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CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel: 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.

Address2C Burghley DriveSingapore 558979 · girls' school
P1 places150in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CNo ballotfrom 2021 to 2026
Near-school applicantsEveryone got a placein every phase in 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 90 placesEveryone admitted90 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 58 places · 16 appliedNo ballot53 places · 12 appliedNo ballot61 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 · 15 appliedNo ballot34 places · 9 appliedNo ballot36 places · 11 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 89 places · 28 appliedNo ballot93 places · 44 appliedNo ballot99 places · 35 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C 61 places · 30 appliedNo ballot49 places · 44 appliedNo ballot64 places · 65 appliedNo ballot

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 CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel. Phase 2C was balloted in 1 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2026 there were 89 Phase 2C places for 28 applicants (and 93 for 44 in 2025), so everyone who applied got a place. Where they lived didn't matter in either year.

At recent demand, the 1 km and 2 km priority hasn't decided Phase 2C here. 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. CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel took 150 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change doesn't apply unless its intake rises to 180 or more. CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel 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
202689280.3No ballot
202593440.5No ballot
202499350.4No ballot
2023101400.4No ballot
202280610.8No ballot
202165540.8No ballot
202087971.1Balloted
201983760.9No ballot

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

CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Girls only
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
2C Burghley Drive, Singapore 558979 · Map
MRT / LRT
Ang Mo Kio MRT, Bishan MRT, Serangoon MRT station
Phone
6288 6930
Email
chijolgcs@moe.edu.sg
Website
chijourladyofgoodcounsel.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (11)

Sports

Badminton · Bowling · Netball · Rhythmic Gymnastics

Performing and visual arts

Choir · English Drama · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies)

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · 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

Drama and Literary Arts for LifE! (D‘LitE)

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

The PROACTIVE Leader in Me Development 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 CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel

Chuan Park's pool between its towersArtist's impression Within 1 km of CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel

Chuan Park

242 to 250 Lorong Chuan, about 550 m from the school on the map; the developer's OneMap check lists it within 1 km of all five blocks. It launched in November 2024 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected in September 2028 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2027 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2029: children born 2 Jan 2021 to 1 Jan 2022, and younger
  • Every Phase 2C applicant got a place here from 2021 to 2026. A girls' school
Chuan Park location & schools → Map of the One Chuan Grove site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel

One Chuan Grove

Upcoming condo at Chuan Grove, Lorong Chuan, Serangoon, by Sing Holdings and Sunway MCL: about 1,056 homes. The site is about 770 to 930 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
  • Every Phase 2C applicant got a place from 2021 to 2026.
One Chuan Grove: what we know so far →

Also within 1 km of Chuan Park, by the developer's OneMap check: St. Gabriel's Primary School, Yangzheng Primary School, Zhonghua Primary School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian 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 CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel?

In 2025, there were 93 places for 44 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, there were 89 places for 28 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel 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 CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel have?

150 in the 2026 exercise. 89 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.