Enrolment
Parents who might wish to enrol a child for attendance at this school are invited to make an appointment with the Head Teacher to discuss details. Appointments may be made by telephone or by calling at the school. Similarly parents wishing or intending to withdraw a child from the school should arrange to discuss the matter with the Head Teacher. Children being enrolled for the very first time are generally invited to the school for this purpose during one week in January.
Placing Requests
You have the right to make a placing request for your child to be educated in 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 admissions 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 a 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 Headteacher. All placing request details and procedures are available from the school or the council’s website.
Parents and Young People have a right under the Additional Support for Learning Act 2009 as amended by the Education (Additional 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, special class managed by the home authority. In the 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.
