{"id":1415,"date":"2026-01-15T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/?page_id=1415"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:55:17","slug":"primary-1-registration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/primary-1-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 1 Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your child is 5 years of age between 1 March 2026 and 28 February 2027, you should register them at a primary school in your catchment area.<\/p>\n<p>Online\u00a0registration closed on\u00a0Friday 7 November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed the online registration period,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.renfrewshire.gov.uk%2Farticle%2F2167%2FPrimary-schools&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.ferguson%40renfrewshire.gov.uk%7Ca0147220ab6e4f383e5908dbdfb08072%7Cca2953361aa64486b2b2cf7669625305%7C0%7C0%7C638349721377682635%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ytuq0Bc5mBCGGPm5XmRA1h0vpgv%2BF58oFcD7GsJLC7g%3D&amp;reserved=0\">contact your local catchment primary school<\/a>\u00a0and make an appointment to\u00a0register your child\u00a0for Primary 1 in person.<\/p>\n<p>You can only register your child at one local school, either the denominational or the non-denominational school in your catchment area. You can see a\u00a0<a class=\"a_body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.renfrewshire.gov.uk\/article\/2167\/Primary-schools\">list of primary schools in Renfrewshire<\/a>\u00a0and what catchment area they are in on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ren.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/webappviewer\/index.html?id=d7d38f018ce449b7a2ebd32bf7ff74f3\">map of schools and catchment areas in Renfrewshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before you register,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.renfrewshire.gov.uk\/article\/11957\/Apply-for-a-place-at-school#evidence\">check what evidence you need to provide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no direct link between your child&#8217;s nursery school or class and the primary school they will attend. You should register your child at your catchment school, regardless of which nursery they attend.<\/p>\n<p>If you want your child to go to another school outside of your catchment area, you&#8217;ll need to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>register your child at a school in your catchment area first<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"a_body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.renfrewshire.gov.uk\/article\/3470\/Change-schools\">apply for a place at a school outside your catchment area<\/a>\u00a0(placing request) or phone us at 0300 300 0170.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Click on the website below for more information.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.renfrewshire.gov.uk\/article\/11957\/Apply-for-a-place-at-school#primary1\">Primary 1 Registration\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/primary-1-registration\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"454,940\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1-145x300.bmp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1.bmp\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1418\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1.bmp 454w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2026\/01\/15125457\/3bca264d-2d4f-41a5-b318-e0fde4bbb8a1-145x300.bmp 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your child is 5 years of age between 1 March 2026 and 28 February 2027, you should register them at a primary school in your catchment area. Online\u00a0registration closed on\u00a0Friday 7 November 2025. If you missed the online registration period,\u00a0contact your local catchment primary school\u00a0and make an appointment to\u00a0register your child\u00a0for Primary 1 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/primary-1-registration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Primary 1 Registration<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11631,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1420,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1415\/revisions\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}