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Catholic High School (Primary): 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.

Address9 Bishan Street 22Singapore 579767 · boys' school
P1 places240in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CBallotedevery year from 2019 to 2026
Who balloted in Phase 2CCitizens within 1 kmin 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 180 places · 58 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 122 places · 129 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away94 places · 141 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away37 places for 45 children in the ballot110 places · 131 appliedBalloted
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 20 places · 35 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places · 35 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places for 28 children in the ballot20 places · 38 appliedBalloted
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 41 places · 64 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km40 places · 72 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km40 places for 68 children in the ballot46 places · 54 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C Not held: no places leftNot held: all places filled in Phase 2CNot published

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 Catholic High. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 68 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 40 places, so about three in five got in. In 2026, 64 children applied for 41 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km. Children living more than 1 km away did not get a Phase 2C place in either year.

Every phase from 2A onwards is oversubscribed here. Phase 2A was balloted in both years (among citizens 1 to 2 km away in 2025, and beyond 2 km in 2026) and Phase 2B among citizens within 1 km, so Phase 2C gets only about its 40 reserved places. Catholic High runs from Primary 1 to Secondary 4.

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. Catholic High took 240 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies. Catholic High 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
202641641.6Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202540721.8Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202446541.2Balloted
202340521.3Balloted
202240681.7Balloted
202121482.3Balloted
202021472.2Balloted
201921462.2Balloted

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

Catholic High School (Primary) at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Boys only
Mother tongue
Chinese only: it's a Special Assistance Plan (SAP) school
Levels
Primary 1 to Secondary 4, in one school
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
9 Bishan Street 22, Singapore 579767 · Map
MRT / LRT
Bishan MRT
Phone
6458 9869
Email
chs@moe.edu.sg
Website
catholichigh.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (36)

Sports

Artistic Gymnastics · Basketball · Bowling · Canoeing · Dragon Boat · Fencing · Floorball · Golf · Judo · Modular CCA (Sports) · Softball · Swimming · Table Tennis · Taekwondo · Tennis · Track and Field · Trampoline · Volleyball · Water Polo · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Drama · Chinese Orchestra · Choir · Concert Band · English Drama · Modern Dance · Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra · Singapore National Youth Orchestra

Uniformed groups

National Cadet Corps (Air) · National Cadet Corps (Land) · National Police Cadet Corps · Scouts · St John Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Infocomm Technology (Computing) · Singapore Youth Flying Club

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

Coding in Environmental Solutions (CODES)

STEM - Sustainability

Learning for Life Programme

Values Infused Through Active Learning in Sports (VITALS)

Sports & Outdoor Education

School details, CCAs and programmes from MOE's school directory on data.gov.sg (updated by MOE in April 2026). MOE lists the CCAs for the whole school, primary and secondary together, so check with the school which are open to primary pupils. 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 launch near Catholic High School (Primary)

Thomson Reserve towersArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from Catholic High

Thomson Reserve

1–11 Bright Hill Drive. The developer lists Catholic High between 1 and 2 km of the site; the six blocks are roughly 1.5 to 1.8 km away in a straight line on the map.
  • Vacant possession: expected 28 February 2031 (developer's briefing; expected TOP is in the second half of 2030)
  • So its address can be used from the 2029 registration: children born 2 Jan 2023 to 1 Jan 2024, and younger
  • With a 1 to 2 km address, a Phase 2C applicant would not have got a place in 2025 or 2026.
Thomson Reserve location & schools →

Within 1 km of Thomson Reserve: Ai Tong School. Also 1 to 2 km away: Ang Mo Kio Primary School, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary) and Marymount Convent 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 Catholic High School (Primary)?

In 2025, 68 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 40 places, so about 59% got in. In 2026, 64 children applied for 41 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Catholic High School (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 Catholic High School (Primary) have?

240 in the 2026 exercise. 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.