Primary schools · Clementi

Clementi 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.

Address8 Clementi Avenue 3Singapore 129903 · co-ed

P1 places240in 2026 (320 in 2025)

Phase 2CNo ballotfrom 2019 to 2026

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 →

Phase	2026	2025	2024
Phase 1A brother or sister is studying at the school	180 places · 62 appliedEveryone admitted	260 placesEveryone admitted	Not 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	118 places · 13 appliedNo ballot	183 places · 13 appliedNo ballot	149 places · 12 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders	55 places · 0 appliedNo ballot	77 places · 0 appliedNo ballot	66 places · 1 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts	165 places · 100 appliedNo ballot	231 places · 86 appliedNo ballot	198 places · 77 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C	67 places · 75 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away	145 places · 136 appliedNo ballot	121 places · 106 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 Clementi Primary. Phase 2C hasn't been balloted since at least 2019. In 2026 there were 165 Phase 2C places for 100 applicants (and 231 for 86 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. Clementi Primary took 240 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Clementi 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.

Year	Places	Applied	Applicants per place	Result
2026	165	100	0.6	No ballot
2025	231	86	0.4	No ballot
2024	198	77	0.4	No ballot
2023	214	51	0.2	No ballot
2022	183	71	0.4	No ballot
2021	159	100	0.6	No ballot
2020	145	122	0.8	No ballot
2019	151	104	0.7	No 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

Clementi 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: 8 Clementi Avenue 3, Singapore 129903 · Map
MRT / LRT: Clementi MRT Station
Phone: 6779 7449
Email: admin_clementi_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website: clementipri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (21)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Floorball · Football · Rope Skipping · Taekwondo

Performing and visual arts

Brass Band · Chinese Dance · Choir · Malay Dance · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies)

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · English Language, Drama and Debating · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · International Chess · National Education · Robotics

Others

Student Leadership (Peer Support) · 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

Inspiring Thinking Tinkerers @Clementi Primary: An Interdisciplinary Approach to develop Critical and Inventive Thinking, Collaborative and Communication skills

Interdisciplinary

Learning for Life Programme

Instilling Lifelong Learning Through Visual Arts

Visual Arts & Design

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 registration	Child born	Starts P1	Vacant possession by
2027	2 Jan 2021 – 1 Jan 2022	January 2028	31 Dec 2029
2028	2 Jan 2022 – 1 Jan 2023	January 2029	31 Dec 2030
2029	2 Jan 2023 – 1 Jan 2024	January 2030	31 Dec 2031
2030	2 Jan 2024 – 1 Jan 2025	January 2031	31 Dec 2032

Homes within 1 km

New launch near Clementi Primary School

Artist's impression Within 1 km of Clementi Primary School

Elta

10 and 12 Clementi Avenue 1, about 900 to 950 m from the school's grounds in a straight line on the map. It launched in February 2025 and units are still available.

Vacant possession: by 31 March 2029 (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 has got a place here in recent years

Elta location & schools →

Also within 1 km of Elta: Pei Tong Primary School, about 840 to 880 m. 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 Clementi Primary?

In 2025, there were 231 places for 86 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, there were 165 places for 100 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of Clementi 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 Clementi Primary have?

240 in the 2026 exercise (320 in 2025). 165 of them were left for Phase 2C, the phase where living near the school counts.

Other primary schools nearby

Pei Tong Primary SchoolClementi
Nan Hua Primary SchoolClementi
Qifa Primary SchoolClementi
Henry Park Primary SchoolBukit Timah
Bukit Timah Primary SchoolBukit Timah
Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary SchoolBukit Timah

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.