2009 P1 Registration Exercise for 2010 In-Take

[Ashur]

I agree with Teddy. If you need to ballot SCGS, you may want to consider a school with higher chance like RGPS or St Margarets. If you live below 2km within RGPS and St Margarets will definitely get in. After phase 2c the schools left will not be the good schools. Guess you have to weigh the risks of balloting or a 100% chance of getting into another good school. Wish you best of Luck. Let us know the results.

[Ashur]

Have you got a primary caregiver that lives 1km from a good school? Cos if your mom helps you with your child and mom lives 1km away from a good school, you can get a statutory declaration from MOE and apply under that category. Hope that helps.

[Melodies]

I’m monitoring RGPS and SMPS now…

Looks like >2km, still stand quite a good chance…
Going by the rate now, I may have better chance to get in either RGPS or SMPS than SCGPS…

[Canvas]

aaadaddy:

Canvas:

Does anyone know why St Gabriel's is so unpopular?

I want to know too. I noticed that they had received the least applications among the 5 schools in Serangoon yesterday. Surely, there must be some reason(s) why parents are giving it a miss.

I enrolled my son in St Gabriel's after being told Rosyth that I did not even have to try since we live between 1-2km away. I found it strange about the low interest even though the facilities of the school seem good. We like that it is single session and has interesting CCAs.

Yangzheng seems popular too but I am just wondering about the school hours; pri 1 & 2 are afternoon session but starts at 11:50am and ends at 6pm, wednesday morning session. I am quite confused about it. Any schools having similar school hours?

[aaadaddy]

teddy:

If you intend to change school for P1 registration, you can do the following:
(1) Station your spouse at SCGS to get ready to withdraw.
(2) Station yourself at the school you intend to register.
(3) By 3.00pm if the chance is still good for the school you intend to register, call your spouse via mobile to withdraw from SCGS.
(4) Simultaneously, you can fill in the registration form at your other intended school and submit.
(5) Done and let your mind rest as no more worry about balloting (have nice sleep that night!) :celebrate:

Just a word of caution. Some schools may not have a withdrawal form and require at least one parent to be there with NRIC to do withdrawal in person. For submission of application, original NRIC of both parents are required too. Dun wait till too late to simultaneously withdraw and apply at two schools. Better to give yourselves some allowance in case something go wrong...

[aaadaddy]

Canvas:

I enrolled my son in St Gabriel's after being told Rosyth that I did not even have to try since we live between 1-2km away. I found it strange about the low interest even though the facilities of the school seem good. We like that it is single session and has interesting CCAs.


Yangzheng seems popular too but I am just wondering about the school hours; pri 1 & 2 are afternoon session but starts at 11:50am and ends at 6pm, wednesday morning session. I am quite confused about it. Any schools having similar school hours?

Thank you for the great info. At least I hear from someone whose child is in the school.

[jedamum]

Cinnacraze:

since primary education lasts 6 years and we really don't know when is the next time we will be moving house, given the fact that some people really aren't exploiting the 1 km rule to get into popular schools but registered their child in the school purely out of convenience and common sense?

Anyone has any idea?

i'm not sure if I get your question correctly, but :idea: if people register their child in the school purely out of convenience and common sense, it doesn't make sense for them to move out of that area before the kid finish PSLE.
anyway, so long the move is valid, there is nothing to hide and nothing to worry about.

[aaadaddy]

Ashur:

Have you got a primary caregiver that lives 1km from a good school? Cos if your mom helps you with your child and mom lives 1km away from a good school, you can get a statutory declaration from MOE and apply under that category. Hope that helps.

Pls bear in mind these two points when using this 'strategy' :

1) when using 'foster parents' or sibling address, your priority status will be 1-2km when though the address used is <1km

2) the foster parent (with your parents or in-laws) must have been taking care of your child 'all along'. MOE may not allow you to do the SD if you are planning to let them to take care of your child in future or just started recently.

[fisherman]

Hi,


Does anyone here knows the latest statistics for SJI Jnr? (Phase 2C)

Thanks!

[ChiefKiasu]

We have updated the latest Phase 2C data here. Apologies for the delay as I had something on tonight.


Notes:
1. We have included both 1st and 2nd day stats to give an indication of rate of growth across the days… but this may not be entirely indicative since the behavior of registrants can be quite different in the last day.

2. We have noticed a number of withdrawals from parents who got places in earlier Phases, as they withdraw to re-register in the actual schools they want. We expect this trend to continue ESPECIALLY tomorrow afternoon.

3. 62 schools (an increase of 12 from yesterday) have now exceeded their quota. We are expecting another 17 schools to join this list tomorrow.

4. The following schools have actually reduced their APP:
Ai Tong (-15%)
St Anthony’s Primary (-3%)
Henry Park (-24%)
These could be applicants that have been told that they do not have a chance to ballot in Phase 2C for the schools.

5. The top 11 schools with the highest APP are:
St Hilda’s (313%)
Rivervale (278%)
Rulang (262%)
West Grove (254%)
Nan Chiau (247%)
Jurong West (235%)
South View (233%)
Catholic High (222%)
Nan Hua (207%)
Mee Toh (204%)
Radin Mas (203%)

Parents should note that these schools are likely to require balloting within 1km, and there will be more losers than winners since the number of available places are less than half the number of applicants. Parents vying for these schools should seriously consider going for their 2nd choice schools in Phase 2C while vacancies are still available, which may also run out by Phase 2C.