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Blk 727 Tampines Street 71,
Playgroup (18 months) through Kindergarten 2 (6 years). The centre offers a continuum of early-years education from Playgroup to K2.
Faith-based, bilingual preschool. It is part of the Little Seeds Preschool network in Singapore.
No explicit Special Educational Needs (SEN) provisions are listed for this centre.
Singapore-based; operates within Singapore as part of a network of 17 Little Seeds centres nationwide.
Christian, Anglican; the centre has a chaplain and is linked to All Saints' Church (English).
Full-day operation from 7:00am to 7:00pm; breakfast, lunch and tea break are included.
No dedicated school bus service is listed. Access is via public transport; nearest MRT is Tampines (about 15 minutes' walk from Tampines Interchange); bus numbers 291, 46, and 69 serve Tampines Interchange.
Application and registration fees
- A Registration Fee and a Deposit are collected upon offer and confirmation of placement.
- A Registration Fee and pro-rated two-week school fees are payable for a 2-week trial.
- For foreign children who require a Student's Pass, a Registration Fee, Deposit, first-month fees and the Student's Pass application fee are payable to confirm placement.
Tuition fees by programme / year group
- Full Day (Playgroup, 18 months, through Kindergarten 2, up to 6 years): SGD 650 per month. This amount is presented as the full-day monthly fee for the Kiddy Ark centre (Playgroup to K2). Breakfast, lunch and a tea break are included in the full-day fee; operating hours are 7:00am to 7:00pm. Fees are shown before subsidies and exclude GST.
- Partner-operator (POP) centres — full-day fees for non-Singaporean/PR children (PR/Foreigners) are shown as higher than the Singaporean rate; for 2026 the published POP full-day figure for PR/Foreigners is SGD 1,635 per month (month-based billing). For Singaporean children in POP centres the net monthly fee range after applicable subsidies is presented as a range (reflecting differing subsidy levels).
- Non-Partner-Operator (Non-POP) centres — full-day and half-day fees vary by centre; published 2026 monthly ranges for Non-POP centres are higher and depend on centre and programme type. Specific per-centre, per-year-group breakdowns (term fees or separate year-group monthly rates beyond the full-day Playgroup–K2 figure) are not published on the centre pages.
- Per-term or explicit per-academic-year fee lines are not published publicly for the Kiddy Ark centre; the available published figures are monthly amounts.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Tuition is presented on a monthly billing basis (fees shown as SGD per month).
- Registration Fee and Deposit are collected to secure a confirmed place once an offer is accepted. Trial enrolments require a Registration Fee plus pro‑rated two‑week fees. Foreign enrolments requiring a Student's Pass require payment of registration fee, deposit and first-month fees to confirm the placement. No detailed public schedule of invoice dates, due dates, acceptable notice periods for withdrawal, or late-payment penalties is published on the centre's public pages.
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not applicable; no boarding or residential provision is offered.
Other costs and likely additional charges
- Uniforms are supplied via the school uniform webstore (uniform purchase costs apply separately).
- Enrichment programmes delivered by external providers are offered at some centres; those external enrichment classes are typically charged in addition to tuition and vary by centre.
- For foreign pupils requiring immigration processing, Student's Pass application fees (government/ICA fees) apply in addition to school fees.
- Any centre-level consumables, activity fees, insurance, or additional levies are not itemised on the publicly available centre pages; such items may apply at enrolment and will be confirmed by centre administration.
Refund information
- Public pages list that a Registration Fee and Deposit are collected upon confirmation and that trial registrations require a Registration Fee and pro‑rated fees. There is no general, detailed public refund policy or step‑by‑step refund/withdrawal schedule published on the publicly available centre pages. Parents are directed to confirm the terms (including refundability of any fees or conditions for deposit refunds) with centre administration at offer/confirmation.
Fee payment options
- The public enrolment flow is digital/online registration; parents register online and the centre administrator will contact them to facilitate enrolment and fee collection. Specific, published payment-method options (for example, whether the centre accepts credit card, EFT/bank transfer, GIRO, or other methods) are not listed on the public centre pages. Fee-collection method and payment details are confirmed by the centre administrator during the enrolment process.
Summary of information availability
- Published, centre-specific figures for Kiddy Ark are limited to a single published monthly full-day rate for Playgroup–K2 (SGD 650 per month) and notes about subsidies, GST and included meals. Broader site pages supply monthly ranges by centre type (POP vs Non-POP) and outline government subsidy bands for Singaporean children and required fees for foreign Student's Pass applications. Detailed line‑item amounts for registration fees, deposit amounts, per-term or per-academic‑year breakdowns, formal refund terms, and explicit payment-method lists are not published on the public centre pages and must be confirmed directly with the centre administrator at the time of offer.
Not publicly disclosed.
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