In a speech at the opening, Mr Ong – who is the anchor minister for Sembawang GRC – said the Ministry of Education is supportive of his proposal to build another primary school in East Canberra.

Every morning, Czarina Gatbonton Tumaliuan would stand outside her brick house and make sure her young children crossed the road safely to their primary school only a few metres away from their home.

There are signs that in some areas of England fewer children are gaining places at their first choice of primary school, a survey suggests. Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding ...