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Siblings Cohort Analysis
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 Past Year Comparison
School Phase 1 Vacancy Phase 1 Taken Remaining Vacancy Total Vacancy Admiralty ↳ 2025 150 90 120 210 ↳ 2026 150 106 ▼13% 104 210 ...
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Phase 1 Hottest Schools
These are the most popular schools in Phase 1 for 2026. Vacancy and applicant numbers update live on the 2026 Primary 1 page.
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How to Register for P1 Phase 1 Online (Step by Step)
A screen-by-screen walkthrough of registering your child for Primary 1 Phase 1 on the MOE OnePlacement portal, from Singpass login to sub...
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PSLE and DSA Under Review as MOE's Education Conversations Begin
MOE held its first public engagement session on June 27, where 160 parents, educators and students discussed moderating exam stakes, the ...
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SG Schooling Has a Fresh New Look
We redesigned the whole site. A homepage that follows the cycle, and a powerful school search and filter that finally lives on the web, n...
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Which Primary Schools Will Be Harder to Enter After the 2026 P1 Vacancy Cuts?
19 schools cut places despite already being oversubscribed in Phase 2C last year. Per-school analysis of all 73 vacancy changes in the 20...
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Which Primary Schools added and cut P1 places in 2026
Year-over-year comparison of P1 initial vacancies. 12 schools added places, 61 cut them, 106 held steady.
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Key dates for 2026 P1 Registration
Primary 1 registration phases and key dates to take note of for parents.
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Number of children registering P1 in 2026
Statistics of children born in 2020 in Singapore and will be registering Primary 1 in 2026.
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Primary Schools Open House 2026
Complete calendar of 2026 primary school open house dates in Singapore, sorted by date. Physical and virtual open house details for paren...
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Secondary Schools Open House 2026
Complete calendar of 2026 secondary school open house dates in Singapore, sorted by date. Over 120 schools with physical and virtual open...
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Maris Stella Will Accept Girls From 2027, With New Uniforms and More Places
Maris Stella High School (Primary) is one of Singapore’s 9 boys-only primary schools. Not for much longer. Girls will be eligible to enro...
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GEP Is Ending, What Replaces It From 2027 (And the 15 Primary Schools Involved)
The Gifted Education Programme (GEP) is being discontinued in its current form from 2027. If you have a child in primary school, this mat...
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Why Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Sec Has No G3 Cut-Off Points
A lot of readers flagged this as a data error. It looks wrong at first glance: Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary shows no non-affiliated c...
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JC COP 2026: which JCs got tougher (and easier)
We’ve updated our JC COP 2026 list (based on the 2025 O-Level results for 2026 JAE).
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Secondary COP 2026: what schools got harder from 2025?
The Secondary 1 posting for 2026 admission is over. Here’s how the Cut-Off Points 2026 changed compared to last year.
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Top Schools PSLE 2025 Results: Community Data
The 2025 PSLE results are out, and since MOE no longer publish the academic results, here’s a community-contributed data showing the scor...
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CNA Podcast: Can we stop parents from gaming the system?
I was invited to Deep Dive, a podcast hosted by Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang. Watch the episode here.
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