P1 Enrolment and Placing Requests

Enrolment for children due to commence Primary school in August 2020 will take place in early November.

Updated information will be available here shortly for parents of children due to be enrolled in Primary 1 to commence in August 2020.

If you live in the Glasgow City boundary you must register your child for P1 at one of your catchment schools.  You have a choice of three catchment schools

· Non-Denominational

· Roman Catholic (RC)

· Gaelic medium

If you are unfamiliar with schools within your catchment area, please use our School catchment lookup.

To register your child at the local catchment school you will need need

  • A digital copy of the child’s birth certificate (The requirement to upload a birth certificate only applies to children who did not attend a nursery or pre-school operated by Glasgow City Council)
  • The name of the local school/centre you wish to register the child. If you are unfamiliar with schools within your catchment area, please use our School catchment lookup before completing the form.

It is usual practice for children to attend their local catchment primary school.

Check the local catchment primary school and Gaelic medium school for your address.

Parents/Carers will have the opportunity to visit their local catchment school and should check the day(s), time(s) for visits with the school concerned.

If you wish to enrol your child for the start of the new school session in August 2019, they must have attained the age of 5 years between 1 March 2019 and the 28 February 2020.

Placing Requests

Some parents may wish to make a written request to place their child in another school under the management of the Education Authority. Such a request is referred to as a placing request. It is essential however those parents must also register their child for Education at their local primary school initially and before submitting their placing request form.

Please refer to our placing requests page for further information.

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