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Pei Chun Public 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.

Address16 Lorong 7 Toa PayohSingapore 319320 · co-ed
P1 places300in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
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 240 places · 128 appliedEveryone admitted240 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 112 places · 111 appliedNo ballot111 places · 119 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away42 places for 50 children in the ballot135 places · 113 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 21 places · 27 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km21 places · 32 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km21 places for 32 children in the ballot27 places · 30 appliedBalloted
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 44 places · 76 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km45 places · 94 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km45 places for 94 children in the ballot57 places · 67 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C Not held: no places leftNot held: all places filled in Phase 2CNot published

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 Pei Chun. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 94 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 45 places, so fewer than half got in. In 2026, 76 children applied for 44 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.

It's a large school, with 300 places, but most are taken in the earlier phases: Phase 2A was oversubscribed in 2025, and Phase 2B was balloted among citizens within 1 km in both years. That leaves only about 45 places for Phase 2C.

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. Pei Chun took 300 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies. Pei Chun 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
202644761.7Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202545942.1Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202457671.2Balloted
202352811.6Balloted
202245831.8Balloted
202121432.0Balloted
202021683.2Balloted
201933641.9Balloted

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

Pei Chun Public School at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Boys and girls
Mother tongue
Chinese only: it's a Special Assistance Plan (SAP) school
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
16 Lorong 7 Toa Payoh, Singapore 319320 · Map
MRT / LRT
Toa Payoh MRT Station and Braddell MRT Station
Phone
6353 9450
Email
pcps@moe.edu.sg
Website
peichunpublic.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (17)

Sports

Basketball · Modular CCA (Sports) · Table Tennis · Volleyball · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Dance · Chinese Orchestra · Choir

Uniformed groups

Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Chinese Calligraphy and Brush Painting · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · Strategy Games

Others

Student Leadership (House) · Student Leadership (Peer Support) · 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

Bilingual Media Studies (BMS) Programme

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

Pei Chun Leaders Programme (PCLP)

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 Pei Chun Public School

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

The Orie

10 and 12 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, about 560 to 620 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
  • Phase 2C here was balloted among citizens living within 1 km in 2025 and 2026
The Orie location & schools → The Serra Residences arrival courtArtist's impression 1 to 2 km from Pei Chun

The Serra Residences

7 Bassein Road, Novena. OneMap's school query for this address lists Pei Chun between 1 and 2 km (shown in the developer's sales kit); it's about 1.8 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
  • With a 1 to 2 km address, a Phase 2C applicant would not have got a place in 2025 or 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, Kheng Cheng 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 Pei Chun Public?

In 2025, 94 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 45 places, so about 48% got in. In 2026, 76 children applied for 44 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Pei Chun Public 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 Pei Chun Public have?

300 in the 2026 exercise. 44 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.