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CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' 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.

Address501 Ang Mo Kio Street 13Singapore 569405 · girls' school
P1 places210in 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 150 places · 45 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 105 places · 93 appliedNo ballot86 places · 117 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away17 places for 48 children in the ballot76 places · 96 appliedBalloted
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 24 places · 49 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places · 48 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places for 38 children in the ballot20 places · 35 appliedBalloted
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 48 places · 78 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km41 places · 71 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km41 places for 66 children in the ballot40 places · 60 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 CHIJ St. Nicholas. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 66 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 41 places, so about three in five got in. In 2026, 78 children applied for 48 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.

Phase 2A was oversubscribed in 2025 (balloted among citizens beyond 2 km), and Phase 2B is balloted among citizens within 1 km every year. CHIJ St. Nicholas 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. CHIJ St. Nicholas took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies. CHIJ St. Nicholas 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
202648781.6Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202541711.7Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202440601.5Balloted
202340842.1Balloted
202240631.6Balloted
202120613.0Balloted
202021492.3Balloted
201922442.0Balloted

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 St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary) at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Girls 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
501 Ang Mo Kio Street 13, Singapore 569405 · Map
MRT / LRT
Ang Mo Kio Mrt, Yio Chu Kang Mrt, Mayflower MRT
Phone
6454 9698
Email
chijsng_sec@moe.edu.sg
Website
chijstnicholasgirls.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (32)

Sports

Artistic Gymnastics · Badminton · Hockey · Netball · Rhythmic Gymnastics · Table Tennis · Track and Field · Trampoline

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Dance · Chinese Drama · Chinese Orchestra · Choir · Concert Band · English Drama · Guzheng Ensemble · Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra · Singapore National Youth Orchestra · String Ensemble

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides · Girl Guides (Brownies) · National Police Cadet Corps · St John Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Audio Visual Aid · Chinese Culture and Language · Community Service · Debating and Public Speaking · Design and Innovation · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Computing) · Media Resource Library · Publication

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

Maker's Fantasy - Innovations in Math and Science for a Sustainable Earth

STEM - Sustainability

Learning for Life Programme

A Leader in Every St Nicks Girl (Student Leadership)

Community Service & Student Leadership

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 launches near CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary)

Lentoria's blocks and the clubhouse, seen from the air over the Lentor greeneryArtist's impression Within 1 km of CHIJ St. Nicholas

Lentoria

32 to 38 Lentor Hills Road, about 730 to 780 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, a Phase 2C citizen applicant still had to ballot in 2025 and 2026.
Lentoria location & schools → Thomson Reserve towersArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from CHIJ St. Nicholas

Thomson Reserve

1–11 Bright Hill Drive. The developer lists CHIJ St. Nicholas between 1 and 2 km of the site; the six blocks are roughly 1.8 to 1.9 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 → Lentor Gardens Residences' blocks over the lagoon poolArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from CHIJ St. Nicholas

Lentor Gardens Residences

66 to 78 Lentor Gardens. The developer lists CHIJ St. Nicholas 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 applicant would not have got a place in 2025 or 2026.
Lentor Gardens Residences location & schools →

Also within 1 km of Lentoria: Anderson Primary School, with Mayflower Primary School right around 1 km. Within 1 km of Thomson Reserve: Ai Tong School. Also 1 to 2 km away: Ang Mo Kio Primary School, Catholic High School (Primary) and Marymount Convent School. Also 1 to 2 km from Lentor Gardens Residences: Anderson Primary School 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 CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary)?

In 2025, 66 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 41 places, so about 62% got in. In 2026, 78 children applied for 48 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' 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 CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary) have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 48 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.