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Fairfield Methodist School (Primary)

Very competitiveCo-ed

Balloted even among families within 1km.

270 places · 2025 P1 Registration Exercise · checked 2026-06-15

2026 exercise: 270 P1 places. Places can still change through the exercise (it opens 30 Jun 2026)confirm live on MOE.

At a glance

Where

Queenstown

One-North MRT, Buona Vista MRT & Dover MRT

Size & type

270 P1 places

medium school · Co-ed

Known for

🎭 Arts, music & performing · 🗣️ Languages

Check your odds

Pick your family's situation for a traffic-light read on each phase, based on the 2025 result. It's a guide from what actually happened that year, not a prediction — MOE is trimming intake at many schools from 2026 and new estates can shift demand, so always confirm on the official page.

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We live

The distance above is auto-set from your address, or pick it by hand. Confirm an exact distance on the official OneMap.

Phase 2A (alumni / staff)Good chance

Your group (Singapore Citizen, within 1km) had higher priority than the balloted group, so you would have been offered a place before any ballot.

Phase 2B (volunteer / community)Balloting required

Your group was balloted: 20 places for 21 applicants (about 95% were successful).

Phase 2C (open to all)Balloting required

Your group was balloted: 42 places for 47 applicants (about 89% were successful).

Showing your selected group: Singapore Citizen, within 1km. Most families without a prior link to the school register in Phase 2C.

What do the colours mean?
  • Good chance. Last year your group got a place with no lucky draw (no ballot). If this year is similar, you would very likely get in.
  • Balloting required. There were more children than places, so a computer did a fair lucky draw (a "ballot"). The percentage shows how many got a place.
  • Slim chance. There was a lucky draw and most children missed out — fewer than 1 in 3 got a place.
  • No realistic chance. The places ran out before reaching your group, so a family like yours did not get in at this phase last year.
  • Phase not held / pick your group. Either this phase was not used, or you have not chosen your citizenship and distance yet.

A "ballot" is a fair, random computer draw MOE runs only when a school has more children than places. It is the same chance for everyone in your group.

About this school

Factual details from official MOE data (data.gov.sg). No reviews or opinion — links to read more are below.

Type

Co-ed

Known for (MOE distinctive focus)

Arts, music & performing Languages

Distinctive programmes

  • Applied Learning (ALP): Fairfield wRiters, Reporters and Ambassadors Programme (FR2AP) — Languages
  • Learning for Life (LLP): HeARTS: Building Empathy and Social Awareness through the arts — Music & Performing Arts/ Visual Arts & Design

Co-curricular activities (15)

ART AND CRAFTS · BADMINTON · BASKETBALL · BOYS' BRIGADE … show all 15

ART AND CRAFTS · BADMINTON · BASKETBALL · BOYS' BRIGADE · CHINESE DANCE · CHOIR · CONCERT BAND · DIGITAL MEDIA · FAITH-BASED CCA · FOOTBALL · GIRLS' BRIGADE · HANDBELL ENSEMBLE · MODULAR CCA (C&S) · MODULAR CCA (SPORTS) · VOLLEYBALL

Mother tongue offered

CHINESE, MALAY, TAMIL

Getting there

One-North MRT, Buona Vista MRT & Dover MRT
Buses: SBS Bus 14, 33, 74, 166 & 196

Your routes into this school

If any of these apply to your family, you register in an earlier phase than the open Phase 2C. None guarantees a place — and every child gets one — but each improves your odds at a specific school. How to plan ahead →

  • Phase 2B — church/clan: This school is connected to the Methodist Church in Singapore. A member of an affiliated Methodist church, with the church’s endorsement, qualifies for Phase 2B.
  • Phase 2A — alumni: If a parent or sibling is a former student — or a parent joins this school’s alumni association (typically ~1–2 years before 30 June of the registration year) — your child can register in Phase 2A.
  • Phase 2B — volunteer: Become a parent volunteer (join by 1 July the year before, 40+ hours of service). Volunteer guide →
  • After P6 — secondary affiliation: Completing here gives S1 affiliation priority to Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) — if it's ranked first and the Affiliate Minimum Requirement is met. How affiliation works →

The alumni and volunteer routes apply at most schools; church/clan and secondary-affiliation routes only where shown. Confirm on the school’s site and the MOE School Finder.

The full 2025 numbers

Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) P1 2025 vacancies, applicants and balloting by phase
PhaseVacanciesApplicantsBalloting
1All offered
2A97103 (1.06×)Yes · Singapore Citizen, beyond 2km (41/46)
2B2030 (1.50×)Yes · Singapore Citizen, within 1km (20/21)
2C4270 (1.67×)Yes · Singapore Citizen, within 1km (42/47)
2CSNot conducted

The bracket after applicants is the oversubscription (applicants ÷ vacancies). Where a ballot ran, the two numbers in brackets are the places balloted and the applicants in that ballot. Distance priority order and the rules are explained in the P1 guide (MOE).

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Data: MOE 2025 P1 Registration Exercise (linked above). Checked 2026-06-15.

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