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Xinmin 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.

Address9 Hougang Avenue 8Singapore 538784 · co-ed
P1 places210in 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 150 places · 84 appliedEveryone admitted150 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 66 places · 55 appliedNo ballot60 places · 49 appliedNo ballot58 places · 65 appliedBalloted
Phase 2BParent volunteers (40 hours), parents endorsed by a church or clan connected with the school, or active grassroots leaders 24 places · 18 appliedNo ballot24 places · 19 appliedNo ballot20 places · 16 appliedNo ballot
Phase 2CEvery child not yet registered: this is where buying near the school counts 54 places · 82 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km53 places · 87 appliedBalloted: citizens within 1 km53 places for 76 children in the ballot45 places · 93 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 Xinmin Primary. Phase 2C has been balloted every year since 2019. In 2025, 76 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 53 places, so about 70% got in. In 2026, 82 children applied for 54 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. Xinmin Primary took 210 children in the 2026 exercise, so the change applies if its intake stays at 180 or more. Xinmin 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
202654821.5Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202553871.6Balloted: citizens within 1 km
202445932.1Balloted
2023621001.6Balloted
202250781.6Balloted
2021581031.8Balloted
202061911.5Balloted
201985981.2Balloted

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

Xinmin 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
9 Hougang Avenue 8, Singapore 538784 · Map
Phone
6283 5479
Email
xinmin_ps@moe.edu.sg
Website
xinminpri.moe.edu.sg

CCAs (15)

Sports

Basketball · Football · Modular CCA (Sports) · Volleyball

Performing and visual arts

Chinese Dance · Choir · Guzheng Ensemble · Modern Dance

Uniformed groups

Girl Guides (Brownies) · Red Cross Youth · Scouts

Clubs and societies

Art and Crafts · Environmental Science · Infocomm Technology (Computing)

Others

Student Leadership (Prefect)

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

GLOBE@Xinmin Pri Sch (Green Lifestyle Observed By Everyone)

Interdisciplinary

Learning for Life Programme

Cultivating a Life of Values and Excellence (CLOVE)

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 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

Upcoming launch near Xinmin Primary School

Not launched yet, so names, sizes and dates can still change. Tell me your budget and your child's year of birth, and I'll check which homes fall within 1 km and 2 km of the school on OneMap.

Map of the Hougang Central site, with the plot outlinedSite map Within 1 km of Xinmin Primary School (most of the site)

Hougang Central

Upcoming condo at Hougang Central, Hougang, by CapitaLand Development, UOL Group and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust: about 835 homes. The site is about 820 m to 1.2 km from the school in a straight line on OneMap, so most of it is within 1 km.
  • Not launched yet: expected to launch in 2H 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.
Hougang Central: what we know so far →

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 Xinmin Primary?

In 2025, 76 Singapore Citizen children living within 1 km balloted for 53 places, so about 70% got in. In 2026, 82 children applied for 54 places and the ballot was again among citizens within 1 km.

Does living within 1 km of Xinmin 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 Xinmin Primary have?

210 in the 2026 exercise. 54 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.