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Singapore Chinese Girls' 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.

Address190 Dunearn RoadSingapore 309437 · girls' school
P1 places192in 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 132 places · 56 appliedEveryone admitted132 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 76 places · 78 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away75 places · 99 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away31 places for 54 children in the ballot76 places · 90 appliedBalloted
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 20 places · 29 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places · 27 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places for 26 children in the ballot20 places · 35 appliedBalloted
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 41 places · 62 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km41 places · 58 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km41 places for 55 children in the ballot40 places · 61 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 Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 55 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 41 places, so about 75% got in. In 2026, 62 children applied for 41 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. Phase 2A and 2B were also balloted in 2026, so almost no places flowed on to Phase 2C, which had 41.

That changes from the 2027 exercise. Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary is one of the 12 schools in MOE's new Two-Track Scheme. Its Phase 2C places will be split equally between children living within 2 km and those living further away, with no distance priority inside each track, so a family 1.9 km away is in the same pool as one next door to the school. Citizens still come before Permanent Residents. What the Two-Track Scheme means for property.

From the 2027 exercise (for children starting P1 in 2028), MOE reserves 60 places for Phase 2C at schools with a P1 intake of 180 or more, and Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary took 192 in 2026. As one of the 12 Two-Track schools, those places are 30 for children living within 2 km and 30 for those beyond 2 km, with no distance priority inside each track; places one track doesn't use go to the other. 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
202641621.5Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202541581.4Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202440611.5Balloted
202343581.3Balloted
202240731.8Balloted
202130391.3Balloted
202023562.4Balloted
201937481.3Balloted

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

Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary 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
190 Dunearn Road, Singapore 309437 · Map
MRT / LRT
Stevens
Phone
6252 7966
Email
scgps@moe.edu.sg
Website
scgs.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (17)

Sports

Artistic Gymnastics · Badminton · Modular CCA (Sports) · Netball · Tennis

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Dance · Choir · English Drama · Handbell Ensemble · Modern Dance · Modular CCA (VPA)

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies)

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Chinese Culture and Language · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · Robotics

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

Stories Opening Windows to the world: Using narratives to appreciate Culture, build Connections and effect Change

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

SCGS, Arts For ‘Ur’ Life (SC-ArtFUL)

Music & Performing Arts

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

Upcoming launches near Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School

Not launched yet, so names, sizes and dates can still change. Tell me your budget and your child's year of birth, and I'll check which homes fall within 1 km and 2 km of the school on OneMap.

Map of the Bukit Timah Road (Newton) site, with the plot outlinedSite map 1 to 2 km from Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School

Bukit Timah Road (Newton)

Upcoming condo at Bukit Timah Road, Newton, by HH Investment (Huang Hsiang Construction): about 340 homes. The site is about 1.3 km from the school in a straight line on OneMap, within 2 km of a Two-Track girls' school from the 2027 exercise.
  • Not launched yet: no launch date yet. The name, size and dates can still change, and each block's distance is only known once the addresses are out
  • Phase 2C balloted among citizens within 1 km in 2025 and 2026. A Two-Track school from 2027.
Bukit Timah Road: what we know so far → Map of the Peck Hay Road (Newton) site, with the plot outlinedSite map 1 to 2 km from Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School

Peck Hay Road (Newton)

Upcoming condo at Peck Hay Road, Newton, by City Developments (CDL) and Garden Estates (Hong Leong Group): about 315 homes. The site is about 1.4 to 1.5 km from the school in a straight line on OneMap, within 2 km of a Two-Track girls' school from the 2027 exercise.
  • Not launched yet: no launch date yet. The name, size and dates can still change, and each block's distance is only known once the addresses are out
  • Phase 2C balloted among citizens within 1 km in 2025 and 2026. A Two-Track school from 2027.
Peck Hay Road: what we know so far →

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 Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary?

In 2025, 55 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 41 places, so about 75% got in. In 2026, 62 children applied for 41 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Singapore Chinese Girls' 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. From the 2027 exercise, Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary is one of the 12 Two-Track schools: its Phase 2C places are split between children living within 2 km and those beyond 2 km, with no priority for living closer inside each track.

How many Primary 1 places does Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary have?

192 in the 2026 exercise. 41 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.