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Maris Stella High 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.

Address25 Mount Vernon RoadSingapore 368051 · co-ed from 2027
P1 places330in 2026 (270 in 2025)
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 270 places · 102 appliedEveryone admitted210 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 168 places · 127 appliedNo ballot132 places · 100 appliedNo ballot134 places · 98 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 34 places · 66 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km31 places · 53 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km31 places for 44 children in the ballot32 places · 44 appliedBalloted
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 75 places · 164 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km62 places · 124 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km62 places for 115 children in the ballot67 places · 101 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C Not held: no places leftNot held: all places filled in Phase 2CNot held: no places left

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 Maris Stella High School (Primary). Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 115 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 62 places, so about 54% got in. In 2026, 164 children applied for 75 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.

Living within 1 km puts your child in the ballot, but a place isn't guaranteed.

Co-ed from 2027, and a temporary campus. MOE says Maris Stella High School (Primary) takes girls as well as boys from 2027. From January 2027 it runs from the former MacPherson Primary site at 2 Mattar Road, and moves back to Mount Vernon tentatively in December 2029. During the move, MOE keeps using the Mount Vernon address for home-school distance in P1 registration.

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. Maris Stella High School (Primary) took 330 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Maris Stella High School (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
2026751642.2Balloted: citizens within 1 km
2025621242.0Balloted: citizens within 1 km
2024671011.5Balloted
202355771.4Balloted
202256931.7Balloted
202162721.2Balloted
202051641.3Balloted
201957661.2Balloted

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

Maris Stella High School (Primary) at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Boys and girls from 2027 (boys only until 2026)
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
25 Mount Vernon Road, Singapore 368051 · Map
MRT / LRT
Bartley MRT
Phone
6282 7743
Email
msh@moe.edu.sg
Website
marisstellahigh.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (37)

Sports

Archery · Badminton · Basketball · Bowling · Outdoor Adventure · Rockwall Climbing · SP-CCA (Athletics) · SP-CCA (Canoeing) · SP-CCA (Hockey) · SP-CCA (Water Polo) · Softball · Table Tennis · Taekwondo · Track and Field · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Orchestra · Concert Band · Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra · Singapore National Youth Orchestra · String Ensemble

Uniformed groups

National Cadet Corps (Sea) · National Police Cadet Corps · Scouts · St John Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Chinese Chess · Chinese Language, Drama and Debating · English Culture and Language · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · International Chess · Mathematics · Physical Science · Robotics · Singapore Youth Flying Club · Speech and Drama

Others

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

Materials Around Us

STEM - Material Science

Learning for Life Programme

The Marist Sports & Life Skills Experience

Sports & Outdoor Education

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

Moving for Maris Stella High School (Primary)?

Buying a home near Maris Stella High School (Primary)

Tell me your budget and your child's year of birth. I'll check which condos and HDB blocks fall within 1 km and 2 km of the school on OneMap, how recent balloting has gone, and the latest date you'd need to move in.

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. For a new launch, 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 Maris Stella High School (Primary)?

In 2025, 115 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 62 places, so about 54% got in. In 2026, 164 children applied for 75 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Maris Stella High 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 Maris Stella High School (Primary) have?

330 in the 2026 exercise (270 in 2025). 75 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.