School MattersNew Town Primary School Review — P1 Guide & 2026 Updates
New Town Primary School review and admission guide. P1 ballot data, CCAs, DSA programmes, NSG and SYF results, and nearby housing prices on School Matters SG.
About New Town Primary School
New Town Primary School is a co-ed primary school in Singapore, in the South zone.
It offers 14 CCAs.
School overview
New Town Primary was named for the Queenstown housing estate and officially opened on 26 July 1965. It initially offered English- and Chinese-medium classes, becoming entirely English-medium in 1984. It took over the neighbouring Permaisura Primary campus in 1992 and became single-session in 2004. In January 2009 it merged with Ghim Moh Primary and moved to 300 Tanglin Halt Road. Those changes matter when reading alumni recollections: an account of the original Commonwealth Drive buildings is not necessarily a description of the present campus.
The school’s Learning Support Programme is for selected P1–2 pupils, in groups of up to ten for half an hour each day. Its dyslexia remediation for P3–4 runs three one-hour sessions weekly; reading remediation for P3–5 runs two one-hour sessions weekly. These are different interventions rather than the same provision for everyone. Mathematics separately lists P1–4 numeracy support, P4–5 E2K enrichment and Olympiad training for pupils ready for more demanding work. Families can ask how needs are identified and how progress changes the support offered.
Overview sources
Location and contact
- 300 Tanglin Halt Road, Singapore 148812
- Nearest MRT: Commonwealth
- Telephone: 64748805