3rd December 2021
Dear Parent/Carer,
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS WITH A CHILD DUE TO
START SCHOOL IN AUGUST 2022
Please share this email with anyone who has a child starting school in August 2022.
Please read the information below regarding online registration.
Registration of Infant Beginners 2022
Children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023 should register for starting Primary 1 in August 2022.
Enrolment forms are available to complete online and should be emailed directly to the school at enquiries-at-st-davids@northlan.org.uk. Completed applications along with supporting evidence should be emailed to the school no later than 24th January 2022.
Supporting evidence can be scanned or a screen shot sent of your child’s birth certificate and council tax/utility bill.
Placing Request forms are available on-line and can be emailed to ef.placingrequests@northlan.gov.uk
Transport forms are also available online and paper copies can be requested from ef.transport@northlan.gov.uk
Choosing a school booklet can be downloaded from the Scottish Government website www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/10093528/0.
Parents/carers who wish to make an early entry request should contact their catchment area school download an Early Entry request form and send to ef.placingrequests@northlan.gov.uk
Please contact the school office should you require any assistance or further information.
Kind regards,
Mrs M. J. Livingstone
Head Teacher
NLLivingstoneM1@northlan.org.uk
(01236) 632142
Transfers and Enrolments
Registration of infant beginners in primary school
Parents/carers of children who attain the age of five years between 1 March 2021 and 28 February 2022, should register by 22 January 2021 for starting Primary 1 in August 2021.
A new interactive Primary 1 Enrolment Form is available (see below). Parents/carers can enrol online and submit a copy of their child’s brith certificate and council tax/utility bill to their child’s catchment school.
Completed forms should be sent directly to your catchment school enquiries mailbox.
Please note – the form is interactive and can be completed on your computer. You may experience difficulties if you attempt to download and complete the form on a mobile device.
For parents/carers who are unable to provide their council tax notice please visit our council tax portal to print another copy of your notice. Please note this is now also available to download to a mobile device.
A copy (scanned/snapshot picture) of your child’s birth certificate.
If you don’t have a council tax notice, you can print a copy on our council tax portal.
You can learn more about choosing a school for your child on the Scottish Government website.
Parents/carers who want to defer entry for their child to primary school and apply for an additional year of part-time pre-school should register their child for school as described above and complete the deferred entry application form. This document is available from the school.
If you have any questions about deferred entry, please contact the head teacher.
Early Entry Placing Requests:
Parents who consider their child to be mature enough to be in attendance at school but who miss the official registration date by a short period may apply for such a placing request.
Information regarding such requests may be had from the Head Teacher or nursery staff.
Placing Requests:
Apply for a placing request
How we respond
As a result of COVID-19, we have changed how we respond to placing requests:
- Our response deadline for requests submitted before 15 March 2020 for the coming school year starting August 2020 has been extended from 30 April to 31 May 2020.
- For placing requests received in relation to a current school year, the deadline is extended from two to three months.
Timescales for appeals
The regulations change the timescales for appeals:
- The deadline for holding any other type of placing request appeal received is extended from two to four months. If a placing request appeal has not been heard four months after receipt, it will be considered to be refused.
- You will be notified of the appeal committee decision within 14 days, otherwise the appeal will be deemed to be refused and our decision considered upheld. This deadline has been extended to 28 days.
- For appeals received up until now the Committee had five working days to send out an acknowledgement of the appeal and notify education of the receipt of an appeal. This has now been extended to 28 days.
We will advertise our arrangements for placing requests in December each year.
There are good educational reasons for trying to ensure that the transfer or admission of 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 and meet parental wishes, but it is not always possible to grant every placing request to a particular school.
Once a pupil has reached the school leaving age the pupil, not the pupil’s parents, may choose which school to attend. If the pupil wants to change schools, they should complete a placing request application form.
