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Canberra 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.

Address21 Admiralty DriveSingapore 757714 · co-ed
P1 places210in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CNo ballotin 2026 (balloted in 2025)
Near-school applicantsEveryone got a placein Phase 2C in 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 · 88 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 62 places · 21 appliedNo ballot61 places · 16 appliedNo ballot82 places · 12 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 34 places · 14 appliedNo ballot35 places · 18 appliedNo ballot43 places · 19 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 87 places · 86 appliedNo ballot87 places · 105 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km87 places for 92 children in the ballot112 places · 130 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C 1 places · 7 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 kmNot 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 Canberra Primary. Phase 2C was balloted in 7 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2025, 92 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 87 places, so about 95% got in. In 2026, there were 87 places for 86 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Phase 2C was tighter in 2025 than in 2026, so demand here moves from year to year. Check the latest figures in your registration year, especially as new homes are completed nearby.

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. Canberra Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Canberra 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
202687861.0No ballot
2025871051.2Balloted: citizens within 1 km
20241121301.2Balloted
20231221311.1Balloted
20221121461.3Balloted
20211291591.2Balloted
2020571162.0Balloted
201954891.6Balloted

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

Canberra 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
21 Admiralty Drive, Singapore 757714 · Map
MRT / LRT
Sembawang MRT Station
Phone
6759 7433
Email
canberra_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website
canberrapri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (20)

Sports

Artistic Gymnastics · Badminton · Basketball · Floorball · Football · Swimming · Taekwondo · Track and Field · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Choir · Concert Band · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies) · Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · English Language, Drama and Debating · Media Resource Library · Physical Science · 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

Foundation Stage: Start Young, Start It Right – Curating My Learning (P1 to P4); Orientation Stage: Orientation to My Future Learning – Ready for Tomorrow (P5 and P6)

ICT & Media

Learning for Life Programme

Immersing in Canberra Experience through Musical Theatre Education

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

Moving for Canberra Primary?

Buying a home near Canberra Primary School

Tell me your budget and your child's year of birth. I'll check which condos and HDB blocks fall within 1 km and 2 km of the school on OneMap, how recent balloting has gone, and the latest date you'd need to move in.

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. For a new launch, 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 Canberra Primary?

In 2025, 92 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 87 places, so about 95% got in. In 2026, there were 87 places for 86 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

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

In 2026, every child who applied in Phase 2C got a place, wherever they lived. That can change from year to year with the number of applicants.

How many Primary 1 places does Canberra Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 87 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.