Home-School Distance Checker · Singapore 2026

Schools near Central Area.

Every MOE school nearby, plus preschools, plotted live. Click any school — on the map or in the list — to see its real 1km and 2km Primary 1 registration-priority bands.

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2025 P1 Registration

Compare admission odds across every school here.

One row per primary school with real 2025 balloting data on file, click a phase column to sort by admission rate. "No ballot" means every eligible applicant in that phase got a place; ", " means MOE didn't publish a number for that phase this year.

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Roncasa's Take

Thin on mainstream primaries, extraordinary on private/tertiary density.

River Valley Primary and Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) are the real primary anchors, with Cantonment Primary just over the edge of the core — but the standout real finding is scale: close to 90 registered schools sit within range, the overwhelming majority private institutions, plus a university and two specialised arts schools. This is genuinely a downtown-integration town, not a family-catchment one. For a buyer who wants to eliminate commutes entirely and is flexible on which mainstream primary their address falls under, Central Area delivers on that trade specifically.

Counts English-medium mainstream primary schools within the same 1km/2km MOE registration-priority bands used above. SAP, GEP, IP and Autonomous status don't change the distance rule: proximity alone decides Phase 2C priority.

57 nearby — MindChamps, Little Skool-House, Odyssey, EtonHouse, MapleBear, Brighton Montessori, House on the Hill, Superland, Mulberry Learning and Agape Little Uni all represented alongside PCF Sparkletots. Real premium-chain depth for a CBD-adjacent town.

Preschools shown here come from ECDA's own centre listing, including real vacancy status by level (infant through K2), SPARK certification, and whether food or transport is provided. MOE's Primary 1 priority-distance rules don't apply to preschool admission the same way (the 1km/2km bands above are a primary-school mechanic), so use these listings on their own merits, not against that radius.

Source: MOE / OneMap via roncasa-location-api, radius-capped at 2km. SAP/GEP/IP/Autonomous status current as of last data refresh. Primary 1 registration-phase vacancy data (2A1/2A2/2B/2C) is not yet available — the 1km/2km bands shown reflect MOE's real registration-priority geography, not phase-by-phase seat counts.