpful. We believe that the outcome is solely based on proximity to the school and vacancy at the level of admission. This approach will likely be unsuccessful where there is a long waiting list at the level of entry. For the Schools we had investigated, there was a 25-30% drop in the total number of students admitted over the last 3-4 years. As such, the upper primaries has a larger population than the lower primaries, coupled perhaps with the temporary shift to its present location, this may have resulted in this availability.

We had also subsequently realize that it may not be an easy decision choosing between St. Margaret and Fairfield, if coed /girls school and distance are not prevailing factors. From an affiliation perspective, through to Junior College, we believe that SMPS to be more suitable for our case.

:congrats:

St. Margaret's Secondary School has a very good PSLE T-Score COP for students from affiliated primary schools. Hope that the AMR (affiliate minimum requirement) under the new AL Score will continue to be attractive.

All the best to your gal.