Primary 1 Pupils
During the month of January details of registration and enrolment for children starting school in August
will appear in the local press. You must register your child in the school which serves your catchment area. However, you may exercise your parental right and apply to enrol your child in any school.

 

Placing Requests
You have the right to make a placing request for your child to be educatedin a school other than the local
school. In December each year, the authority will advertise its arrangements for placing requests. There are sound educational reasons for trying to ensure that the transfer or admission of children to a school takes place at the start of a school session. Other than those who are moving home, to a new area, parents are advised to time any placing requests so that they take effect from the beginning of the new school session. Every effort will be made to try to meet the parental wishes, but you should note that it is not always possible to grant every placing request to a particular school. Placing requests to Primary School does not necessarily ensure that your child will have a direct entry into the associated secondary. Advice on this must be sought from the Primary School Head Teacher. Further information on placing requests and procedures is available from the school or council’s website.
Parent and Young People have a right under the Additional Support for Learning Act 2009 as amended by
the Education (Additonal Support for Learning)(Scotland) Act 2009 to make a placing request for their
child or young person to attend a nursery (including partnership nursery), special school or, special class
managed by the home authority. In event of a successful placing request the authority are not required to
provide transport. The Act also enables parents and young people to make a placing request to attend a
school/establishment belonging to another authority.