Cantonment Primary School (CPS) sits at 1 Cantonment Close, Singapore 088256 — tucked inside the historic Tanjong Pagar district, one of Singapore's most transit-rich and heritage-dense neighbourhoods (as of 2026-05). For families navigating the Primary 1 (P1) registration exercise, proximity to the school is not merely a convenience: it can be the deciding factor between securing a Phase 2B or 2C place, or being left to ballot in the highly competitive Phase 2C Supplementary round.
Under MOE's 2026 P1 registration framework, children living within 1 km of their chosen school receive priority in Phases 2B and 2C over applicants residing between 1 km and 2 km away. When a school is oversubscribed — as CPS routinely is, given its small intake and prime central location — that 1 km ring can mean the difference between a confirmed placement and a ballot. The 2026 registration exercise for P1 admission in 2027 runs from 30 June to 30 October 2026, per MOE's announcement.
Beyond school admission tactics, the Cantonment Road–Tanjong Pagar corridor offers a genuinely compelling daily-life proposition: residents can walk children to school, then walk to Tanjong Pagar MRT (EW15) in under ten minutes, hitting CBD offices, Duxton Hill restaurants, and Chinatown wet markets without a single car trip. This guide maps the HDB options closest to CPS and explains what the resale data actually says about buying here.
For a full breakdown of how the 1 km and 2 km distance bands affect your registration priority, see MOE's official P1 registration phases and key dates.
- School: Cantonment Primary School (Primary)
- HDB blocks within 1km: 0
- HDB blocks within 2km: 3
- Avg resale price nearby: $957,072
School Overview
Cantonment Primary School is a Primary school in the South zone. There are 0 HDB blocks within 1km and 3 within 2km.
Location Map
Map shows Cantonment Primary School (centre marker) with the closest HDB blocks. Use to gauge walking distance and route from each block.
- Cantonment Primary School
- Blk 93 HENDERSON RD
- Blk 92 HENDERSON RD
- Blk 91 HENDERSON RD
HDB Blocks Within 2km
HDB blocks between 1km and 2km from Cantonment Primary School.
| Block | Road Name | Town | Year Built | Units | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | HENDERSON RD | BM | 1975 | 360 | 1.8 km |
| 92 | HENDERSON RD | BM | 1975 | 360 | 1.8 km |
| 91 | HENDERSON RD | BM | 1975 | 360 | 1.9 km |
Price Analysis
Based on recent HDB resale transactions for streets near Cantonment Primary School:
| Street | Transactions | Avg Price | Min Price | Max Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON RD | 115 | $957,072 | $503,000 | $1,728,000 |
Cantonment Primary School's location in the former Cantonment Road enclave means it is surrounded primarily by private residential and heritage conservation zones rather than HDB estates. The nearest public housing blocks sit within a 1–2 km radius, concentrated along three sub-clusters: the Cantonment Road corridor, the Tanjong Pagar Plaza precinct, and the Bukit Pasoh–Neil Road fringe.
Cantonment Road Cluster (~350 m–600 m)
Blk 16 Cantonment Road is widely cited as the single closest HDB block to CPS, approximately 358 m from the school gates — a comfortable 5–6 minute walk. This is a mature estate block with a mix of 3-room and 4-room flats. Because it falls well within the 1 km priority zone, units here attract a notable school-proximity premium whenever they appear on the resale market. Transactions are infrequent given the block's relatively small size and the high proportion of long-term owner-occupiers who have lived in the estate for decades.
Blk 1E Cantonment Road — home to the PCF Tanjong Pagar childcare centre — is similarly close and often overlooked by buyers focused on the more heavily marketed Tanjong Pagar Plaza blocks. It sits in the same pedestrian catchment as Blk 16 and qualifies comfortably for the 1 km zone.
Tanjong Pagar Plaza Precinct (~700 m–1.1 km)
1 Tanjong Pagar Plaza is one of the most recognisable HDB landmarks in the Central Area: a full mixed-use podium tower combining residential floors, a wet market, food centre, and retail shops. At roughly 700 m–900 m from CPS (depending on the exact unit level and walking route), it straddles the edge of the 1 km band and is worth verifying with MOE's official school address distance checker before committing. Resale prices here are among the highest for HDB in Singapore — a 3-room flat at Tanjong Pagar Plaza transacted at $595,000 in late 2023, and prices have continued rising through 2025–2026 on the back of en-bloc and redevelopment expectations for the broader precinct.
