Schools - Transactions

Pupils starting P1 and S1 in August 2022

P1 registration opens

The online registration form is now online for parents. Thanks to those of you have helped with testing prior to going live.

The form is much the same as last year, however there are two key changes:

• parents are only able to select one of their catchment schools when they enter their address - this should reduce 'incorrect' submissions
• parents who are liable for Council Tax only need to provide their Council Tax account number - no proof of the bill is required. This will be checked by Transactions.

We have updated the new P1 registrations phase 1 instructions - please take time to read these, especially if you're new to the process.

We have issued letters about the new procedures to all parents of N5 pupils living in the City of Edinburgh area, if they attend a City nursery or Early Years setting.

Catchment area changes

As we reported last month, catchment areas are changing in the Morningside area with the opening of the new south Edinburgh primary school on Canaan Lane.

There is a small area of Queensferry Primary moving to Echline Primary catchment area, and a very small area moving from James Gillespie's to Tollcross Primary.

Please be aware that although these changes have been made on the catchment map, they have not yet been updated on SEEMiS. We hope to have the SEEMiS catchment data updated very soon.

P7 high school allocations

P7 pupils have been allocated places in their catchment high schools and you can view these now in Admissions & Leavers > Allocations > Provisional Allocations Report 

• Primary schools - change Report Type to ‘Allocated From Report’
• Secondary schools - change this to 'Allocated To Report'
• click 'Get report Data'. This will generate a list of pupils.

Under the heading Allocation Type most children are ‘Allocated by Authority’ – i.e. allocated their catchment schools as we haven’t granted any placing requests yet. Children moving from Taobh na Pàirce to James Gillespie’s are marked ‘Accepted by Parent’, as are children attending the City of Edinburgh Music School allocated to Broughton High.

We've just sent out the letters to parents about the transfer to high school and they should all be delivered by 5 November.

Placing requests

Placing requests are now open.

PDF versions of this and our other online forms are available to download from this page and print for parents if required.

More information

For more info, visit the Primary 1 and Secondary 1 Orb page 

Next update

We’ll send a further update once the P1 registrations have been entered on SEEMiS.