All about Transferring to Other Primary Schools

[ChiefKiasu]

?? Why you want to appeal? The school is just next door

[mrsm]

Hi, from MOE website:

“3. Receive outcome and report to school

You will receive the outcome of your child's application through SMS sent to the local mobile number you have provided during your application. You may also log on to the online system using your Singpass.

Microsoft Edge is recommended for optimal use of this online system.

If you choose to accept the school offered, follow these steps to complete the transfer process:
Report to the current school to initiate the process.
Report to the new school.

This process must be completed within the reporting period. If you miss the reporting deadline, or decide not to accept the school offered, your child will remain in their current school.”

There is no official appeal process. What I would do is:
- simply let the deadline pass without action. Child will then officially stay in his old school
- since the desired school seems to have vacancies, just apply directly to the desired school (walk-in to the general office once Term 1 starts / call them to check transfer application procedure / use online transfer or query form if available).
- MP route if u think it’s faster

All the best!

Thanks Zac's mum! Unfortunately, old school is much, much further - in the north, we have moved to the west

Looks like my only option now is to seek MP's help sighhh

[Liew Nga Wing]

Thanks Zac's mum! Unfortunately, old school is much, much further - in the north, we have moved to the west

Looks like my only option now is to seek MP's help sighhh

Why not you check with the desired school to see whether they have any vacancies so that you can direct apply to the desired school.

[coast]

Hi, i applied for a school transfer for my son via MOE STEPS online and have received an sms today. He is offered a school which is inconvenient to travel to and fro home. There is a pri school right behind my blk which i believe, based on all the info online I gathered, is not a popular school. This school seems like one of the last few choices in this area. Like if we look at P1 balloting history, they still have vacancies in Phase 2CS so i was quite confident he would get a space in this school. My son will be in P2 next year btw. Anyone knows if i can appeal to MOE or seek help from MP maybe?

Give the General Office of the primary school behind your block a call. They should be able to advise whether there is vacancy for P2 next year and if so, how to proceed with the school transfer request (fill up a form, supporting docs, ... etc).

All the best.

Note: For primary schools which are already full during P1 registration, it is unlikely that they will have vacancy for P2 as P1/P2 class size is restricted to 30. For these schools, there may be opportunities for school transfer for P3 and above as class size can be bigger.

[floppy]

Hi, i applied for a school transfer for my son via MOE STEPS online and have received an sms today. He is offered a school which is inconvenient to travel to and fro home. There is a pri school right behind my blk which i believe, based on all the info online I gathered, is not a popular school. This school seems like one of the last few choices in this area. Like if we look at P1 balloting history, they still have vacancies in Phase 2CS so i was quite confident he would get a space in this school. My son will be in P2 next year btw. Anyone knows if i can appeal to MOE or seek help from MP maybe?

1. "They still have vacancies in Phase 2CS" is not the same as "they still have vacancies after Phase 2CS or P1 registration". As per coast's comment, if the school is full at the close of P1 registration, it is unlikely that they will have vacancy for P2.

2. I think "inconvenient to travel to and fro home" is a subjective statement. Yes, it's probably not as convenient as the school behind you block, but how "inconvenient" is "inconvenient"? < 1km, <2km or beyond walking distance and a couple of bus stops away?

Not sure how you want your MP to help. Insist on a place behind your block when there's none? An alternative school from the one assigned, which could be just as "inconvenient"?

[phtthp]

Hi, i applied for a school transfer for my son via MOE STEPS online and have received an sms today. He is offered a school which is inconvenient to travel to and fro home. There is a pri school right behind my blk which i believe, based on all the info online I gathered, is not a popular school. This school seems like one of the last few choices in this area. Like if we look at P1 balloting history, they still have vacancies in Phase 2CS so i was quite confident he would get a space in this school. My son will be in P2 next year btw. Anyone knows if i can appeal to MOE or seek help from MP maybe?

Actually,

if u only want a specific primary school that is directly behind your hdb block for your own convenience,
AFTER
shifting to your new house,
then

u should have just approached or call up the school directly, ask them whether got vacancies or not.
If got vacancy, then apply.

If No vacancy, then move on to the 2nd next school near your house, to inquire. But all these query, u need to do personally, as homework basic checking first.

Because

The moment u go through MOE STEPS, then it is up to MOE to assign your kid to any school, that has vacancies. MOE won't bother, is this school near your house, or far away.

Since MOE has already assigned your kid a new school to Transfer to,
then,

It is up to you now,
to either accept the offer to transfer, or to reject, turn down the offer. If u turn down, means your kid remain in the current school, no change.

No use seeking any MP help, because it will still be the same answer. MP is Not in charge of any MOE matter.

By the way,
Is your kid of "foreigner" status?

If Yes,
once MOE assigned your kid a school, u cannot change the school that's been assigned to u. MOE won't entertain queries related to seeking transfer to another school.

(Because

from the way u talk about still have vacancies in 2CS, kind of indicate that ... your kid is a foreigner)

[phtthp]

Give the General Office of the primary school behind your block a call. They should be able to advise whether there is vacancy for P2 next year and if so, how to proceed with the school transfer request (fill up a form, supporting docs, ... etc).

All the best.

Note: For primary schools which are already full during P1 registration, it is unlikely that they will have vacancy for P2 as P1/P2 class size is restricted to 30. For these schools, there may be opportunities for school transfer for P3 and above as class size can be bigger.

Parents,

do take note of which primary school, u are attempting to seek Transfer into, for your P2 kid.


1) if is not a popular, just an ordinary neighbourhood school, vacancies may still arise at end of P2, for those seeking Transfer.


2) But,
if is a highly popular GEP school like Raffles Girls' Primary (for example),

If any vacancies (if any) were to arise during the course of entire P2, the school will rather "keep" or reserve these vacancies,
wait until ... the end of P3,
before start to consider / evaluate suitable candidates, for Transfer into the GEP centre.

Why ?

Because
by then,
at the end of P3,
in the month of October / November,

the two round of GEP tests would have been conducted, already. Whether P3 applicants have cleared Round 1 / Round 2 / never clear, the results would have been out already, by end of P3.