Primary 1 School Applications

The online link for applying for primary school is now open. Applications should be made by 19th January 2024.

https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/apply-for-p1

You can apply for a P1 school catchment place for your child if you currently live within East Renfrewshire Council or will be living within the authority by the start of the new session in August 2024.  Parents and carers of children who will be five-years-old between March 2024 and February 2025 should apply to register in either the local denominational or non-denominational school at this time. It is important that an application is made for residents’ preferred local catchment area school in the first instance, even if you plan to make a placing request for your child to attend another school or if you intend to educate your child privately or at home.

Applications should also be made if you intend for your child to defer school entry. If a child is not yet 5 years old on 1 August in the year which they are supposed to commence their primary education, parents/carers may choose to defer entry until the following academic year. Such children will be entitled to an additional year of funded early learning and childcare.

Parents of children who reach the age of five before 1 August, can still decide to defer, however education authorities are required to exercise discretion as to whether an additional free year of early learning and childcare will be funded.