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Marymount Convent 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.

Address20 Marymount RoadSingapore 297754 · girls' school
P1 places240in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CNo ballot2019 to 2026
Phase 2C applicantsEveryone 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 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 159 places · 4 appliedNo ballot156 places · 7 appliedNo ballot157 places · 10 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 72 places · 5 appliedNo ballot70 places · 3 appliedNo ballot69 places · 13 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 210 places · 27 appliedNo ballot206 places · 55 appliedNo ballot195 places · 34 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C 184 places · 93 appliedNo ballot151 places · 138 appliedNo ballot161 places · 78 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 Marymount. Phase 2C hasn't been balloted since at least 2019: in 2026 there were 210 places for 27 applicants. Many girls apply later, in Phase 2C Supplementary (138 applicants in 2025 and 93 in 2026), and there were places for all of them, with 91 still open in 2026.

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. Marymount took 240 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies. Marymount 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
2026210270.1No ballot
2025206550.3No ballot
2024195340.2No ballot
2023188560.3No ballot
2022188680.4No ballot
2021166930.6No ballot
2020183720.4No ballot
2019156660.4No 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

Marymount Convent School at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Girls only
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
20 Marymount Road, Singapore 297754 · Map
MRT / LRT
Braddell MRT Station or, Caldecott MRT Station
Phone
6256 6701
Email
mmcs@moe.edu.sg
Website
marymountconvent.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (13)

Sports

Artistic Gymnastics · Badminton · Netball · Rhythmic Gymnastics · Rope Skipping

Performing and visual arts

Choir · Guitar Ensemble · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies)

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Debating and Public Speaking · Design and Innovation · Physical Science

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

Grooming Compassionate and Confident Ladies to Advocate for Worthy Causes

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

Enhancing Holistic Health through Sports and Outdoor Education - Sports Excellence (SPOEEX) @ Marymount

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 2 km

New launch near Marymount Convent School

Thomson Reserve towersArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from Marymount

Thomson Reserve

1–11 Bright Hill Drive. The developer lists Marymount between 1 and 2 km of the site.
  • Vacant possession: expected 28 February 2031 (developer's briefing; expected TOP is in the second half of 2030)
  • So its address can be used from the 2029 registration: children born 2 Jan 2023 to 1 Jan 2024, and younger
  • At recent demand every applicant got a place, so the distance category hasn't mattered at Marymount.
Thomson Reserve location & schools →

Marymount is near the outer edge of the 2 km band for Thomson Reserve, so check its distance category on OneMap with the unit's address in your registration year. Within 1 km of Thomson Reserve: Ai Tong School. Also 1 to 2 km away: Ang Mo Kio Primary School, Catholic High School (Primary) and CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary). 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 Marymount Convent?

In 2025, there were 206 places for 55 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, there were 210 places for 27 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of Marymount Convent 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 Marymount Convent have?

240 in the 2026 exercise. 210 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.