Buy Property Near Popular School for P1 Registration (3 Tips)

Should you buy property near popular school? Buying a home within 1km to popular primary school for Primary 1 (P1) registration will NOT guarantee your child a place in the school but it will boost your enrolment chances in phase 2B or 2C when the phases are over-subscribed.

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       Table of Content

• Why Distance Affects School Priority Admission
• What is Parents Volunteer Scheme?
• New or Resale Property

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📌1. Why Distance Affects School Priority Admission

• MOE’s P1 registration has 4 phases: 1A, 2A, 2B, 2C.
• Phase 1 and 2A are reserved for children whose siblings or parents are students or former students of the school.
• Phase 2B will include children whose parents are in the school’s volunteer program

• Phase 2C is open to everyone who has not secured a place.
• When balloting is required in any phase, priority is given to Citizens and Permanent Residents who live within 1-2km to school (see table below).
• Buying a home near school will not guarantee you a place in the school.
• It merely increases your chances in phase 2B (if you join the Parents Volunteer Scheme) and 2C
• You can use SchoolFinder to check which properties are within 1-2km of your preferred school.

📌2. What is Parents Volunteer Scheme?

• This scheme gives P1 registration priority to parents who have volunteered in a primary school.
• The schools are free to set their own criteria for admission in this scheme.
• One common requirement is that you must live within 1-2km from the school.
• Parents who are thinking of joining school’s volunteer program will need to plan at least 2 years ahead
• You will have to complete the service hours (usually 40 hours) before your child is due to register for primary school.
• Qualified parents can then register for school admission during phase 2B
• Refer to MOE website for details

   📌3. New or Resale Property

• You can register your child for P1 using the address of an uncompleted property you have purchased.
• If you are buying a new property, the new development needs to be completed or obtain Temporary Occupation Permit (T.O.P.) status within 2 years of your child’s primary 1 admission.

• When buying a resale property, you must commit to stay in the resale property from 2 January of the admission year.
• After getting a place in the school, your child must stay at the new address for at least 30 months

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