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Kheng Cheng 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.

Address15 Lorong 3 Toa PayohSingapore 319580 · co-ed
P1 places240in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CBalloted in 2025but not in 2024 or 2026
Citizens in Phase 2CEveryone got a placein 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 · 97 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 83 places · 18 appliedNo ballot113 places · 12 appliedNo ballot119 places · 17 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 ballot54 places · 1 appliedNo ballot54 places · 2 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 125 places · 115 appliedNo ballot162 places · 173 appliedBalloted: Permanent Residents 1 to 2 km away10 places for 17 children in the ballot162 places · 128 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C 10 places · 31 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 kmNot held: all places filled in Phase 2C34 places · 38 appliedOversubscribed

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 Kheng Cheng. Phase 2C was balloted in 2020, 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 173 children applied for 162 places, but the ballot was only among Permanent Residents living 1 to 2 km away: every Singapore Citizen who applied in Phase 2C got a place, wherever they lived. In 2026, 115 children applied for 125 places, so everyone got in.

Places can still run short in Phase 2C Supplementary: in 2026, 31 children applied for its 10 places, and the ballot was among citizens within 1 km. Registering in Phase 2C, rather than waiting for the supplementary phase, is what has counted here.

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. Kheng Cheng took 240 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies. Kheng Cheng 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
20261251150.9No ballot
20251621731.1Balloted: Permanent Residents 1 to 2 km away
20241621280.8No ballot
20231211100.9No ballot
20221411110.8No ballot
2021941271.4Balloted
20201321401.1Balloted
20191501290.9No 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

Kheng Cheng School at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided 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
15 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh, Singapore 319580 · Map
MRT / LRT
Braddell
Phone
6255 2502
Email
kcs@moe.edu.sg
Website
khengcheng.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (13)

Sports

Basketball · Modular CCA (Sports) · Track and Field

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Orchestra · Choir · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girls' Brigade · Red Cross Youth · Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · International Chess

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

Eco-lution

STEM - Sustainability

Learning for Life Programme

Student Voice & Advocacy (SVA)

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 2 km

New launches near Kheng Cheng School

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

The Orie

10 and 12 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, about 300 to 320 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
  • Every citizen who applied in Phase 2C got a place here in 2025 and 2026
The Orie location & schools → The Serra Residences arrival courtArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from Kheng Cheng

The Serra Residences

7 Bassein Road, Novena. OneMap's school query for this address lists Kheng Cheng between 1 and 2 km (shown in the developer's sales kit); it's about 1.6 km away in a straight line on the map. It's a single tower, so all 133 homes share the same address and distance category.
  • Vacant possession: expected 1 September 2031 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2029 registration: children born 2 Jan 2023 to 1 Jan 2024, and younger
  • A citizen applying in Phase 2C from a 1 to 2 km address would have got a place in both 2025 and 2026.
The Serra Residences location & schools →

Within 1 km of The Serra Residences: Hong Wen School and St. Joseph's Institution Junior. Also 1 to 2 km away: Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), Anglo-Chinese School (Primary), Bendemeer Primary School, CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh), Farrer Park Primary School, Pei Chun Public School and St. Andrew's School (Junior). 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 Kheng Cheng?

In 2025, 173 children applied for 162 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents 1 to 2 km away (10 places for 17 children). In 2026, there were 125 places for 115 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of Kheng Cheng 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 Kheng Cheng have?

240 in the 2026 exercise. 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. 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.