If you are weighing up Bedok Rise Residences with a child due to start Primary 1 in a few years, the school list comes first. Here it is, measured from the centre of the parcel, with Temasek Primary the nearest at 1,056 m.
Bedok Rise Residences is a 99-year leasehold new launch in District 16, next to Tanah Merah MRT station on the East-West Line. The parcel is fully residential, so the schools, like the shops and the station, are things you walk out to.
The list, measured from the centre of the parcel
When we measure school distances for a plot this early, we start from the centre of the parcel, a point at 1.32634, 103.94834, and read straight-line distances from there. That point sits 241 m from Tanah Merah MRT and 371 m from Sceneca Residence next door, which is why the two projects share most of a school list but not all of it.
Here are the primary schools within 2 km of that point.
| Primary school | Straight-line distance from the centre of the parcel |
|---|---|
| Temasek Primary School | 1,056 m |
| Bedok Green Primary School | 1,207 m |
| St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School | 1,222 m |
| Red Swastika School | 1,779 m |
| Fengshan Primary School | 1,888 m |
Yu Neng Primary is around 2 km from the same point, so treat it as a school at the edge of the band rather than one to plan around.
Measured from the centre point, every school on this list sits beyond the 1 km line and inside the 1 km to 2 km band. That is the base case for a Primary 1 family here, and one school could change it.
Why St. Anthony’s Canossian is the one to watch
St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary sits just over a kilometre from the centre of the parcel, and inside the 1 km line of the neighbouring Sceneca Residence. The 1 km line for this project is measured from the address once assigned.
The difference is the starting point. Sceneca Residence sits 110 m from the station gantry and 371 m from the centre point, close enough on that side of the parcel to bring the school inside its own 1 km line.
The parcel spans about 218,507 sq ft with a maximum gross floor area of 32,470 sqm, and URA estimates a yield of around 380 homes. On a site that size the registered address could end up nearer the school than the centre point, or further from it.
A school inside 1 km carries the top distance priority within each registration phase. That is why this one school gets more attention than the rest of the list, and why the address is the most useful thing still to come.
How the 1 km line actually works
The Primary 1 registration distance is measured from home to school. Within a registration phase, priority goes to children living within 1 km first, then to those between 1 km and 2 km, and then to everyone beyond.
Distance only comes into play when a school has more applicants than places in that phase. Not every phase gets that far.
When it does, the school takes the within-1 km applicants first and ballots inside that group if it still has too many names. Only then does it move to the 1 km to 2 km band.
So the line never wins a place on its own, and it never shuts anyone out on its own. It sets the order in which the ballot is run.
“Home” means the registered home address, and the measurement runs from that address to the school. It does not run from the condominium gate, the MRT station, or the centre of the parcel, which is why the address matters more than any figure on this page.
The phase you register in is decided by things distance cannot change, such as whether an older sibling is already in the school.
Distance priority sorts applicants inside a phase. It never moves anyone between phases.
What to check once the address is assigned
The preview is expected in early 2027, and the address is the first thing to read against this list.
First, run St. Anthony’s Canossian against the assigned address, since it is the school that changes band depending on where you measure from. Then do the same for Temasek Primary at 1,056 m, which is close enough to the line that a block at the near edge of the site could read differently from the centre point.
Bedok Green Primary, Red Swastika School, and Fengshan Primary sit comfortably inside the 1 km to 2 km band on these readings. Yu Neng sits at the edge.
Finally, check the year your child registers against the phase you will be in, because distance only decides the order inside a phase. A household with an older sibling already enrolled is in a different queue from one registering for the first time.
When we help families read a school list for a launch this early, we give them two rules: hold the 1 km question open until the address is assigned, and plan around the 1 km to 2 km band as the base case, because that is where every school on the list sits from the centre point today.
Registration of interest is open, and the showflat location and appointment slots are shared with registered buyers when the developer announces them. If the school question is what decides this purchase, register at the Bedok Rise Residences Showflat and bring the address question to the preview.
The everyday school run from a plot beside the station
Sceneca Square, the retail podium beside Tanah Merah MRT, is 338 m from the centre point, which puts the after-school grocery stop on the way home. Bedok Mall is one MRT stop west.
Neighbouring developments around the same station sit between roughly 110 m and 310 m from it, so residents can expect the platforms within a few minutes on foot.
That station reach matters again once the children are older. Temasek Polytechnic is 3.0 km away and the Singapore University of Technology and Design 2.2 km, and the East-West Line runs west from the station to Bedok, Paya Lebar, City Hall, and Raffles Place with no change of train.
The location map shows how the station, the retail podium, and the surrounding condominiums sit around the parcel.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bedok Rise Residences within 1 km of a primary school?
Measured from the centre of the parcel, every primary school on the list sits beyond the 1 km line, with Temasek Primary the nearest at 1,056 m.
One school is worth watching. St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary is 1,222 m from the centre point and inside the 1 km line of the neighbouring Sceneca Residence, so the assigned address decides which side it falls on for this project.
Which primary schools are within 2 km?
Temasek Primary, Bedok Green Primary, St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary, Red Swastika School, and Fengshan Primary, all measured from the centre of the parcel. Yu Neng Primary is around 2 km away.
Does living within 1 km guarantee a place?
No. It gives a child priority over those living further away within the same registration phase.
If the within-1 km group alone has more applicants than places, a ballot is still run inside that group.
How were these distances measured?
They are straight-line distances from the centre of the parcel, a point at 1.32634, 103.94834, to each school.
When we re-run a list like this after an address is assigned, we measure again from the registered address and keep the centre-point figures beside them, because the gap between the two readings is what tells a family how much the address actually moved. The exact 1 km and 2 km boundaries for this project are set that way.