Primary schools · Punggol

Waterway 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.

Address70 Punggol DriveSingapore 828802 · co-ed

P1 places210in the 2025 and 2026 exercises

Phase 2CNo ballotin 2026 (balloted in 2025)

Near-school applicantsEveryone got a placein Phase 2C in 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	150 places · 100 appliedEveryone admitted	150 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	50 places · 46 appliedNo ballot	38 places · 74 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km38 places for 63 children in the ballot	77 places · 47 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders	21 places · 0 appliedNo ballot	20 places · 0 appliedNo ballot	30 places · 0 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts	65 places · 64 appliedNo ballot	60 places · 102 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km60 places for 90 children in the ballot	91 places · 92 appliedBalloted
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C	1 places · 2 appliedNo ballot: places went only to citizens within 1 km	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 Waterway Primary. Phase 2C was balloted in 5 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2025, 90 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 60 places, so about 67% got in. In 2026, there were 65 places for 64 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Phase 2C was tighter in 2025 than in 2026, so demand here moves from year to year. Check the latest figures in your registration year, especially as new homes are completed nearby.

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. Waterway Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Waterway 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	65	64	1.0	No ballot
2025	60	102	1.7	Balloted: citizens within 1 km
2024	91	92	1.0	Balloted
2023	120	77	0.6	No ballot
2022	83	107	1.3	Balloted
2021	48	105	2.2	Balloted
2020	92	128	1.4	Balloted
2019	165	140	0.8	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

Waterway 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: 70 Punggol Drive, Singapore 828802 · Map
MRT / LRT: Kadaloor LRT Station
Phone: 6636 6880
Email: waterway_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website: waterwaypri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (16)

Sports

Badminton · Basketball · Football · Netball · Table Tennis · Taekwondo

Performing and visual arts

Brass Band · Choir · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Debating and Public Speaking · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Media Production) · International Chess · 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

Orators@Waterway

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

Growth and Benefit Mindset @ Waterway

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 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

Moving for Waterway Primary?

Buying a home near Waterway Primary School

Tell me your budget and your child's year of birth. I'll check which condos and HDB blocks fall within 1 km and 2 km of the school on OneMap, how recent balloting has gone, and the latest date you'd need to move in.

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 Waterway Primary?

In 2025, 90 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 60 places, so about 67% got in. In 2026, there were 65 places for 64 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place.

Does living within 1 km of Waterway Primary guarantee a place?

In 2026, every child 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 Waterway Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 65 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.