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Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' 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.

Address298 Lorong Ah SooSingapore 536741 · girls' school
P1 places240in 2026 (270 in 2025)
Phase 2CBallotedevery year from 2019 to 2026
Who balloted in Phase 2CCitizens living more than 2 km awayin 2026 (citizens 1 to 2 km away in 2025)

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 · 50 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 130 places · 54 appliedNo ballot135 places · 64 appliedNo ballot134 places · 60 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 45 places · 37 appliedNo ballot44 places · 46 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away19 places for 20 children in the ballot45 places · 34 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 99 places · 103 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away89 places · 110 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away4 places for 24 children in the ballot103 places · 139 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 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary). Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 24 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 4. In 2026, 103 children applied for 99 places: every citizen within 2 km got in, and the ballot was among citizens living more than 2 km away. Every citizen living within 1 km got a Phase 2C place in both years.

Living within 2 km was enough for a Phase 2C place in 2026, but how far out the places go depends on how many families apply each year. 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. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary) took 240 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' 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
2026991031.0Balloted: citizens living more than 2 km away
2025891101.2Balloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away
20241031391.3Balloted
20231031201.2Balloted
2022811101.4Balloted
2021621051.7Balloted
2020811091.3Balloted
2019881081.2Balloted

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

Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary) 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
298 Lorong Ah Soo, Singapore 536741 · Map
MRT / LRT
Kovan (NE13), Serangoon(NE12/CC13)
Phone
6286 2795
Email
plmgps@moe.edu.sg
Website
payalebarmethodistgirlspri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (19)

Sports

Badminton · Modular CCA (Sports) · Netball · Rhythmic Gymnastics · Rope Skipping · Table Tennis · Track and Field

Performing and visual arts

Angklung/Kulintang Ensemble · Choir · Handbell Ensemble · Modern Dance · String Ensemble

Uniformed groups

Girls' Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · English Language, Drama and Debating · Environmental Science · Faith-Based CCA · Infocomm Technology (Computing)

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

MoveIT

STEM - Transportation

Learning for Life Programme

Aesthetics Expressions @ PL

Music & Performing Arts/ Visual Arts & Design

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

Moving for Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary)?

Buying a home near Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' 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 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary)?

In 2025, every citizen within 1 km got a place, and 24 citizens living 1 to 2 km away balloted for the remaining 4. In 2026, 103 children applied for 99 places: every citizen within 2 km got in, and the ballot was among citizens living more than 2 km away.

Does living within 1 km of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary) guarantee a place?

In 2026, every Singapore Citizen living within 2 km who applied in Phase 2C got a place, so a home within 1 km wasn't needed that year. That can change from year to year with the number of applicants.

How many Primary 1 places does Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary) have?

240 in the 2026 exercise (270 in 2025). 99 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.