Enrol your child in school online

Parents applying for primary one places at East Renfrewshire schools can submit their application online for the first time.

An online form has been created to provide what the local authority says will be a more effective method for parents and carers to submit applications.

Supporting documents required as part of the process still need to be produced at each individual school during P1 Applications Week, and this should be done from Monday, January 14, until Friday, January 18, 2019, between 1.45pm and 3.30pm at the local school.

Once the online process is live, which will be publicised in advance, parents and carers of children who will be five between March 2019 and February 2020 should apply to enrol in either the local denominational or non- denominational school at this time.

The online application process will close at 4pm on Friday, January 11, thereafter applications must be made at schools during P1 Applications Week.

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 or to defer the place for another year. The council is asking people to apply for the local catchment school, even if they will be educated privately or intend to defer their child’s P1 enrolment until August 2020.

Families who are applying for a place at a Roman Catholic school in the area are required to produce a baptismal certificate, due to high demand.