Apply for a school place

• Updates for schools on the COVID-19 pandemic

For a nursery school/class

Contact the school after your child's second birthday to place them on the waiting list. There are no catchment areas for nursery schools/classes.

• Nursery schools/classes in Midlothian

For Primary 1

• Your child can start school in August 2022 if their fifth birthday is between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023.
• If your child is due to start Primary 1 in August 2022, they must be registered at their catchment school by the end of November 2021.
• If a child is not registered in time, we cannot guarantee them a place at their catchment school.
• Registration and placing request forms will be online from 22 November 2021. Or you can download forms to complete on paper from this date.

How to apply for a primary school

• Register a pupil at your catchment school for August 2022
• Directory of primary schools in Midlothian

For Secondary 1

You will automatically receive confirmation of your child's catchment secondary school by the end of November if your child is:

• in Primary 7
• living in Midlothian
• attending a Midlothian primary school.

You need do nothing else if you want your child to attend the catchment secondary school. You can request a non catchment place online.

• Secondary schools in Midlothian

Registering after the start of the school year

To register a pupil into P1 or S1 after the start of the school year and at all other stages, contact the school in writing. The Head Teacher will check the roll/class composition and establish if there is a place.

This applies to both catchment and non-catchment schools.