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St. Gabriel's 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.

Address220 Lorong ChuanSingapore 556742 · boys' school
P1 places150in the 2025 and 2026 exercises
Phase 2CBallotedin 2 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026
Who balloted in Phase 2CPermanent Residents more than 2 km awayin 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 90 places · 29 appliedEveryone admitted90 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 61 places · 22 appliedNo ballot58 places · 18 appliedNo ballot59 places · 18 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 33 places · 16 appliedNo ballot33 places · 18 appliedNo ballot34 places · 22 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 83 places · 85 appliedBalloted: Permanent Residents more than 2 km away82 places · 70 appliedNo ballot79 places · 59 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C Not held: no places left12 places · 33 appliedBalloted: citizens 1 to 2 km away4 places for 13 children in the ballot20 places · 34 appliedBalloted

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 St. Gabriel's Primary. Phase 2C was balloted in 2 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2025, there were 82 places for 70 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, 85 children applied for 83 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents more than 2 km away. 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. St. Gabriel's Primary took 150 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change doesn't apply unless its intake rises to 180 or more. St. Gabriel's 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
202683851.0Balloted: Permanent Residents more than 2 km away
202582700.9No ballot
202479590.7No ballot
202377520.7No ballot
202277771.0No ballot
202183750.9No ballot
202078801.0Balloted
201971630.9No 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

St. Gabriel's Primary School at a glance

The school

Type
Government-aided school
Students
Boys 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
220 Lorong Chuan, Singapore 556742 · Map
MRT / LRT
Lor Chuan MRT Station (Circle Line)
Phone
6280 3628
Email
stgps@moe.edu.sg
Website
stgabrielspri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (23)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Floorball · Football · Golf · Karate · Modular CCA (Sports) · Swimming · Taekwondo · Tennis · Track and Field · Volleyball · Wushu

Performing and visual arts

Brass Band · Choir · Modular CCA (VPA)

Uniformed groups

Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Faith-Based CCA · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · International Chess · Physical Science · Robotics

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

Gabrielite Digital Literacy Programme (GDLP)

ICT & Media

Learning for Life Programme

Montfortian Leadership Programme (MLP)

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 St. Gabriel's Primary School

Chuan Park's pool between its towersArtist's impression Within 1 km of St. Gabriel's Primary School

Chuan Park

242 to 250 Lorong Chuan, about 450 m from the school on the map; the developer's OneMap check lists St. Gabriel's within 1 km of all five blocks. It launched in November 2024 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected in September 2028 (developer's information)
  • So its address can be used from the 2027 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2029: children born 2 Jan 2021 to 1 Jan 2022, and younger
  • Every citizen got a Phase 2C place here in 2026, and every Phase 2C applicant in 2025. A boys' school
Chuan Park location & schools → Map of the One Chuan Grove site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of St. Gabriel's Primary School

One Chuan Grove

Upcoming condo at Chuan Grove, Lorong Chuan, Serangoon, by Sing Holdings and Sunway MCL: about 1,056 homes. The site is about 180 to 510 m from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so all 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.
One Chuan Grove: what we know so far →

Also within 1 km of Chuan Park, by the developer's OneMap check: CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel, Yangzheng Primary School, Zhonghua Primary School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School. 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 St. Gabriel's Primary?

In 2025, there were 82 places for 70 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, 85 children applied for 83 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents more than 2 km away.

Does living within 1 km of St. Gabriel's 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 St. Gabriel's Primary have?

150 in the 2026 exercise. 83 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.