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Bukit Panjang 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.

Address109 Cashew RoadSingapore 679676 · co-ed
P1 places210in 2026 (240 in 2025)
Phase 2CBallotedevery year from 2019 to 2026
Who balloted in Phase 2CCitizens within 1 kmin 2026 (1 to 2 km in 2025)

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 · 96 appliedEveryone admitted180 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 54 places · 54 appliedNo ballot81 places · 62 appliedNo ballot69 places · 69 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 20 places · 19 appliedNo ballot26 places · 20 appliedNo ballot20 places · 19 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 41 places · 77 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km61 places · 78 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away3 places for 16 children in the ballot43 places · 102 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C Not held: no places leftNot held: no places leftNo 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 Bukit Panjang Primary. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019; in 2024, 102 children applied for 43 places. In 2025, every Singapore Citizen child living within 1 km got a place, and the ballot was among citizens living 1 to 2 km away (3 places for 16 children). In 2026 it was tighter: 77 children applied for 41 places, and the ballot reached citizens living within 1 km.

Phase 2A is almost full too (54 children for 54 places in 2026), so few places flow down into Phase 2C, and the school took fewer children in 2026 (210, down from 240). Living within 1 km puts your child in the front group, but in a year like 2026 a place isn't guaranteed.

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. Bukit Panjang Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more, which would add places in Phase 2C. It 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
202641771.9Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202561781.3Balloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away
2024431022.4Balloted
202342892.1Balloted
202265801.2Balloted
202147711.5Balloted
202067851.3Balloted
201970871.2Balloted

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

Bukit Panjang 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
109 Cashew Road, Singapore 679676 · Map
MRT / LRT
From Pending LRT station to Choa Chu Kang MRT station
Phone
6769 1912
Email
bpps@moe.edu.sg
Website
bukitpanjangpri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (19)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Floorball · Football · Table Tennis · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Brass Band · Chinese Dance · Chinese Drums · Choir · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Red Cross Youth · Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Chinese Calligraphy and Brush Painting · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Computing) · Robotics

Others

Student Leadership (Prefect)

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

CAR2E : Critical & Appreciative Reading to Respond Empathetically

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

i2 Can Dance!

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 1 km

New and upcoming launches near Bukit Panjang Primary School

Narra Residences' 16-storey blocks at duskArtist's impression Within 1 km of Bukit Panjang Primary School

Narra Residences

50 to 62 Dairy Farm Walk, by the Dairy Farm Nature Park. All seven blocks are roughly 640 to 790 m from the school in a straight line on the map, and the developer names Bukit Panjang Primary among the schools close by. It launched in January 2026 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected 20 January 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
  • For an older child, register from your current home, or look at completed homes near the school
Narra Residences location & schools → Map of the Impressions at Dairy Farm site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of Bukit Panjang Primary School

Impressions at Dairy Farm

Upcoming condo at Dairy Farm Walk, Dairy Farm, Bukit Panjang, by ABR Holdings, LWH Holdings, Macly Capital and RP Ventures: about 480 homes. The site is about 640 to 810 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 May 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 every year; in 2026 among citizens within 1 km.
Impressions at Dairy Farm: what we know so far →

Also within 1 km of Narra Residences: CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace (girls). 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 Bukit Panjang Primary?

In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 16 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 3. In 2026, 77 children applied for 41 places and the ballot was among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Bukit Panjang Primary guarantee a place?

No. In 2026 even Singapore Citizens living within 1 km had to ballot for Phase 2C places, so a home within 1 km gets your child into the ballot but doesn't guarantee a place.

How many Primary 1 places does Bukit Panjang Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise (240 in 2025). 41 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. Distances measured by Melissa on the map. 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.