Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[Sylvia_lawrance]

@zac-s-mum thank you so much!

[polaipoqu]

i everyone,

I’d love to hear your opinions about a few SAP schools (given all the famous GEP schools are super difficult to get in). We’re planning to move and volunteer to qualify for the Phase 2B round and have shortlisted a few schools:

Red Swastika
Pei Chun
MBS
Hong Wen
Poi Ching

Could you share your thoughts on the differences between these schools in terms of culture, academic focus, or stress levels?

I’d really appreciate your advice as we navigate this decision. Thank you so much in advance!

[thebottomsupblog]

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[tjunjie2025]

@thebottomsupblog
Yeah i think these articles here https://www.stbbsg.com/subject-guides can also shed some light for parents for primary school.
Hope it helps!

[thebottomsupblog]

@tjunjie2025 Feel free to share some tips directly in here as well, and we’ll see if we can get a conversation going on this!

[tjunjie2025]

@thebottomsupblog yeah surely. will be glad to do that too!

[thebottomsupblog]

Everyone, do pop in to read the P1 registration articles here!

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/p1-registration

[luoluowuya]

anyone know how is Clementi Primary school now is? probably as compared with Qifa Primary

[Not_Kiasu]

@luoluowuya You can consider Nan Hua first and the others with lots of vacancies in 2CS. My 2 cents. Everyone wants to try the lottery pool in 2C first.

[chenlaoshi]

Primary 1 registration: Can we stop parents from gaming the system? | Deep Dive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH_5gWRhkhY

A mother was recently sentenced to jail for faking her home address to get her child into a primary school, raising the question - just how far will parents go to secure a spot in their school of choice and how can we tighten the process?

Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang unpack the pressures some parents face with Primary 1 registration with Junda Ong, founder of SG Schooling and Assistant Professor Jacqueline Ho from Singapore Management University.

02:51 How parents try to game the system
04:52 Not following the spirit of the law
06:23 Is the system flawed or are we too “kiasu”?
09:27 Too many avenues, too much leeway?
12:10 Is jail a strong enough deterrence?
14:26 What happens when the “elite” schools are oversubscribed?
16:34 Should schools do more in promoting themselves?
17:43 Feedback by other parents matter when choosing a school