nervous mum who is first time applying for primary school for my kids…

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SJIJ 100% no chance for PR in 2C. Maybe can consider BTPS in 2C
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@davischew - brutal but honest. thanks…

hello

i am a PR living in Newton Area. Plan of registration was going to be St. Joseph Inst first in 2C and if we can't get in, BTPS. However, i am now wondering if I should just apply BTPS directly in 2C because the number of spaces are reduced compared with previous years i.e. if I keep that as my second option in 2C supplementary I might not get a place.

Reason because, there's a reduction of 30 places this yr it seems? Am I right in interpreting this table below?

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Would appreciate some wise counsel on whether to try for SJI in 2C and fall back on BTPS in supplementary if SJI is full and no space for PRs.

Many thanks!

nervous mum who is first time applying for primary school for my kids...

Hello - Marckr

I’ve dropped them a note and will follow up with a call. What was the reason for them denying you to visit during Open House?

ChiefKiasu:

Yes. With the recent changes in the last 6 years, it appears that PRs have much more muted chances than before to get a local school. Of course if your kid is already in a bisexual school, it would be a breeze to get your 2nd child in the same school, but you must get through the first hurdle.


Staying in the Bukit Timah area is not ideal for PRs looking to get into a local school because even Singaporeans have to fight tooth and nail for the most popular schools there. Have you tried Bukit Timah Primary?

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@chiefkiasu @zac's mum
Thanks for your response - I will schedule a visit of Bukit Timah Primary. I've checked the ballot history and seems at 2C last year they were not 100% filled. But I'm not sure if that even means PRs >2KM gets a look in? Any ideas?

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gracias!

Hello everyone,

I am new to this site and I am not an SC but a PR. We have a son who will need to register for P1 this summer (born in the year 2013). We live in the Newton area and all the schools near us seem maxed out way before 2C and even at 2C, SCs will take priority over PRs so it looks pretty grim on the probability for us to get into ACSJ which is just next door to where we are. Thus, we were then thinking of Bukit Timah Primary as another friend’s kid is there but that family is within 1KM and are PRs. We however, would be >2KM away and hence seems its needs to go for ballot.

I saw the historical stats for Bukit Timah Primary but I’m not really understanding it… does it imply historically, PRs has no chance since it seems all the SC in 2C fills up the space? Other primary schools that were suggested are Balestier and St Gabriel which is around the 10KM mark for us too.

So long and short of it, I’m trying to get some help to identify which primary schools are near us that would give us a good chance of getting in given we are Phase 2C PRs in order of good academic ranking… if there’s such a thing?

Please help this mummy get to grips with the Singapore primary registration and balloting trends so I can have a think what strategy and priority we should go for.

Many thanks in advance, E