Schools - Transactions

Pupils starting P1 and S1 in August 2022

We have agreed the timetable and procedures for children starting P1 and S1 in August 2022.

P1 registration and placing requests will open on 1 November 2021.

P7 pupils will be allocated a high school based on the address held on their SEEMiS record, so please ensure these are up to date.

We will be sending letters about the procedures to all parents of N5 and P7 pupils living in the City of Edinburgh area, if they attend a City primary, nursery or early years setting.

To download the timetable, please visit the Primary and Secondary 1 Orb page.

Remember to check your pupil data

In the last blog post we asked you to do some data checks before we extract the pupil data for the P1 and S1 information letters. If you haven't already done so, please check your N5 and P7 pupil addresses on SEEMiS are verified with a UPRN (unique property reference number). The UPRN is important as we use this to determine the catchment schools.

You can run the Custom Report 'No UPRN' to view all current pupils in your school who don't have a UPRN. Its good practice to run this regularly.

If you have any, simply go to Records > Edit and in the address tab, click on the 'Verify Address' button and choose the pupil's address. This will populate the UPRN automatically.

We will be issuing these letters to parents after Friday 15 October to confirm their catchment schools for children starting P1 and S1. The catchment schools will be based on the UPRN held on SEEMiS, so the records need to be up to date by then.

Please note:
•    some addresses will have a different format (i.e. 22 (3f1) may appear as 22/7) so you may need to check this with the parent first.
•    if the address does not show when you click on verify address, check you have the right postcode - check it here: www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode
•    properties in new build developments may not yet be uploaded to SEEMiS, in this case you cannot verify the address and the UPRN will remain blank.

Annual data checks

If any addresses have been changed please ensure you update both the pupil’s address AND the parent’s – in the past we’ve found several P7 records where only the parent details are updated, whilst the pupil address remains the old address. The pupil is therefore allocated the wrong high school.

Catchment area realignment

Several changes are being made to catchment areas this year and this affects places for P1. They are

• South Queensferry catchment changes – affects Echline and Queensferry Primaries
• New South Edinburgh Primary School on Canaan Lane – affects Bruntsfield, James Gillespie’s, South Morningside and Tollcross Primaries

Click on the link to find out more and download the new catchment maps.

The online catchment map will be updated soon as will SEEMiS. This will allow the affected pupils to be registered at their new catchment school.

Transactions will deal with registrations for the new South Edinburgh primary school.