Glasgow's P1 School Enrolment week - online registration opens

Online registration for Glasgow's parents and carers to enrol their children for the start of the new school term in August 2019 will go live next week on the City Council's website.

The Primary 1 school enrolment week will run from Monday 5 - Friday 9 November and following the success of the online form launched last year, the council is once again encouraging families across the city with children who turn 5 years of age between 1 March 2019 and 28 February 2020 to log on and fill out the registration form.

Almost 6,000 parents and carers used the online form last year to register their child - introduced to make it more convenient than ever for parents to take part in the school enrolment process.

Councillor Chris Cunningham, City Convener for Education, Skills & Early Years said: "Starting school is a significant step in a child's and their parents or carers lives

"We have some of the best schools in Scotland - with significant investment made in across our school estate over the last few years.

"It is important for families living in the area to check out and research their local school and register there - as we strongly advocate - local schools for local children.

"Parents of course still have the right to make a placing request, and do so for a variety of personal reasons but we would always encourage them to consider their local school first."

If submitting a placing request parents must register their child at their catchment school in the first instance.

Comprehensive information on stating school is published on our Starting Primary School page.

Families will be notified of their confirmed P1 place no later than February 2019 and schools contacting parents and carers to invite their children to special open days and visits ahead of the new school term in August 2019.