Marine Parade · East zone
New launches near Tanjong Katong Primary School
6 developments on the register within 2km, 2 of them inside 1km. Distances are straight-line, which is the measure MOE uses.
What the distance actually buys
Home-to-school distance is a tie-breaker inside a registration phase, not a queue position across phases. A child living 300 metres away applying in Phase 2C is still behind a sibling of a current pupil at 1.9 kilometres in Phase 1. Living close improves your odds only against other applicants in the same phase.
Within a phase the order is: citizens inside 1km, then citizens between 1km and 2km, then citizens beyond 2km, then permanent residents in the same three bands. Balloting happens within whichever band the places run out in.
There is also a 30-month rule: the address used must be your registered residence for at least 30 months from the start of Primary 1 registration, or the place can be withdrawn. Buying a new launch that completes in three years does not give you the address today.
Tanjong Katong Primary School, 10 Seraya Road, Singapore 437259. School website
School directory from data.gov.sg — General information of schools; geocoded via OneMap (SLA), generated 2026-08-07. Distances are computed on the SVY21 plane from the development’s site coordinate to the school’s registered postal address. Confirm any distance with MOE before it influences a purchase.
The developments in full
D15 · Rest of Central
Tembusu Grand
Jalan Tembusu, Tanjong Katong
- Tenure
- 99-year leasehold
- Total units
- 638 units
- Expected completion
- Expected completion 2025 — completed stock
D15 · Rest of Central
Grand Dunman
Dunman Road, Katong
- Tenure
- 99-year leasehold
- Total units
- 1008 units
- Expected completion
- Expected completion 2026
D15 · Rest of Central
Claydence
Still Road, Joo Chiat
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Total units
- 28 units
- Expected completion
- Expected completion 2026
D15 · Rest of Central
The Continuum
Thiam Siew Avenue, Katong
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Total units
- 816 units
- Expected completion
- Expected completion 2027
D15 · Rest of Central
Meyer Blue
Meyer Road, Katong Park
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Total units
- 226 units
- Expected completion
- Expected completion 2028
D15 · Rest of Central
Arina East Residences
Tanjong Rhu Road, Katong Park
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Total units
- 107 units
- Expected completion
- Expected completion 2028
Buying for a school place
The sequence matters more than the address. Completion date against registration year, the 30-month occupation requirement, and whether you can hold two properties through the gap — those decide whether this works, and they are worth getting on paper before you view anything.
Work through the timing