ANNEX

2018 PRIMARY ONE REGISTRATION EXERCISE For children born between 2 January 2012 and 1 January 2013 who will enter Primary One in the Year 2019

Category Phase Eligibility Schedule

1) For children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents@

Phase 1 For a child who has a sibling studying in the primary school of choice

Registration 28 June 2018 (Thursday) 29 June 2018 (Friday) All children registered under this phase will be given places in the schools.

Phase 2A(1) a) For a child whose parent is a former student of the primary school and who has joined the alumni association as a member not later than 30 June 2017

b) For a child whose parent is a member of the School Advisory/Management Committee

Registration

4 July 2018 (Wednesday)

Announcement of result 9 July 2018 (Monday)

Phase 2A(2) a) For a child whose parent or sibling has studied in the primary school of choice

b) For a child whose parent is a staff member of the primary school of choice

c) For a child from the MOE Kindergarten under the

purview of and located within the primary school of choice

Registration

11 July 2018 (Wednesday) 12 July 2018 (Thursday)

Announcement of result 17 July 2018 (Tuesday)

Phase 2B* a) For a child whose parent has joined the primary school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 July 2017 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 June 2018

b) For a child whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the primary school

c) For a child whose parent is endorsed as an active

community leader

Registration

19 July 2018 (Thursday) 20 July 2018 (Friday)

Announcement of result 26 July 2018 (Thursday)

Note: @ 1) MOE will reserve 40 places in every primary school for registrants in Phase 2B and 2C to ensure continued open access to all primary schools. The 40 places will

be reserved in Phase 2B and 2C (20 places for each phase) before the start of the P1 Registration Exercise. @ 2) SCs will be given absolute priority over PRs when balloting is necessary in a specific phase. SCs and PRs will continue to be eligible for the same phases, and all

applicants will be admitted if the total number of applications in any phase does not exceed the number of vacancies. However, if the number of applications exceeds the number of vacancies in a specific phase, SCs will be admitted first ahead of PRs, before home-school distance is considered.

Phase 2C For all children who are eligible for Primary One in the following year and are not yet registered in a primary school

P1-IS online registration or Registration at school Announcement of result

From 30 July 2018 (Monday), 9.00am to 1 August 2018 (Wednesday), 4.30pm 31 July 2018 (Tuesday) 1 August 2018 (Wednesday) 2 August 2018 (Thursday) 8 August 2018 (Wednesday)

Phase 2C Supplementary

For a child who is not yet registered in a primary school after Phase 2C

P1-IS online registration or Registration at school Announcement of result

From 13 August 2018 (Monday), 9.00am to 14 August 2018 (Tuesday), 4.30pm 14 August 2018 (Tuesday) 15 August 2018 (Wednesday) 21 August 2018 (Tuesday)

2) For children who

are not Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents #

Phase 3 Only for non-Singapore Citizen / non-Permanent Resident children who have indicated their interest# and are informed by MOE in October 2018 that they can be offered a P1 place. IMPORTANT: All non-Singapore Citizen / non-Permanent Resident children are required to first submit an online ‘indication of interest’ form from 5 June 2018 (Tuesday), 9.00am to 11 June 2018 (Monday), 4.30pm. See note # below for more information.

Registration at school

In October 2018

Announcement of result^ By 31 October 2018 (Wednesday)

@ 3) Should the number of SC applications exceed the number of vacancies in a specific phase and home-school distance category, places will be balloted according to the home-school distance category in the following order of priority: (a) Children living within 1km of the school of choice (b) Children living between 1km and 2km of the school of choice (c) Children living outside 2km of the school of choice

@ 4) Should the number of SC applications be less than the number of vacancies in a specific phase, all SCs will be admitted first. The remaining vacancies in that

phase will be balloted amongst the PRs based on the above home-school distance category. * At the end of Phase 2A(2), 50% of the remaining places (including the 40 reserved places) will be allocated for Phase 2B and the other 50% for Phase 2C registrants

in a school. In the event that there are vacancies left at the end of Phase 2B, the remaining vacancies will be carried forward to Phase 2C. # 1) Non-Singapore Citizen (SC) / non-Permanent Resident (PR) children who wish to seek admission to P1 in 2019 are required to undergo a two-step process:

Step 1: Submit an online ‘indication of interest’ form in June 2018; and

Step 2: Only non-SC / non-PR children who have submitted the ‘indication of interest’ form and are notified in October by MOE that they can be offered a P1 place in the school must register in-person at designated schools in October 2018 during Phase 3 of the 2018 P1 Registration Exercise.

# 2) Parents of non-SC / non-PR children should note that admission is not guaranteed as there are limited vacancies remaining for non-SC / non-PR children after

places are allocated to SC / PR children. As admission is not guaranteed, parents of non-SC / non-PR children are advised to consider alternative educational options well ahead of time.

# 3) Parents of non-SC / non-PR children are to indicate their interest online from 5 June 2018, 9.00am to 11 June 2018, 4.30pm. MOE will centrally process all the

applications after all SC / PR children have registered in earlier phases. MOE will inform parents of non-SC / non-PR children in October 2018 via postal mail, on whether their children can be offered a P1 place in a school. Parents of non-SC / non-PR children who can be offered a P1 place are required to register for the place in-person at the designated school in late October 2018 during Phase 3 of the 2018 P1 Registration Exercise, with the original documents for verification. The schools will inform parents of their placement outcome by 31 October 2018.

# 4) Parents of non-SC / non-PR children can visit the P1 Registration website for more information on admission to P1 in 2019. ^ For all non-SC / non-PR children who have indicated interest, including those who cannot be offered a P1 place.