Questions about preschool fees and vacancies
Short answers, each with its official source. Answers checked 17 Oct 2026.
What are Anchor Operators and Partner Operators?
They are preschool operators that ECDA, the Early Childhood Development Agency, has chosen to receive government funding. In return, the centres agree to keep their monthly fees within a cap. Centres in either scheme are called government-supported on this site. All other centres, including not-for-profit ones, are shown as other centres.
Source: ECDA: Anchor Operator scheme · ECDA: Partner Operator scheme
What is the basic subsidy?
It is a monthly amount that ECDA takes off the fee of a Singapore Citizen child at a licensed centre. The amounts below are for full-day care. When the main applicant is working, it is $600 a month for infant care and $300 a month for childcare; the amount is lower if the main applicant is not working. Families with lower household incomes can also get an additional subsidy, which depends on income. The "after the basic subsidy" figures on this site take only the basic subsidy off the listed fee, and are never below $0. Amounts checked on 2026-10-17.
What do N1 and N2 mean?
ECDA's data calls the classes for 3-year-olds Pre-Nursery and for 4-year-olds Nursery. Parents commonly call Pre-Nursery and Nursery "N1" and "N2". This site writes them as Nursery 1 (Pre-Nursery) and Nursery 2 (Nursery) so both names are clear. K1 and K2 are Kindergarten 1 and 2, for 5 and 6 year olds.
Source: ECDA: Listing of Centre Services (fees), on data.gov.sg
What does "Limited" mean for vacancies?
Available, Limited and Full are the words each centre reports to ECDA for each month, and this site shows them as reported. ECDA's open data does not say what "Limited" means in numbers, and it does not say how many places a centre has, so this site does not either. To find out whether there is a place for your child, call the centre.