Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[Sonshine123]

Hello! My son(2019 born) will be registering for P1 next year. We are PRs and I am trying to figure out which school to apply to. We live in a rented unit and it’s within 1KM of popular schools only. So I believe PR kids don’t stand a chance there. Our lease will be ending this year , so will.be moving to another unit next year, near school for Phase 2c. How can I get the information about which school can PR get into in Phase 2C and is still considered good school. Can help me understand pls?

[Touch_me_not]

There are quite a number of schools available for PR kids at Phase 2C island wide, unless you state the area/location in which you'll be moving to, practically quite hard to list out all the schools.

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Hello! My son(2019 born) will be registering for P1 next year. We are PRs and I am trying to figure out which school to apply to. We live in a rented unit and it's within 1KM of popular schools only. So I believe PR kids don't stand a chance there. Our lease will be ending this year , so will.be moving to another unit next year, near school for Phase 2c. How can I get the information about which school can PR get into in Phase 2C and is still considered good school. Can help me understand pls?

[Sonshine123]

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East Side or Hougang/Senkang/Punggol side

[Touch_me_not]

East side, 2 good schools came up to mind, St Stephen School (boys) and Opera Estate Primary.

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East Side or Hougang/Senkang/Punggol side

[ChiefKiasu]

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East side, 2 good schools came up to mind, St Stephen School (boys) and Opera Estate Primary.

Opera Estate is particularly catered to PRs and foreigners.

[Touch_me_not]

Just remembered St Anthony Cannossian Primary, should be quite good too right?

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Opera Estate is particularly catered to PRs and foreigners.

[ChiefKiasu]

Touch_me_not\" post_id=\"2129840\" time=\"1709093361\" user_id=\"187786:

Just remembered St Anthony Cannossian Primary, should be quite good too right?

The take-up rate in Phase 2C(S) for St Anthony Cannossian has fallen from 71% in 2021 to 54% in 2023. There is no \"bad\" school in Singapore, so if we are looking for some school for PRs, it is a good option.

[Starxyz]

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Hi Starxyz, thank you for your advice. Perhaps my dilemma is whether to risk my 2C chance for SAP. Is SAP really good?

Well, I guess it’s really subjective. Some prefer ‘Chinese school/environment’ hence they choose a SAP school.

Also, all, if not almost all of the SAPs schools have a long history. Perhaps that’s another reason why they are more ‘popular’ to begin with.

[swiber]

If I am successful at 2b, can I go register and ballot (if any) for 2c at another school? This is because I am afraid that I will fail at 2c and still have 2b to fall on. Pls advise

[swiber]

Need advice. I m eligible for 2b at St Anthony Primary School, which is 5 mins drive and 2c for West Spring Primary which is literally below my block. There is a new playground below my block and every evening all the kids who are playing there are from WSP. If I put my kid to SAP, he might not have much friends downstairs but he will get a boost to SJI (affiliated). If I put my kid at WSP, he will have lots of friends downstairs but I can’t help him to get into a good school like I could with SAP. Of course everything also need to comes to good PSLE results. Pls advise thk u