Use this form if your child will be starting P1 or S1 in August 2025听and you
- are moving听to a new address in the City of Edinburgh area听before 31 July 2025
- have been asked to do so by a member of the Schools Transactions team.
We aim听to respond to your application within one month.
Check your catchment school first
You can check听on our听.
Roman Catholic schools are open to all children regardless of faith. However, if there are more children in the catchment area than the number of places available, we will give priority to baptised Roman Catholic children.
If you apply after 24 December 2024,听we may not be able to guarantee you a place in your selected catchment school. If this happens we will allocate a place in the nearest available school.
Before you start
Read the Placing in Schools guide. Section 9 covers moving address. Section 5 covers how we deal with admissions to RC schools.
We ask for proof of your new address. You can upload documents to provide proof of address. You may want to scan documents before you start the form. This may include
- tenancy/rental agreement or confirmation tenancy has ended
- solicitor's letter confirming purchase or sale of听property
PDF files are best for scanned documents.
If you don't upload the documents here you can send them to us later. We will contact you if we require any further information.
You need to听tell Council Tax about your new address听
Privacy statement
We, the City of Edinburgh Council, use the information you provide to process your application for a school place.
Where allowed by law, we may pass your information to organisations such as
鈥⑻齮he Scottish Government
鈥⑻齋EEMIS
鈥⑻鼼ateway Shared Services
鈥⑻鼶epartment for Work and Pensions
鈥⑻鼿M Revenue and Customs
We may check information you have provided, or information about you that someone else has provided, with information we hold.
We may get information about you from third parties, or give them information to
鈥⑻� 听make sure the information is accurate
鈥⑻� 听prevent or detect crime
鈥⑻� 听protect public funds.
These third parties include
鈥⑻� 听government departments
鈥⑻� 听local authorities
鈥⑻� 听private-sector companies, such as banks and organisations that lend you money.
We use your information to research and plan how we operate our schools. The information may be shared externally for statistical analysis and this will be in an anonymised form.
We will not give information about you to anyone else, or use information about you for other purposes, unless the law requires us to.
We may use your information to identify whether you are eligible for educational benefits, such as free school meals or clothing grants.
Your information will be held for a period of two years after the start of the school year to which the application relates.
We are the data controllers for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Read our privacy policy听for details.
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