Primary schools · Tampines

St. Hilda'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.

Address2 Tampines Avenue 3Singapore 529706 · co-ed

P1 places280in 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.

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Phase	2026	2025	2024
Phase 1A brother or sister is studying at the school	220 places · 121 appliedEveryone admitted	220 placesEveryone admitted	Not 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	99 places · 121 appliedBalloted: citizens living more than 2 km away	91 places · 91 appliedNo ballot	76 places · 112 appliedBalloted
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders	21 places · 16 appliedNo ballot	20 places · 29 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km20 places for 25 children in the ballot	20 places · 33 appliedBalloted
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts	46 places · 118 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km	43 places · 136 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km43 places for 113 children in the ballot	41 places · 129 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C	Not held: no places left	Not held: all places filled in Phase 2C	Not 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 St. Hilda's Primary. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 113 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 43 places, so about 38% got in. In 2026, 118 children applied for 46 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.

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. Hilda's Primary took 280 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. St. Hilda'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.

Year	Places	Applied	Applicants per place	Result
2026	46	118	2.6	Balloted: citizens within 1 km
2025	43	136	3.2	Balloted: citizens within 1 km
2024	41	129	3.1	Balloted
2023	40	136	3.4	Balloted
2022	41	144	3.5	Balloted
2021	20	118	5.9	Balloted
2020	22	79	3.6	Balloted
2019	68	110	1.6	Balloted

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. Hilda's Primary School at a glance

The school

Type: Government-aided 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 Tampines Avenue 3, Singapore 529706 · Map
MRT / LRT: Tampines West, Tampines Central
Phone: 6781 1916
Email: shps@moe.edu.sg
Website: shps.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (19)

Sports

Floorball · Hockey · Netball · Sailing · Table Tennis · Volleyball

Performing and visual arts

Choir · English Drama · Guzheng Ensemble · Modern Dance · String Ensemble

Uniformed groups

Boys' Brigade · Girls' Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Faith-Based CCA · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · International Chess · Strategy Games

Others

Student Leadership (Council)

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

The Hildan Ambassador Programme

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

IMPRINTS Alive! Nurturing Creativity and Culture through Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Leadership

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 registration	Child born	Starts P1	Vacant possession by
2027	2 Jan 2021 – 1 Jan 2022	January 2028	31 Dec 2029
2028	2 Jan 2022 – 1 Jan 2023	January 2029	31 Dec 2030
2029	2 Jan 2023 – 1 Jan 2024	January 2030	31 Dec 2031
2030	2 Jan 2024 – 1 Jan 2025	January 2031	31 Dec 2032

Homes within 1 km

New launch near St. Hilda's Primary School

Artist's impression Within 1 km of St. Hilda's Primary School

Pinery Residences

922 to 932 Bedok Reservoir Road, above Pinery Mall, about 600 to 700 m from the school in a straight line on the map; the developer lists St. Hilda's within 1 km. It launched in March 2026 and units are still available.

Vacant possession: expected by 9 October 2031 (developer's information)
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
Phase 2C here was balloted among citizens within 1 km in 2025 and 2026, so a 1 km address has mattered

Pinery Residences location & schools →

Within 1 km of Pinery Residences: Junyuan Primary School, St. Hilda's Primary School, Tampines Primary School and St. Anthony's Canossian Primary School (girls). 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. Hilda's Primary?

In 2025, 113 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 43 places, so about 38% got in. In 2026, 118 children applied for 46 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of St. Hilda's 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.

How many Primary 1 places does St. Hilda's Primary have?

280 in the 2026 exercise. 46 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.