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Alexandra Primary School: P1 balloting, and buying a home nearby

For parents thinking of moving so their child can apply as a near-school resident. Below: how many places there were, how many children applied and who had to ballot in the last three registration exercises, then what MOE requires before you can register from a home you've just bought.

Address2A Prince Charles CrescentSingapore 159016 · co-ed
P1 places200in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CNo ballotin 2026 (balloted in 2025)
Who got Phase 2C placesCitizens within 1 km onlyin 2026, with no ballot needed

The last three years

Places, applicants and balloting by phase

Each cell shows the places available in that phase and the number of children who applied. "Balloted" means there were more applicants than places. Where MOE published which group had to ballot, it's shown.

Swipe the table sideways for 2025 and 2024 →

Phase202620252024
Phase 1A brother or sister is studying at the school 140 places · 80 appliedEveryone admitted140 placesEveryone admittedNot published
Phase 2AA parent or sibling studied there; parent is on the school's advisory or management committee, or works there; child is in the school's MOE Kindergarten 60 places · 63 appliedBalloted: Permanent Residents within 1 km76 places · 67 appliedNo ballot65 places · 65 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 20 places · 7 appliedNo ballot23 places · 5 appliedNo ballot20 places · 3 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 55 places · 86 appliedNo ballot: places went only to citizens within 1 km67 places · 73 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away10 places for 12 children in the ballot58 places · 82 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C Not held: no places leftNot held: all places filled in Phase 2CNot held: no places left

2025: MOE's published vacancies and balloting data. 2026: MOE's final figures for the exercise (July–August 2026), from SGSchoolKaki's tracker; MOE adds 2026 to its own archive in January 2027. 2024: MOE's figures from SGSchoolKaki's ballot history; the group that balloted wasn't available for 2024. Phase 1 applicant numbers are shown where they were published.

What this means if you're moving for Alexandra Primary. Phase 2C was balloted in 7 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 12 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 10. In 2026, 86 children applied for 55 places. There was no ballot, but the places went only to citizens living within 1 km: all of them got in, and nobody further away did. Every citizen living within 1 km got a Phase 2C place in both years.

How far out the places go depends on how many families apply each year. Demand can change from year to year, especially as new homes are completed nearby, so check the latest figures in your registration year.

From the 2027 exercise (for children starting P1 in 2028), MOE reserves 60 places for Phase 2C, up from 40, at schools with a P1 intake of 180 or more. Alexandra Primary took 200 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Alexandra Primary is not one of the 12 schools under MOE's new Two-Track Scheme, so living closer keeps its priority. More on the 2027 changes.

Phase 2C since 2019

The phase where living near the school counts, year by year. More than one applicant per place means a ballot.

YearPlacesAppliedApplicants per placeResult
202655861.6No ballot: places went only to citizens within 1 km
202567731.1Balloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away
202458821.4Balloted
20231271411.1Balloted
20221131461.3Balloted
2021911121.2Balloted
2020831321.6Balloted
20191031271.2Balloted

2026: MOE's final figures, from SGSchoolKaki's tracker. 2025: MOE's published data. 2019–2024: MOE's figures from SGSchoolKaki's ballot history (which group balloted wasn't published for those years).

About the school

Alexandra Primary School at a glance

The school

Type
Government school
Students
Boys and girls
Mother tongue
Chinese, Malay and Tamil
Levels
Primary 1 to 6
Fees
Singapore Citizens pay no school fees, only $13 a month in miscellaneous fees. Permanent Residents and international students also pay school fees: see MOE's fee checker.

Contact & getting there

Address
2A Prince Charles Crescent, Singapore 159016 · Map
MRT / LRT
Redhill Station, Tiong Bahru Station
Phone
6248 5400
Email
alexandra_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website
alexandrapri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (19)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Rugby · Softball · Swimming · Table Tennis · Track and Field

Performing and visual arts

Choir · English Drama · Guitar Ensemble · Modern Dance · Percussion Ensemble

Uniformed groups

Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Cheerleading · Chinese Culture and Language · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Computing) · International Chess

Signature programmes

Every primary school runs an Applied Learning Programme (hands-on learning, often in science or technology) and a Learning for Life Programme (character and life skills, through sport, the arts or community work).

Applied Learning Programme

Science, Design Technology & Design Thinking at ALPS (SDT2@ALPS)

STEM - Material Science

Learning for Life Programme

Community Service & Student Leadership

School details, CCAs and programmes from MOE's school directory on data.gov.sg (updated by MOE in April 2026). Schools add and change CCAs from time to time, so check the school's website for the latest.

Buying near the school

Registering from a home you've just bought

MOE uses the parents' NRIC address to place a child in a distance category. It also accepts the address of a home you've bought but haven't moved into yet, under these conditions.

