Best Primary Schools 2019

The annual P1 registration has already begun. As usual, MOE has released some statistics on the school vacancies after Phase 1, Phase 2A(1), Phase 2A(2) and the post-registration of Phase 2B.

In this article, we present our ranking of all the 185 primary schools in Singapore. This ranking is based on the number of remaining places for Phase 2B, which we believe is still a good proxy for how popular each school is. (In previous years, MOE released more information such as total vacancy, but not this year.)

Highlighted in bold are the primary schools with secondary school affiliations (scroll to the bottom of this article to see the affiliations). Pupils from such primary schools enjoy a certain advantage in the secondary school posting exercise after PSLE. To get an idea, see the cut-off points in the second half of our Secondary School Ranking article.

The following is our ranking of the 185 Singapore primary schools based on Phase 2B remaining places. If a school is not tagged boys or girls, then it is a co-ed school:

CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School (Primary Section) (girls) – 20
Catholic High School (Primary Section) (boys) – 20
Nan Hua Primary School – 20
Nanyang Primary School – 20
Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School – 20
Red Swastika School – 20
Rosyth School – 20
Temasek Primary School – 20
Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) (girls) – 21
Rulang Primary School – 22
Riverside Primary School – 23
West Spring Primary School – 23
Junyuan Primary School – 24
Punggol Green Primary School – 25
Yu Neng Primary School – 25
Eunos Primary School – 26
Pei Chun Public School – 27
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) (boys) – 28
Shuqun Primary School – 29
Westwood Primary School – 29
Ai Tong School – 30
Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) – 32
Henry Park Primary School – 32
Jurong Primary School – 33
Juying Primary School – 33
Radin Mas Primary School – 33
River Valley Primary School – 33
Frontier Primary School – 34
Pasir Ris Primary School – 34
Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Primary) (girls) – 34
Tao Nan School – 34
Blangah Rise Primary School – 36
Jing Shan Primary School – 36
Xingnan Primary School – 37
Gongshang Primary School – 38
South View Primary School – 38
Innova Primary School – 39
Keming Primary School – 39
Woodlands Primary School – 39
Princess Elizabeth Primary School – 40
West Grove Primary School – 40
White Sands Primary School – 40
Opera Estate Primary School – 41
Woodgrove Primary School – 41
CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) (girls) – 42
Chongzheng Primary School – 42
Angsana Primary School – 43
Evergreen Primary School – 43
Maha Bodhi School – 43
Sengkang Green Primary School – 43
Bukit Panjang Primary School – 44
Changkat Primary School – 44
East Spring Primary School – 44
North View Primary School – 44
Yangzheng Primary School – 44
Ang Mo Kio Primary School – 45
Holy Innocents’ Primary School – 45
Jurong West Primary School – 45
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School – 45
St. Gabriel’s Primary School (boys) – 45
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) (boys) – 46
Chongfu School – 46
Fengshan Primary School – 46
Guangyang Primary School – 46
Jiemin Primary School – 46
Tampines Primary School – 46
Yumin Primary School – 46
Anderson Primary School – 47
Canossa Catholic Primary School (girls) – 47
Teck Ghee Primary School – 47
Zhonghua Primary School – 47
Casuarina Primary School – 48
Hong Wen School – 48
Qihua Primary School – 48
Xinmin Primary School – 48
St. Anthony’s Primary School – 49
Tanjong Katong Primary School – 49
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel (girls) – 50
Dazhong Primary School – 50
St. Andrew’s Junior School (boys) – 50
First Toa Payoh Primary School – 51
Kong Hwa School – 51
Montfort Junior School (boys) – 51
Zhenghua Primary School – 51
Canberra Primary School – 52
Elias Park Primary School – 52
Fuhua Primary School – 52
Park View Primary School – 52
Admiralty Primary School – 53
Northland Primary School – 53
Springdale Primary School – 53
Alexandra Primary School – 54
Huamin Primary School – 54
Marsiling Primary School – 54
Si Ling Primary School – 54
Unity Primary School – 54
Haig Girls’ School (girls) – 55
Maris Stella High School (Primary Section) (boys) – 55
Sembawang Primary School – 55
Yew Tee Primary School – 55
Yishun Primary School – 55
Bendemeer Primary School – 56
Damai Primary School – 56
St. Hilda’s Primary School – 56
Farrer Park Primary School – 57
Oasis Primary School – 57
Peiying Primary School – 57
Townsville Primary School – 57
Cantonment Primary School – 58
Nan Chiau Primary School – 59
Hougang Primary School – 60
Punggol View Primary School – 60
Queenstown Primary School – 60
St. Joseph’s Institution Junior (boys) – 60
Bukit View Primary School – 61
Greenwood Primary School – 61
Kranji Primary School – 61
Punggol Cove Primary School – 61
Woodlands Ring Primary School – 61
Meridian Primary School – 62
Rivervale Primary School – 62
Stamford Primary School – 62
Zhangde Primary School – 62
Lakeside Primary School – 63
Mayflower Primary School – 63
Xinghua Primary School – 63
Corporation Primary School – 64
Punggol Primary School – 64
West View Primary School – 64
Bukit Timah Primary School – 65
Ngee Ann Primary School – 65
St. Margaret’s Primary School (girls) – 65
Yio Chu Kang Primary School – 65
Yuhua Primary School – 65
CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace (girls) – 66
De La Salle School – 66
Endeavour Primary School – 66
Gan Eng Seng Primary School – 66
Greenridge Primary School – 66
Pioneer Primary School – 66
Telok Kurau Primary School – 66
CHIJ (Katong) Primary (girls) – 67
Fernvale Primary School – 67
North Spring Primary School – 67
Chua Chu Kang Primary School – 68
Edgefield Primary School – 68
Lianhua Primary School – 68
Qifa Primary School – 69
CHIJ (Kellock) (girls) – 70
Poi Ching School – 70
Palm View Primary School – 71
Tampines North Primary School – 71
Beacon Primary School – 72
Compassvale Primary School – 72
Fuchun Primary School – 72
Concord Primary School – 73
Teck Whye Primary School – 73
Bedok Green Primary School – 74
Naval Base Primary School – 74
Raffles Girls’ Primary School (girls) – 74
St. Stephen’s School (boys) – 74
Anchor Green Primary School – 75
Clementi Primary School – 75
Kheng Cheng School – 75
Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) (girls) – 75
CHIJ Our Lady of The Nativity (girls) – 76
Geylang Methodist School (Primary) – 78
North Vista Primary School – 79
New Town Primary School – 82
Waterway Primary School – 82
Cedar Primary School – 83
Fern Green Primary School – 83
Marymount Convent School (girls) – 83
Xishan Primary School – 83
Pei Tong Primary School – 84
St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School (girls) – 84
Wellington Primary School – 85
Seng Kang Primary School – 87
Boon Lay Garden Primary School – 90
Horizon Primary School – 91
Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School – 92
Mee Toh School – 93
Northoaks Primary School – 93
Greendale Primary School – 106
Valour Primary School – 110

