Annual Registration of Primary 1 pupil’s takes place at the beginning of January each year, and dates for registration will be advertised in the local press early in January. Any parents wishing to enroll pupils in our school are very welcome to visit. The Head Teacher will be happy to conduct a tour of our school and answer any questions or discuss any points. Please telephone the school to make an appointment with the Head Teacher.
Our comprehensive nursery to primary 1 liaison programme supports the children in their transition and helps to reassure them that school is a safe, welcoming and exciting place to be. During the summer term, the new P1 intake will be invited to visit the school and the children will be visited in their nursery by a member of school staff. This series of visits will give the children the opportunity to meet their class teacher, visit the classroom in which they will work and become familiar with the school. During this time, parents will have an opportunity to talk to the Head Teacher about the school and the curriculum and have any questions answered. Primary 1 pupils attend full time from the first day of the session.
Click on the link below from North Lanarkshire Council for more information about school admissions
Click on the link below for advice from Education Scotland’s Parentzone about starting school.
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 admission of children to a school takes place at the start of a school session. Other than those 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. 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 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.
