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Anderson 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.

Address19 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9Singapore 569785 · co-ed
P1 places210in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CBallotedevery year from 2019 to 2026
Who balloted in Phase 2CCitizens 1 to 2 km awayin both 2025 and 2026

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 150 places · 83 appliedEveryone admitted150 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 67 places · 30 appliedNo ballot69 places · 43 appliedNo ballot52 places · 38 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 32 places · 21 appliedNo ballot29 places · 25 appliedNo ballot25 places · 18 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 77 places · 101 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away65 places · 91 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away12 places for 17 children in the ballot60 places · 64 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 Anderson Primary. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 17 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 12. In 2026, 101 children applied for 77 places: every citizen within 1 km got in, and the ballot was again among citizens 1 to 2 km away. 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. Anderson Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Anderson 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
2026771011.3Balloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away
202565911.4Balloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away
202460641.1Balloted
202374921.2Balloted
202264881.4Balloted
202152751.4Balloted
202038651.7Balloted
201969881.3Balloted

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

Anderson 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
19 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9, Singapore 569785 · Map
MRT / LRT
Yio Chu Kang MRT Station (NS 15), Lentor MRT Station (TE5)
Phone
6456 0340
Email
anderson_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website
andersonpri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (21)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Football · Volleyball

Performing and visual arts

Angklung/Kulintang Ensemble · Brass Band · Chinese Dance · Cultural Dance · English Drama · Guitar Ensemble · Guzheng Ensemble · Indian Dance · Malay Dance · Modern Dance · Tap Dance

Uniformed groups

Boys' Brigade · Girls' Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Environmental Science · Lion and Dragon Dance · Robotics

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

Eureka!

STEM - Material Science

Learning for Life Programme

VIVACE! - Values Inculcation Via Arts and Creative Experiences

Music & Performing Arts

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 2 km

New and upcoming launches near Anderson Primary School

Lentoria's blocks and the clubhouse, seen from the air over the Lentor greeneryArtist's impression Within 1 km of Anderson Primary School

Lentoria

32 to 38 Lentor Hills Road, about 730 to 770 m from the school in a straight line on the map, depending on the block; the sales kit lists it within 1 km. It launched in March 2024 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: by 2 July 2027 (developer's information)
  • So its address can already be used for the 2027 registration: children born 2 Jan 2021 to 1 Jan 2022, and younger
  • With a 1 km address, every Phase 2C citizen applicant got a place in 2025 and 2026.
Lentoria location & schools → Lentor Gardens Residences' blocks over the lagoon poolArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from Anderson Primary School

Lentor Gardens Residences

66 to 78 Lentor Gardens. The developer lists Anderson Primary within 1 to 2 km. It launched in July 2026 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 31 December 2030 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2028 registration: children born 2 Jan 2022 to 1 Jan 2023, and younger
  • With a 1 to 2 km address, a Phase 2C citizen applicant had to ballot in 2025 and 2026.
Lentor Gardens Residences location & schools → Map of the Lentor Signature site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of Anderson Primary School (part of the site)

Lentor Signature

Upcoming condo at Lentor Central, Lentor, by GuocoLand, Intrepid Investments (Hong Leong) and TID: 553 homes. The site is about 920 m to 1.1 km from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so only part 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 balloted among citizens 1 to 2 km away in 2025 and 2026.
Lentor Signature: what we know so far →

Also within 1 km of Lentoria: CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary) (girls), with Mayflower Primary School right around 1 km. Also 1 to 2 km from Lentor Gardens Residences: CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary) (girls) and Mayflower Primary School. 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 Anderson Primary?

In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 17 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 12. In 2026, 101 children applied for 77 places: every citizen within 1 km got in, and the ballot was again among citizens 1 to 2 km away.

Does living within 1 km of Anderson 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 Anderson Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 77 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.