Schools - Transactions

P1 registration opens

The online registration form is now live at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/P1registration. This form now includes the option to make a placing request for a non-catchment school, so no separate form is required.

We sent letters about registration to all parents of current N5 nursery pupils attending a City nursery or Early Years setting.

Most parents will not be required to upload any evidence with their form. Evidence will only be required in these cases:

• proof of their address if they are not liable for Council Tax.
• the child’s birth certificate or passport if the child does not attend a city nursery or early years setting.
• proof of proof of baptism in the Roman Catholic faith if registering for the RC school.

As we told you in the last blog post, we have introduced a new system for P1 enrolment to replace the SEEMiS system which is being discontinued.  Full training will be available and we will contact you about this soon.

In the meantime if you have any enquiries from parents, please use our contact form.

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.

This week we are sending out the letters to parents about the transfer to high school and they should all be delivered by 10 November.

Parents of P7 children may request a change in denomination – i.e., if attending a non-denominational primary school, they may request their Roman Catholic high school, or vice versa – or they can request a non-catchment school by making a placing request.

Placing requests are now open.

More information

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

If you have any enquiries, please use our contact form.