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Temasek 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.

Address501 Bedok South Avenue 3Singapore 469300 · co-ed
P1 places200in 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 140 places · 76 appliedEveryone admitted140 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 · 131 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km44 places · 122 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km44 places for 74 children in the ballot69 places · 130 appliedBalloted
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 20 places · 12 appliedNo ballot20 places · 10 appliedNo ballot20 places · 9 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 50 places · 86 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km50 places · 103 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km50 places for 74 children in the ballot51 places · 80 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 Temasek Primary. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 74 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 50 places, so about 68% got in. In 2026, 86 children applied for 50 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. Temasek Primary took 200 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Temasek 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
202650861.7Balloted: citizens within 1 km
2025501032.1Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202451801.6Balloted
2023481162.4Balloted
2022511543.0Balloted
202130953.2Balloted
2020281063.8Balloted
201921552.6Balloted

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

Temasek 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
501 Bedok South Avenue 3, Singapore 469300 · Map
MRT / LRT
Tanah Merah MRT
Phone
6443 8134
Email
temasek_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website
temasekpri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (15)

Sports

Badminton · Football · Netball · Taekwondo · Track and Field

Performing and visual arts

Choir · Guitar Ensemble · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies) · Scouts

Clubs and societies

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

RoboALERT (Applicative Learning Experience through Robotics at Temasek)

STEM - Sustainability

Learning for Life Programme

SOAR -- Sports Opportunities for Active lifestyle and physical Resilience

Sports & Outdoor Education

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 Temasek Primary School

Vela Bay's two blocks by the seaArtist's impression Within 1 km of Temasek Primary School

Vela Bay

1 and 3 Bayshore Walk, next to Bayshore MRT, about 750 m from the school in a straight line on the map; the developer shows Temasek Primary within 1 km on OneMap's school query. It launched in April 2026 and units are still available.
  • Vacant possession: expected by 31 December 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
Vela Bay location & schools → Map of the Bayshore Drive site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of Temasek Primary School

Bayshore Drive

Upcoming condo at Bayshore Drive, Bayshore, Bedok, by Frasers Property, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Sekisui House, Sunway MCL and Lum Chang: about 1,280 homes. The site is about 370 to 740 m from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so all of it is within 1 km.
  • 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.
Bayshore Drive: what we know so far → Map of the Bedok Rise Residences site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of Temasek Primary School (most of the site)

Bedok Rise Residences

Upcoming condo at Bedok Rise, Tanah Merah, by Allgreen Properties (Bellis Residential): about 380 homes. The site is about 860 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 March 2027. 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.
Bedok Rise Residences: what we know so far →

Also near Vela Bay: Bedok Green Primary School, about 1.3 km away. 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 Temasek Primary?

In 2025, 74 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 50 places, so about 68% got in. In 2026, 86 children applied for 50 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Temasek 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 Temasek Primary have?

200 in the 2026 exercise. 50 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.