{"id":495,"date":"2023-11-03T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/?page_id=495"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:44:50","slug":"school-enrolment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/parents-carers\/school-enrolment\/","title":{"rendered":"School Enrolment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Primary One Enrolments \u2013 Online Application Process<\/h5>\n<p>Parents and carers enrolling their child(ren) for Primary one or looking to request a place for their child(ren) at another school, which isn\u2019t their catchment school, can now do this quickly and easily online.<\/p>\n<p>The online application will be available for academic session 2026\/27 for P1 enrolments in <strong>January 2026<\/strong>. This system makes things easier for parents and carers to enrol and can be accessed 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p>When accessing the Enrol a child into primary 1 form, you will be asked to log in or register for a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygov.scot\/myaccount\">mygov.scot \u201cmyaccount\u201d<\/a>. You will need this account throughout your child\u2019s education. Once you\u2019ve set this account up, you will then be able to enrol your child(ren) or make a placing request using the online form. To help you create a mygov.Scot account we\u2019ve made a short\u00a0<a title=\"MyGovScot Setting up a Myaccount\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/mygovscot-myaccount-info\">\u2018how to\u2019 video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the online enrolment process parents\/carers will also be required to upload photos of verification documents in support of the application. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A copy of your child\u2019s birth certificate. You can also order a birth certificate on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/community-life2\/births,-deaths-and-marriages\/order-a-certificate\">Order a Certificate<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/li>\n<li>Council Tax notification letter &#8211; If you don&#8217;t have a paper bill, you can download a copy of your council tax bill from within your online account. You will find a link to the Online Account on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/housing\/council-tax\">Council Tax<\/a> page. The council tax notification letter must be your most recent bill, issued for 2024\/25.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of current address &#8211; a gas\/electric bill, driving licence, phone bill, or benefits letter to confirm your child lives within the catchment area. These documents must not be more than 6 months old. If you receive e-billing for your utilities, you can upload these files as documents instead of printing or taking photos of them.<\/li>\n<li>Medical assessment (if applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In normal circumstances, all pupils applying for a place at their catchment school will be guaranteed a place<\/strong>. However, if there is an over-subscription of pupils for the number of P1 places available, the school will get back in touch with these parents.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0<strong>applying for a different stage<\/strong>\u00a0(i.e.\u00a0<strong>not primary one<\/strong>) please contact the school direct. To find out which school is your catchment primary school, please use our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/services\/catchment-checker\">catchment checker<\/a>\u00a0and contact the school directly. A list of primary schools can be found on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/schools-in-fife\/primary-schools\">Primary schools<\/a>\u00a0page. For further information and support, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:education.services@fife.gov.uk\">education.services@fife.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about choosing a school, the Scottish Government has produced a publication called &#8216;<a title=\"Choosing a School: A guide for parents\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/choosing-school-guide-parents-nov-16\/\">Choosing a School<\/a>&#8216; This provides guidance for parents on the placing request system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary One Enrolments \u2013 Online Application Process Parents and carers enrolling their child(ren) for Primary one or looking to request a place for their child(ren) at another school, which isn\u2019t their catchment school, can now do this quickly and easily online. The online application will be available for academic session 2026\/27 for P1 enrolments in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/parents-carers\/school-enrolment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Enrolment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15070,"featured_media":511,"parent":168,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-495","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/495\/revisions\/832"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/bellyeomanps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}