Primary schools · Ang Mo Kio

Townsville Primary School: moving to Sembawang, and P1 registration

For parents thinking of moving so their child can apply as a near-school resident. Townsville Primary isn't taking Primary 1 registrations for now: it's moving to Sembawang. Below: what MOE has said, and how many places and applicants there were in the last years it took a P1 class.

Address3 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10Singapore 569730 · current campus · co-ed

P1 registrationPausedno P1 intake in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 exercises

Moving toSembawangtentatively in 2029

Next P1 registration2028 exercisefor Primary 1 in 2029, at the new campus

Before the move

Places, applicants and balloting by phase

The last registration exercises in which Townsville Primary took a P1 class, at its Ang Mo Kio campus. "Balloted" means there were more applicants than places.

Swipe the table sideways for earlier years →

Phase	2024	2023	2022
Phase 1A brother or sister is studying at the school	Not published	Not published	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	61 places · 6 appliedNo ballot	61 places · 17 appliedNo ballot	78 places · 9 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders	38 places · 0 appliedNo ballot	35 places · 1 appliedNo ballot	43 places · 3 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts	116 places · 21 appliedNo ballot	104 places · 27 appliedNo ballot	126 places · 21 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C	96 places · 11 appliedNo ballot	77 places · 13 appliedNo ballot	105 places · 21 appliedNo ballot

MOE's figures from SGSchoolKaki's ballot history. Phase 1 figures and the group that balloted weren't available for these years.

What this means if you're moving for Townsville Primary. MOE is moving Townsville Primary from Ang Mo Kio to East Canberra in Sembawang, tentatively in 2029. There is no P1 registration for it in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 exercises, and its first P1 class at the new campus is due to start in 2029, registered through the 2028 exercise. The Ang Mo Kio campus stays open until 2030 for pupils already there.

When registration reopens in the 2028 exercise, the 1 km and 2 km bands will be around the new campus in Sembawang, not the current one in Ang Mo Kio. Homes near the current campus won't be near the new school, so check the new site's details with MOE and on OneMap before you buy.

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
2024	116	21	0.2	No ballot
2023	104	27	0.3	No ballot
2022	126	21	0.2	No ballot
2021	135	36	0.3	No ballot
2020	170	38	0.2	No ballot
2019	114	43	0.4	No 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

Townsville 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: 3 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Singapore 569730 · Map
MRT / LRT: Bishan MRT, Ang Mo Kio MRT Stations
Phone: 6457 4345
Email: townsvilleps@moe.edu.sg
Website: townsvillepri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (12)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Football · Taekwondo

Performing and visual arts

Angklung/Kulintang Ensemble · Handbell Ensemble · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Boys' Brigade · Girls' Brigade

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · 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

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Learning for Life Programme

iDARE through the ARTs

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 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 Townsville Primary School

Artist's impression Within 1 km of Townsville Primary's new campus

Canberra Crescent Residences

51 to 57 Canberra Crescent, Sembawang, a few hundred metres from the new campus site in East Canberra on MOE's map. It launched in August 2025 and units are still available.

Vacant possession: by 30 April 2030 (developer's information)
So its address can be used from the 2028 registration if the date in your sale and purchase agreement is by 31 December 2030: children born 2 Jan 2022 to 1 Jan 2023, and younger
The new campus takes its first P1 class through the 2028 exercise, so the 1 km band will be measured from the new site: check it on OneMap once MOE publishes the address

Canberra Crescent Residences location & schools →

Also near Canberra Crescent Residences: Wellington Primary School and Sembawang Primary School (within 1 km of Blocks 51 and 53, by the developer). 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

When can I register my child for Townsville Primary again?

In the 2028 Primary 1 registration exercise, for children starting Primary 1 in 2029. MOE is moving Townsville Primary from Ang Mo Kio to East Canberra in Sembawang, tentatively in 2029. There is no P1 registration for it in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 exercises, and its first P1 class at the new campus is due to start in 2029, registered through the 2028 exercise. The Ang Mo Kio campus stays open until 2030 for pupils already there.

Does a home near the current Townsville Primary campus count?

Not once it moves. When registration reopens, the 1 km and 2 km bands are measured from the new campus in Sembawang, so check the new site on OneMap before you buy.

Other primary schools nearby

Teck Ghee Primary SchoolAng Mo Kio
Catholic High School (Primary)Bishan · boys' school
CHIJ Our Lady of Good CounselSerangoon · girls' school
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolBishan
Jing Shan Primary SchoolAng Mo Kio
St. Gabriel's Primary SchoolSerangoon · boys' school

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. MOE's announcement of the 2025 P1 registration exercise (14 May 2025) for the move. 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.