It depends very much what you expect from yr child and the school.


My boy was from KC from P1 to P3 before we transferrred him to a school which is nearer to our home. KC’s lower primary workload was not heavy, so it can be tough coping with the upper primary curriculum which was a big jump. My boy’s ex classmates fr KC (top 2 classes) had to deal with a lot of supplementary lessons during P5 and P6. They were almost ‘burnt-out’ before the PSLE last year.

However, I must say that we like the caring environement that KC provides. The teachers are helpful and caring, the students are friendly and less competitive among one another.

If you like a less stressful lower primary curriculum and is willing to support your child with home coaching or tuition, KC is good choice. However, there is a lot of catch up to do from P4 onwards.

There is another pratical consideration at P1 registration. KC has become more popular. Last year, all vacancies were taken up at Phase 2C for the first time. So you need to plan wisely.

No matter what school your child is in, they will still take the same PSLE as other peers. As parents, we can always level the playing fields through our own efforts.

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Hi tine28,


Dont give up, you should put yr child’s name on Pei Chun wait list. Heard that during the last week of 2009, there were 10+ vacancies 1eft and the school called up those on the wait list and asked if they were still interested. Some parents had bought textbooks n uniforms for the school that accepted their children in the P2CSupp and thus did not take up the offer. You should give it a try.

My son failed in the P2C ballot many years ago. We did not put our son on the waitlist as we didnt think that we would stand a chance. And naturally, there were no calls to ask if we were still interested.

Soon, we were tired of the travelling to his school which was further away from our house as compared to PC. So when it came to my younger daughter’s turn to register for P1, we applied to transfer our son to PC which was nearer to our house. We were interviewed by the kind new principal on 23dec, notified on 26 dec that my son was accepted for transfer and we did not mind the late rush for textbooks and uniforms. Better later than never! In turn, we could registered our daughter in P2A1 and did not have to go through P2C balloting for our daughter.

This was when we realised that PC would usually consolidate their vancancies for all levels and conduct interview / calls to those on waitlist in late Dec.

So, give it a try. It may be a long wait, but at least you have another chance at the end of the year. You may then consider and decide again. best wishes!

We applied when our son was P2 (end of yr 2007), the General Office staff of a SAP school near our home, claimed that there were no vancancy and it was on a first-come-first-seve basis. When I asked if they did not even look at result before they consider admitting, they said yes. I could not believe my ears.


After SA2 last year, we made a last ditch effort to transfer our son (P3 then) after learning that around 9 P3 students were offered GEP courses. This is the most precious ‘window period’ to apply as we feel that the school has no excuse to say ‘no vancancy’. We were thinking that, should my son get in, it will be less stressful for us to register our daughter for P1 this year 2009.

I wrote a lengthing letter, citing reasons like, proximity to school, good results, how we gave up priority to get into my husband’s alumini school (Maris Stella High) and went on to try balloting in P2C and failed. Got to meet the principal ( who was transferring out then) , he asked if our son could sing, play an instrument or excel in any sport. We said he has none to offer except ‘above average results’ (Band 1 in all 4 subjects). He told us he will keep us informed in due course.

We called almost every other week, until we were called up by the new principal in the 3rd week of December for interview, together with our son. He was relatively young, but was sincere and told us frankly that he had only 2 to 3 vancanies to offer, as he did not wish to overburden teacher with new student to manage.

Our good news came on Boxing Day, we bought all the new stuffs on the last few days of the new year. And our daughter’s P1 registeration was a breeze compared to our son’s , few years back.

So, do not give up hope, preserve, even though you have to wait till the few last days of the year. Cheers!