Find a school catchment
Midlothian is divided into catchment areas. Every house is in a catchment area, where residents are given priority admission.
Your catchment school may not be the nearest school to your home.
Each catchment area has:
- a non-denominational primary school
- a non-denominational secondary school
- a Roman Catholic primary school
- a Roman Catholic secondary school
You can register at either primary school in your catchment area, even if it is not where your child currently attends nursery.
Most schools have open events that will be advertised on their website. If you can not make one of these contact the school and they may be able to arrange a time for you to visit.
If a child has more than one address
If parents of a child live in different areas we will work out the catchment school for the child as follows:
- If the parents can provide proof that they share the care 50/50, such as a legal agreement, they can choose which catchment area to register their child.
- If the parents do not share care 50/50, the address of the parent in receipt of Child Benefit will be used.
- If the parents do not share care 50/50 and neither parent is receiving child benefit the primary contact on education records will be used.
Contact us
To confirm your catchment school and/or discuss please contact us:
- pupil.placement@midlothian.gov.uk
- 0131 271 3733
Meeting future demand
With the fastest growing population of any local authority in Scotland, particularly within the early years and school age population, Midlothian Council continues to prepare to meet future demand for local services including education provision.
The rising number of school pupils will require the council to build more schools and extend existing schools to meet this growth. As a result, current school catchment areas may be subject to change during this period of growth.
For clarification on any potential school catchment area reviews prior to submitting a placement request please contact: