Pupil Enrolment

Enrolment – how to register your child for school 

If your child is starting school for the first time you must enrol your child at their catchment school in January. If parents want their child to go to another school, they must enrol in the first instance with their catchment school and ask for an information leaflet that provides details on how to make a placing request. Forms are available from the SLC website – www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk, schools, Q and A offices or by contacting Education Resources, Almada Street, Hamilton, telephone 01698 454102. 

Completed forms should be returned as soon as possible to Education Resources, Almada Street, Hamilton ML3 0AE. Enrolment date for 2025/26 is in January 2025 Enrolment – how to register your child for school Please provide information to parents on how to register their child for school. 

To register your child for school you should complete our online registration form. This can be done using the South Lanarkshire website. www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200186/primary_school_information/392/enrolling _your_child_for_school 

If you have any difficulty in identifying your catchment school, please email Edsuppserv.helpline@southlanarkshire.gov.uk 

The online registration form will ask you to provide each child’s full birth certificate and two pieces of recent official documentation both containing your permanent home address for example a utility bill, council tax statement, housing rent card, child benefit documentation. Proof of where the child lives may also be needed. 

Parents within the catchment area will be advised via social media that they can begin using the online registration form to enrol their child for school in August 2023. The registration form along with the child’s full birth certificate and 2 proofs of residency will be sent directly to the office email address will be available from 9 January 2023. If your child attends nursery of your catchment school don’t assume that they will be automatically transferred. You must register them as normal. 

If your child is starting school for the first time you must enrol your child at their catchment school in January. If parents want their child to go to another school, they must enrol in the first instance with their catchment school and ask for an information leaflet that provides details on how to make a placing request. An online placing request form is available from the SLC website – www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk or by contacting edsuppserv.helpline@southlanarkshire.gov.uk or phone 0303 123 1023.