You can apply for a place 6 weeks prior to your child starting. No applications will be accepted before this time. Nursery and P1 applications have separate arrangements. There is more information about this at the link at the end of this page.
You do not need to be living in the catchment area to apply for a place. However catchment children do take priority over non-catchment children. Places will be reserved for catchment children after the start of session throughout the entire year, where it is possible to do so.
We have a waiting list for catchment children. We have a separate waiting list for non-catchment children. Children and young people are admitted to schools in the areas where they stay. These are known as the catchment areas for the school. An address will have a catchment Roman Catholic school and a catchment non-denominational school. Pupils living in the City of Edinburgh Council area have priority for places over pupils living in other local authority areas. The Council aims to provide places for P1 pupils at their catchment school if they are living in the catchment area by the end of February of the year that they will start in P1. It is important to note that a child must be resident in a house before a place is allocated. Evidence of a house purchase is not sufficient for the allocation of a place. If there are places available after catchment demand is met, placing requests for non-catchment pupils at P1 and all other stages will be allocated.
Attendance at a school’s nursery (pre-school) is not considered when allocating places in schools. Your child is only entitled to a place in the primary school where they attend nursery if you live within the catchment area of that school.
If you make a placing request for a non-catchment school and it is successful for one child, this does not guarantee that requests for younger children will be successful. This could mean that your younger children would attend a different school to their older brother or sister. You can ask for children whose not given places, to be placed on our waiting list.
Parents must ensure their child arrives on time for school and there is no help with transport.
Documents Needed
School places are allocated to children based on their main residence. All parents must provide proof of residence for a catchment place when they register their child for primary school. All allegations of false addresses will be investigated and places will be withdrawn if you have used a false address to gain a school place.
You can collect enrolment forms from the school office.
Children are placed in their year groups according to their date of birth. There are special arrangements in place for some children in nursery whose parents may be able to choose when to begin primary school.
The school will set up a meeting with the Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher to discuss the additional support required. There may be a delay to your child’s start date while additional support is put in place. The school will discuss your child’s needs with their previous school whenever this is possible.
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