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Woodlands 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.

Address10 Woodlands Drive 50Singapore 738853 · co-ed

P1 places210in the 2025 and 2026 exercises

Phase 2CBallotedin 5 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026

Who balloted in Phase 2CPermanent Residents within 1 kmin 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.

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Phase	2026	2025	2024
Phase 1A brother or sister is studying at the school	150 places · 104 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	46 places · 33 appliedNo ballot	59 places · 22 appliedNo ballot	65 places · 28 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders	24 places · 3 appliedNo ballot	32 places · 8 appliedNo ballot	32 places · 9 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts	71 places · 82 appliedBalloted: Permanent Residents within 1 km	90 places · 87 appliedNo ballot	88 places · 72 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2C SupplementaryChildren still without a place after Phase 2C	Not held: no places left	3 places · 9 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km3 places for 6 children in the ballot	17 places · 14 appliedNo ballot

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 Woodlands Primary. Phase 2C was balloted in 5 of the 8 years from 2019 to 2026. In 2025, there were 90 places for 87 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, 82 children applied for 71 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents within 1 km. 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. Woodlands Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Woodlands 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	71	82	1.2	Balloted: Permanent Residents within 1 km
2025	90	87	1.0	No ballot
2024	88	72	0.8	No ballot
2023	102	87	0.9	No ballot
2022	80	112	1.4	Balloted
2021	77	115	1.5	Balloted
2020	84	95	1.1	Balloted
2019	74	80	1.1	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

Woodlands 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: 10 Woodlands Drive 50, Singapore 738853 · Map
MRT / LRT: Woodlands
Phone: 6269 7410
Email: wdp@moe.edu.sg
Website: woodlandspri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (25)

Sports

Badminton · Football · Health and Fitness · Modular CCA (Sports) · Swimming · Tchoukball · Volleyball

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Dance · Choir · Concert Band · Handbell Ensemble · Indian Dance · Malay Dance

Uniformed groups

Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Biological Science · Chinese Culture and Language · Chinese Language, Drama and Debating · English Culture and Language · Infocomm Technology (Computing) · Mathematics · Media Resource Library · Physical Science · Robotics · Speech and Drama

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

Joy of Learning Languages (JOL2@WOODS)

Languages

Learning for Life Programme

Sports Performance And Character Education (SPACE)

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 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 condo near Woodlands Primary School

Artist's impression Within 1 km of Woodlands Primary School

Norwood Grand

2 to 10 Champions Way, Woodlands, about 830 to 900 m from the school's grounds in a straight line on the map. It launched in October 2024, has its TOP, and the developer still has units for sale.

Completed: the project has its TOP, so the homes can be handed over soon after you buy
For P1: the developer's expected vacant possession date before completion, 31 March 2030, already fits the 2028 registration (children born 2 Jan 2022 to 1 Jan 2023) and every year after; ask me what the date in the sale and purchase agreement is
Every citizen got a Phase 2C place here in 2026, and every Phase 2C applicant in 2025

Norwood Grand location & schools →

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 Woodlands Primary?

In 2025, there were 90 places for 87 applicants, so everyone who applied got a place. In 2026, 82 children applied for 71 places. Every Singapore Citizen got a place, and the ballot was among Permanent Residents within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Woodlands 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 Woodlands Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 71 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.