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First Toa Payoh 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.

Address7 Lorong 8 Toa PayohSingapore 319252 · co-ed
P1 places150in 2026 (180 in 2025)
Phase 2CNo ballotin any phase, 2019 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 admitted120 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 70 places · 5 appliedNo ballot98 places · 8 appliedNo ballot63 places · 7 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 42 places · 0 appliedNo ballot50 places · 0 appliedNo ballot39 places · 0 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 125 places · 11 appliedNo ballot151 places · 10 appliedNo ballot116 places · 17 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C 114 places · 8 appliedNo ballot141 places · 32 appliedNo ballot99 places · 10 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 First Toa Payoh Primary. No phase has been balloted here since at least 2019. In 2026 there were 125 Phase 2C places for 11 applicants, and 106 places were still open after Phase 2C Supplementary. Every child who registered got a place, wherever they lived.

At recent demand, the 1 km and 2 km priority hasn't made a difference 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. First Toa Payoh Primary took 150 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change doesn't apply unless its intake rises to 180 or more. First Toa Payoh 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
2026125110.1No ballot
2025151100.1No ballot
2024116170.1No ballot
202311990.1No ballot
202212740.0No ballot
2021182190.1No ballot
2020160160.1No ballot
2019101160.2No 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

First Toa Payoh 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
7 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Singapore 319252 · Map
MRT / LRT
Braddell & Toa Payoh Stations
Phone
6256 7822
Email
ftpps@moe.edu.sg
Website
firsttoapayohpri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (13)

Sports

Basketball · Football

Performing and visual arts

Choir · Modular CCA (VPA)

Uniformed groups

Boys' Brigade · Girls' Brigade · Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Environmental Science · Photography · 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

Literacy Through Photojournalism

ICT & Media

Learning for Life Programme

Character Building Through Outdoor Experiential Learning

Sports & Outdoor Education

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 launch near First Toa Payoh Primary School

The Orie: the two 40-storey towers over Toa PayohArtist's impression Within 1 km of First Toa Payoh Primary School

The Orie

10 and 12 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, about 550 to 580 m from the school's grounds in a straight line on the map. It launched in January 2025 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: by 31 May 2030 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2028 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2030: children born 2 Jan 2022 to 1 Jan 2023, and younger
  • No phase here has gone to a ballot since 2019
The Orie location & schools →

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 First Toa Payoh Primary?

In 2025, there were 151 places for 10 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, there were 125 places for 11 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of First Toa Payoh 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 First Toa Payoh Primary have?

150 in the 2026 exercise (180 in 2025). 125 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.