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River Valley 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.

Address2 River Valley GreenSingapore 237993 · co-ed
P1 places210in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CBallotedin 7 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026
Who balloted in Phase 2CPermanent Residents within 1 kmin 2026 (no ballot 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 150 places · 86 appliedEveryone admitted150 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 64 places · 29 appliedNo ballot79 places · 34 appliedNo ballot75 places · 34 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 32 places · 23 appliedNo ballot35 places · 14 appliedNo ballot34 places · 18 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 74 places · 99 appliedBalloted: Permanent Residents within 1 km94 places · 94 appliedNo ballot86 places · 95 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 River Valley Primary. Phase 2C was balloted in 7 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2025, there were 94 places for 94 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, 99 children applied for 74 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents within 1 km. Every Singapore Citizen who applied in Phase 2C got a place in both years.

For Singapore Citizens, the 1 km and 2 km priority hasn't decided Phase 2C here recently. 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. River Valley Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. River Valley 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
202674991.3Balloted: Permanent Residents within 1 km
202594941.0No ballot
202486951.1Balloted
202360731.2Balloted
202259911.5Balloted
202149721.5Balloted
202035621.8Balloted
201948601.2Balloted

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

River Valley 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
2 River Valley Green, Singapore 237993 · Map
MRT / LRT
Somerset MRT
Phone
6737 1785
Email
rvps@moe.edu.sg
Website
rivervalleypri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (20)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Floorball · Football · Netball · Volleyball · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Choir · Concert Band · English Drama · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies) · Red Cross Youth · Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Chinese Weiqi · Infocomm Technology (Computing) · Students' Council

Others

Student Leadership (House) · 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

Comms-IT Rt!

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

Every RVian a Leader

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 1 km

New and upcoming launches near River Valley Primary School

Zyon Grand's two 62-storey towersArtist's impression Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

Zyon Grand

3 and 5 Kim Seng Road, about 500 m from the school in a straight line on the map; the developer lists River Valley Primary within 1 km. It launched in October 2025 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 30 September 2032 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2030 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2032: children born 2 Jan 2024 to 1 Jan 2025, and younger
  • For an older child, register from your current home, or look at completed homes near the school
Zyon Grand location & schools → River Modern's two towers above the Singapore RiverArtist's impression Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

River Modern

5 and 7 River Valley Green, across the road from the school: the developer puts Tower 5 about 38 m from it at the nearest point, and a minute's walk by the sheltered linkway. It launched in March 2026 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 31 December 2032 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2030 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2032: children born 2 Jan 2024 to 1 Jan 2025, and younger
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place here in 2026, and every Phase 2C applicant in 2025
River Modern location & schools → River Green's 50 m Stardust Pool and clubhouse at duskArtist's impression Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

River Green

11 River Valley Green, about 330 m from the school in a straight line on the map, reached under shelter through Great World MRT's Exit 1. It launched in August 2025 and units are still available.
  • Expected TOP: by 30 June 2030 (developer's fact sheet); ask me for the vacant possession date in the sale and purchase agreement, which decides the first registration year that can use the address
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place here in 2026, and every Phase 2C applicant in 2025
River Green location & schools → Promenade Peak: the 50 m lap pool and the base of the towerArtist's impression Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

Promenade Peak

1 Zion Promenade, across the river, about 340 m from the school on the map. It launched in August 2025 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 6 February 2031 (developer's fact sheet)
  • So its address can be used from the 2029 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2031: children born 2 Jan 2023 to 1 Jan 2024, and younger
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place here in 2026, and every Phase 2C applicant in 2025
Promenade Peak location & schools → The Robertson Opus: its towers above the Robertson Walk shops on Unity StreetArtist's impression Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

The Robertson Opus

7 to 15 Unity Street, Robertson Quay, about 650 to 750 m from the school in a straight line on the map, depending on the block. It launched in July 2025 and units are still available.
  • Expected TOP: Q4 2028 (developer's information); ask me for the vacant possession date in the sale and purchase agreement, which decides the first registration year that can use the address
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place here in 2026, and every Phase 2C applicant in 2025
The Robertson Opus location & schools → Union Square by the Singapore River at nightArtist's impression Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

Union Square Residences

28 Havelock Road, by the Singapore River, about 930 to 960 m from the school in a straight line on the map; the developer's OneMap school query lists River Valley within 1 km. It's a single tower, so all 366 homes share the same address and distance category. It launched in November 2024 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 15 March 2031 (developer's fact sheet)
  • So its address can be used from the 2029 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2031: children born 2 Jan 2023 to 1 Jan 2024, and younger
Union Square Residences location & schools → Map of the River Valley Green (Parcel C) site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School

River Valley Green (Parcel C)

Upcoming condo at River Valley Green, River Valley, by Sunway MCL and CSC Land Group: about 470 homes. The site is about 30 to 230 m from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so all of it is within 1 km.
  • Not launched yet: expected to launch in 2027–2028. The name, size and dates can still change, and each block's distance is only known once the addresses are out
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place in 2026; every Phase 2C applicant got a place in 2025.
River Valley Green Parcel C: what we know so far → Map of the The River Opus site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of River Valley Primary School (most of the site)

The River Opus

Upcoming condo at River Valley Road (Valley Point and Fraser Suites), River Valley, by Frasers Property and Mitsubishi Estate: 407 homes. The site is about 890 m to 1.1 km from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so most of it is within 1 km.
  • Not launched yet: PropNex's calendar targets a preview in February 2027. The name, size and dates can still change, and each block's distance is only known once the addresses are out
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place in 2026; every Phase 2C applicant got a place in 2025.
The River Opus: what we know so far →

Also near River Modern, River Green and The Robertson Opus: St. Margaret's School (Primary) and Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), both Two-Track schools within 2 km. Alexandra Primary School is within 1 km of River Green too, by the developer, and of Promenade Peak (about 850 m on the map), which is also within 2 km of St. Margaret's 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 River Valley Primary?

In 2025, there were 94 places for 94 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, 99 children applied for 74 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of River Valley Primary guarantee a place?

In 2026, every Singapore Citizen 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 River Valley Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 74 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.