Enrolment in Primary and Secondary Schools in Dundee

These children are eligible to start school on Tuesday 16 August 2022 and you should enrol your child for primary school.

Parents/Carers can enrol their children between Monday 6 December 2021 and Monday 7 February 2022.

Parents should contact staff at the appropriate local primary school between Monday 6 December 2021 and Monday 7 February 2022, 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.

Children who are transferring to begin secondary school education on Tuesday 16 August 2022 will be advised by email or letter in December 2021 of the school in which a place has been allocated for them, based upon where they live.

If you are happy with this allocation, then you don’t need to do anything else.  

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 (link available soon).

If your child currently attends a Primary School outwith Dundee and you wish then 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 visit Dundee House.  Dundee House has moved to an appointment only system.  Appointments can be made by email: appointments@dundeecity.gov.uk  Please provide your name, address, contact number, preferred appointment date/time and brief summary of enquiry or contact Customer Services on 01382 433129 to make an appointment.