A new launch (not yet completed)

  • The home's vacant possession date in your sale and purchase agreement must be within two years of your child starting P1. MOE doesn't accept the probable completion date.
  • You undertake to move in within two years of your child starting P1, and send the school a copy of the sale and purchase agreement during the phase.
  • If the address gets your child priority, you must live there for at least 30 months from the day you move in.

A completed home (resale)

  • You can register while the purchase is going through: for a private home, send the exercised option to purchase and the buyer's stamp duty certificate; for an HDB flat, the resale application status from HDB.
  • You undertake to live there from the start of your child's P1 school term.
  • You must then live there for at least 30 months from the start of P1.

If the 30-month stay isn't met, MOE transfers the child to another school of its choosing. MOE also checks for addresses used only for registration. Rules from MOE as at October 2026; always check moe.gov.sg in your registration year.

Which registration year can use a new launch address?

Worked out from MOE's own example (children registering in 2026 need a vacant possession date no later than 31 December 2028).

P1 registrationChild bornStarts P1Vacant possession by
20272 Jan 2021 – 1 Jan 2022January 202831 Dec 2029
20282 Jan 2022 – 1 Jan 2023January 202931 Dec 2030
20292 Jan 2023 – 1 Jan 2024January 203031 Dec 2031
20302 Jan 2024 – 1 Jan 2025January 203131 Dec 2032

Homes within 1 km

New and upcoming launches near Alexandra Primary School

River Green's 50 m Stardust Pool and clubhouse at duskArtist's impression Within 1 km of Alexandra Primary School

River Green

11 River Valley Green; the developer lists Alexandra Primary within 1 km. On the map it measures about 1.06 km in a straight line, so check the exact distance on OneMap. It launched in August 2025 and units are still available.
  • Expected TOP: by 30 June 2030 (developer's fact sheet); ask me for the vacant possession date in the sale and purchase agreement, which decides the first registration year that can use the address
  • Phase 2C places went only to citizens within 1 km here in 2026; in 2025 Phase 2C was balloted among citizens 1 to 2 km away
  • River Valley Primary School is within 1 km of River Green too, about 330 m away
River Green location & schools → Promenade Peak: the 50 m lap pool and the base of the towerArtist's impression Within 1 km of Alexandra Primary School

Promenade Peak

1 Zion Promenade, by Zion Road, about 850 m from the school's grounds on the map; the developer's kit lists Alexandra as likely within 1 km. It launched in August 2025 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 6 February 2031 (developer's fact sheet)
  • So its address can be used from the 2029 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2031: children born 2 Jan 2023 to 1 Jan 2024, and younger
  • Phase 2C places went only to citizens within 1 km here in 2026
Promenade Peak location & schools → Map of the The River Opus site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of Alexandra Primary School

The River Opus

Upcoming condo at River Valley Road (Valley Point and Fraser Suites), River Valley, by Frasers Property and Mitsubishi Estate: 407 homes. The site is about 240 to 420 m from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so all of it is within 1 km.
  • Not launched yet: PropNex's calendar targets a preview in February 2027. The name, size and dates can still change, and each block's distance is only known once the addresses are out
  • Phase 2C places went only to citizens within 1 km in 2026; Phase 2C balloted among citizens 1 to 2 km away in 2025.
The River Opus: what we know so far →

Also within 1 km of Promenade Peak: River Valley Primary School; and within 2 km, the Two-Track St. Margaret's School (Primary). Also within 1 km of River Green: River Valley Primary School; and within 2 km, the Two-Track St. Margaret's School (Primary) and Anglo-Chinese School (Junior). MOE's official distance category is measured from the school's boundary to the building's outline on OneMap, and can change from year to year. Check it with the unit's postal code on onemap.gov.sg/school in your registration year. The vacant possession date that counts is the one in your sale and purchase agreement.

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Questions people ask me

How hard is it to get into Alexandra Primary?

In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 12 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 10. In 2026, 86 children applied for 55 places. There was no ballot, but the places went only to citizens living within 1 km: all of them got in, and nobody further away did.

Does living within 1 km of Alexandra Primary guarantee a place?

In 2026, every Singapore Citizen living within 1 km who applied in Phase 2C got a place. That can change from year to year with the number of applicants.

How many Primary 1 places does Alexandra Primary have?

200 in the 2026 exercise. 55 of them were left for Phase 2C, the phase where living near the school counts.

Other primary schools nearby

Sources. Ministry of Education: P1 registration (phases, distance priority, balloting, home address and 30-month stay requirement, and the changes from the 2027 exercise) and its 2025 vacancies and balloting data. SGSchoolKaki for 2024, the earlier years and the 2026 figures. School details, CCAs and programmes from MOE's school directory on data.gov.sg. This page is general information, not advice on your child's eligibility: check your phase and distance category with MOE and OneMap.