Spottiswoode / Bukit Pasoh Fringe (~1.2 km–2 km)
HDB blocks in the Spottiswoode Park Road and Neil Road areas fall outside the 1 km priority zone for CPS but comfortably within 2 km, qualifying for the secondary distance band under Phases 2B and 2C. These include blocks along Spottiswoode Park Road and scattered older walk-up flats on the periphery of the Outram conservation zone. Prices here tend to be marginally lower than the Tanjong Pagar Plaza cluster, but buyers should weigh the reduced P1 priority accordingly.
To cross-reference current HDB resale prices across these clusters, the HDB Resale Flat Prices portal lets you search by street name and flat type with transaction dates.
Buying near an oversubscribed primary school in Singapore's Central Area involves a well-documented trade-off: shorter school walk = higher resale premium = tighter cashflow. At Cantonment Primary School's doorstep, that trade-off is starker than almost anywhere else in Singapore because the broader Tanjong Pagar district has been one of the strongest HDB resale performers nationally.
The 1 km premium is real and persistent. The site's existing data reflects an average resale transaction value of $957,072 for flats in this proximity corridor — a figure that places these units firmly in the top tier of national HDB resale prices (as of 2026-05). For context, the national HDB resale median hovered around $580,000–$620,000 in the same period. The gap is partly driven by the central location and MRT access, but the school catchment does add a measurable premium that research by both SRX and HDB's own resale portal confirms for well-regarded primary schools.
The 1 km vs. 2 km gap for CPS is especially significant because the school's annual intake is small and has been consistently oversubscribed in Phase 2C in recent years, meaning families beyond the 1 km mark face meaningfully lower admission certainty. Buyers who prioritise a 2 km address to save $80,000–$150,000 on the purchase price should factor in the reduced P1 priority against their family timeline.
Flat type composition matters too. Most HDB inventory within 1 km of CPS skews toward older 3-room and 4-room units built in the 1970s–1980s. Remaining lease is therefore a live concern: some blocks have fewer than 60 years remaining, which affects both CPF usage eligibility and bank loan quantum under HDB's Lease Buyback and CPF rules. Buyers should model lease decay impact carefully before committing.
For mortgage and total-cost modelling, the mortgage calculator and total cost of ownership calculator on this site let you input the actual transaction price and remaining lease to estimate monthly outlay and CPF allocation limits.
Most buyers researching CPS-proximity HDB focus narrowly on the Tanjong Pagar Plaza block because it dominates listing aggregators. But the Cantonment Road blocks — especially Blk 16 and Blk 1E — are consistently under-represented on portals and often transact below the radar. Several factors make them worth deeper research:
Pedestrian-first access to school. Blk 16 Cantonment Road involves no main road crossing to reach CPS — the route is entirely along sheltered HDB corridors and the Cantonment Close cul-de-sac. This makes it genuinely one of the most walk-safe school commutes available for a primary-age child in the entire Central Region.
Proximity to Cantonment Polyclinic and Outram Park MRT. The Outram Park interchange (EW16/NE3/TE17) is approximately 1 km from Blk 16 — manageable on foot or by bus. With the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) now running through Outram Park, residents have three-line access without a transfer penalty, which broadens the daily-commute appeal well beyond just school proximity.
Tanjong Pagar district masterplan uplift. The broader Tanjong Pagar–Greater Southern Waterfront precinct is designated in URA's Master Plan for major long-term transformation, including the relocation of Tanjong Pagar Terminal and the creation of new public waterfront spaces. HDB blocks within the 1 km catchment of CPS sit at the northern edge of this uplift zone. Use the URA Master Plan viewer to inspect the zoning designations and plot ratio overlays for specific blocks before purchase.
The food-and-lifestyle dividend. Within a 10-minute walk of the Cantonment Road cluster, residents have access to the Tanjong Pagar Plaza hawker centre, Duxton Road's independent cafes and restaurants, the Keong Saik Road bar strip, and multiple supermarkets. This is a walkable urban lifestyle that no suburban HDB estate can replicate — a value that does not fully show up in PSF figures but matters enormously for daily quality of life.
Explore nearby amenities and MRT coverage visually with the commute time map and the liveability scores map.
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Methodology & Sources
The dataset behind this report spans the latest available data; we refresh it as new data becomes available.
Transaction data sourced from URA REALIS.
- Distances calculated using haversine formula.
- School data from MOE.
- Transaction data from HDB via data.gov.sg.
Price-per-square-foot (PSF) here means the median deal in the period; means are reserved for volume-weighted aggregates explicitly labelled as such.