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Lakeside 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.

Address161 Corporation WalkSingapore 618310 · co-ed
P1 places240in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CNo ballotin 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
Near-school applicantsEveryone got a placein Phase 2C 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.

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Phase202620252024
Phase 1A brother or sister is studying at the school 180 placesEveryone 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 85 places · 24 appliedNo ballot92 places · 21 appliedNo ballot100 places · 27 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 40 places · 0 appliedNo ballot44 places · 1 appliedNo ballot44 places · 2 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 121 places · 74 appliedNo ballot130 places · 97 appliedNo ballot131 places · 105 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C 47 places · 25 appliedNo ballot33 places · 42 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away5 places for 10 children in the ballot26 places · 35 appliedBalloted

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 Lakeside. Every child who applied in Phase 2C got a place in each of the last four years: in 2026, 74 children applied for 121 places. Phase 2C was last balloted in 2022. When places have run short, it's been in Phase 2C Supplementary, which was balloted in 2024 and 2025 (in 2025, among citizens living 1 to 2 km away). In 2026 even that wasn't needed, and 22 places were still open afterwards.

So at recent demand, registering in Phase 2C from an address within 1 km has been enough to get a place. 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. Lakeside took 240 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies. Lakeside 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
2026121740.6No ballot
2025130970.7No ballot
20241311050.8No ballot
20231191120.9No ballot
20221131241.1Balloted
20211051431.4Balloted
20201261381.1Balloted
20191271471.2Balloted

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

Lakeside 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
161 Corporation Walk, Singapore 618310 · Map
MRT / LRT
Lakeside MRT
Phone
6262 0918
Email
lakeside_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website
lakesidepri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (14)

Sports

Football · Netball · Volleyball · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Choir · Concert Band · Guzheng Ensemble · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Community Service · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · Speech and Drama

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

ThInkers with Heart

Interdisciplinary

Learning for Life Programme

STARS witHeARTs - Shine as Thinkers and Responsible Leaders with the Performing ARTs

Music & Performing Arts

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 launches near Lakeside Primary School

Lucerne Grand's blocks along the Jurong RiverArtist's impression Within 1 km of Lakeside Primary School

Lucerne Grand

30 to 38 Lakeside Drive, linked to Lakeside MRT. All five blocks are roughly 580 to 630 m from the school in a straight line on the map, and the developer lists Lakeside among four primary schools within 1 km. It launched on 3 October 2026 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected 7 December 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
  • For an older child, register from your current home, or look at completed homes near the school
Lucerne Grand location & schools → Sora: the four blocks across Jurong LakeArtist's impression Within 1 km of Lakeside Primary School

Sora

72 to 78 Yuan Ching Road, by Jurong Lake Gardens, about 830 to 930 m from the school's grounds in a straight line on the map. It launched in July 2024 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: by 31 October 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 2023 to 2026
Sora location & schools →

Also within 1 km of Lucerne Grand: Shuqun Primary School, Rulang Primary School and Boon Lay Garden 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 Lakeside Primary?

In 2025, there were 130 places for 97 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, there were 121 places for 74 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of Lakeside 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 Lakeside Primary have?

240 in the 2026 exercise. 121 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.