Primary 1 enrolment open

The catchment school online P1 enrolment form is available until 25 November 2024 from the council’s website along with full information on the process. Families who deferred their child’s entry to P1 from August 2024 to August 2025 should also now enrol their child for school. The form is available online.

The online form allows parents and carers to securely upload the required verification documents. These are an image or electronic copy of:

• a utility bill dated within the last six months
• a copy of the child’s birth certificate (this is not required if the child already attends an East Lothian Council nursery or a funded provider/childminder that is in partnership with the council)
• the child’s Roman Catholic baptism certificate (for RC school P1 applications, if applicable).

The parental details and address provided on the P1 online enrolment form will be checked against the Council Tax record to verify residence within the primary school catchment area.

East Lothian Council has 34 primary schools in the county. Although most children will attend their catchment school, under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 parents can request that their child attends a different school. This is known as a non-catchment placing request. Non-catchment placing requests should be made by 31 December 2024 using the non-catchment forms available from the council website.

Parents are advised to complete the P1 online enrolment for their catchment school even if they are considering applying for a place in a non-catchment primary.

Families considering deferring their child’s entry to P1 until August 2026 should submit an online enrolment form for their catchment school now, so that a place can be held for their child until deferral decisions are made in March 2025.

Full information on enrolment and non-catchment placing requests is available online: www.eastlothian.gov.uk/SchoolEnrolAndPlacingRequests

Enrol your child for their catchment school's primary 1 starting August 2025.