Enrolment in Primary and Secondary Schools in Dundee

These children are eligible to start school on Tuesday 15 August 2023 and you should enrol your child for primary school.

However, nearer to the start of the school year you may wish to delay your child's entry to school if you think that he/she is not ready to start. You should discuss this with staff at your child's nursery who will be able to help you make the best decision for your child. If you decide to delay your child's entry to primary school you will be able to withdraw your child's enrolment application.

Parents/Carers can enrol their children between Monday 5 December 2022 and Monday 6 February 2023.

Parents should contact staff at the appropriate local primary school between Monday 5 December 2022 and Monday 6 February 2023, who will tell you their arrangements for enrolment. When you enrol your child, you will need to take your child's full birth certificate and some current proof that you live permanently at your address. If you are enrolling at a denominational school and your child has been baptised you should also take their baptismal certificate.

Although it is usual for children to attend their local catchment area school, parents/carers have the right to request that their children be placed in a different primary school. This is called a Placing Request. Education Authorities have a duty to grant placing requests wherever possible. We will try to grant your request, provided there are places at the school which you choose. Where the demand for places exceeds the number of available places in a primary school it is not always possible to grant all such placing requests.

Placing requests for any school should be made online.
If you cannot make the request online you will need to Contact Us.

All placing requests should be made between Monday 5 December 2022 and Monday 6 February 2023. Any requests made after this date will still be considered, once all of the on-time applications have been processed. Please note it is possible that places in certain schools may no longer be available.

Further information, including how decisions in relation to placing request are made, is available within the Placing Request Guidance.

All schools publish Handbooks and School Improvement Reports which contain information that can be useful to parents. Please contact schools by phone or email to obtain this information.

Children who are transferring to begin secondary school education on Tuesday 15 August 2023 will be advised by email or letter in December 2022 of the school in which a place has been allocated for them, based upon where they live, and whether their current school is denominational or non-denominational.
If you are happy with this allocation, then you don't need to do anything else.

If you would like your child to transfer to any other Dundee secondary school (this would include their alternative local catchment school - non-denominational/ denominational) you will need to submit a placing request online.

Although it is usual for children to attend their local catchment area school, parents/carers have the right to request that their children be placed in a different secondary school. This is called a Placing Request. Education Authorities have a duty to grant placing requests wherever possible. We will try to grant your request, provided there are places at the school which you choose. Where the demand for places exceeds the number of available places in a secondary school it is not always possible to grant all such placing requests.

Placing requests for any school should be made online.
If your child currently attends a Primary School outwith Dundee and you wish them to attend a Dundee Secondary School you are required to submit a placing request regardless of your home address.

If you cannot make the request online you will need to Contact Us.

All Placing Requests must be made between Monday 5 December 2022 and Monday 6 February 2023.

Further information, including how decisions in relation to placing request are made, is available within the Placing Request Guidance.

All schools publish Handbooks and School Improvement Reports which contain information that can be useful to parents. Please contact schools directly to obtain this information.