See last year’s rankings.

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AFFILIATIONS

The following is the list of all primary schools with affiliations, along with their affiliated secondary schools:

Boys Schools

Note that even though the secondary schools below are all boys schools, two of the affiliated primary schools are (co-ed).

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) – Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road), Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) – Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road), Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Catholic High School (Primary) – Catholic High School
De La Salle School (co-ed) – St. Joseph’s Institution, St. Patrick’s School
Maris Stella High School – Maris Stella High School
Montfort Junior School – Montfort Secondary School
St. Andrew’s Junior School – St. Andrew’s Secondary School
St. Anthony’s Primary School (co-ed) – St. Joseph’s Institution, St. Patrick’s School
St. Gabriel’s Primary School – St. Gabriel’s Secondary School
St. Joseph’s Institution Junior – St. Joseph’s Institution, St. Patrick’s School
St. Stephen’s School – St. Joseph’s Institution, St. Patrick’s School

Girls Schools

Note that even though the secondary schools below are all girls schools, one of the primary schools is (co-ed).

Canossa Convent Primary School – St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School
CHIJ (Katong) Primary – CHIJ Katong Convent
CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) – CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity – CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel – CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School (Primary) – CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School
CHIJ (Kellock) – CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent
CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace – CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent
Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) – Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary)
Nanyang Primary School (co-ed) – Nanyang Girls’ High School
Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) – Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary)
Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary School – Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School – St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School
St. Margaret’s Primary School – St. Margaret’s Secondary School