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Phase 2C (Day 2) Hottest Schools
School Phase 2C Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Princess Elizabeth 40 261 653% 2 Chongfu 41 147 359% 3 Nan Hua 40 142 355% 4 South View 41 ...
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Phase 2C (Day 1) Hottest Schools
School Phase 2C Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Princess Elizabeth 40 213 533% 2 Chongfu 41 121 295% 3 Nan Hua 40 117 293% 4 South View 41 ...
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Phase 2C Vacancy Cap for PR
There’s a 25%-30% cap on PR admissions per school to maintain a balance. Schools will impose this PR cap in each phase, and balloting is ...
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Phase 2B Past Year Comparison
School Phase 2B Vacancy Phase 2B Taken Remaining Vacancy Total Vacancy Admiralty ↳ 2023 34 34 69 210 ↳ 2024 31 25 69 210 Ahmad Ib...
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Phase 2B Hottest Schools
School Phase 2B Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Holy Innocents’ 20 57 285% 2 Ai Tong 20 53 265% 3 Nan Chiau 44 112 255% 4 Chongfu 21 53 252...
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Phase 2B Balloting Status
School Phase 2B Ballot Status Vacancy Applied 1 Ai Tong SC within 1km needs to ballot 20 53 2 Anglo-Chinese (Junior) SC within 1km need...
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Phase 2B (Day 1) Hottest Schools
School Phase 2B Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Holy Innocents’ 20 54 270% 2 Chongfu 21 48 229% 3 Nanyang 20 41 205% 4 Nan Chiau 44 90 205%...
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Phase 2A Past Year Comparison
School Phase 2A Vacancy Phase 2A Taken Remaining Vacancy Total Vacancy Admiralty ↳ 2023 75 32 103 210 ↳ 2024 68 34 ▼9% 94 210 Ahm...
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Phase 2A Balloting Status
School Phase 2A Ballot Status Vacancy Applied 1 Angsana SC within 1km needs to ballot 94 115 2 Frontier SC within 1km needs to ballot 5...
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Phase 2A Hottest schools
School Phase 2A Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Princess Elizabeth 45 142 316% 2 Shuqun 49 115 235% 3 Gongshang 84 196 233% 4 Temasek 69 13...
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Phase 2A (Day 1) Hottest schools
School Phase 2A Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Princess Elizabeth 45 130 289% 2 Shuqun 48 108 225% 3 Gongshang 84 175 208% 4 Temasek 69 12...
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Phase 1 Past Year Comparison
School Phase 1 Vacancy Phase 1 Taken Remaining Vacancy Total Vacancy Admiralty ↳ 2023 150 75 135 210 ↳ 2024 150 82 ▼5% 128 210 Ah...
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Siblings Cohort Analysis 2024
In this analysis, we add up the school cohort (estimated population from P1 to P6) vs the number of siblings who took up a spot in Phase ...
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Phase 1 Hottest schools
School Phase 1 Vacancy Applied Applied % 1 Elias Park 100 77 77% 2 Pasir Ris 120 87 73% 3 Yangzheng 100 72 72% 4 Naval Base 180 127 71%...
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Analysis for 2024
These are further analysis for 2024:
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Number of children registering P1 in 2024
Statistics of children born in 2018 in Singapore and will be registering Primary 1 in 2024.
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Primary 1 registration phases and key dates to take note of for parents.
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NUS, NTU aptitude-based admissions
The 2 Singapore universities are increasingly looking beyond grades to assess a potential student’s suitability.
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Release of O-Level results 2024
The release of GCE O-Level results will be between 11 Jan 2024 (Thu) and 15 Jan 2024 (Mon).
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NEW: JC Cut-Off Point
We have added Junior Colleges (JC) cut-off point for shortlisting schools for upcoming JAE exercise.
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