Oversubscribed primary schools:Your opinions please

[kontactme30]

Hi all lovely mummies,

We have lived in Edinburgh for 3 yrs now and still am unable to choose a decent primary for my son.DS will start school next Aug and this year have to apply for a P1 place.Some of our friends have suggested Flora Stevenson,James Gillespie,Costorphine primary, Sciences as the best primary schools.

Our catchment school is Roseburn primary and my son does not have friends in our area.The above mentioned schools are oversubscribed and I wonder if teachers will pay attention to all children.Looking for a good primary which is small with friendly staff and where my son can make friends easily.

Visited Flora Stevenson recently and it was certainly better than James & Sciences.But this is my opinion.Looking fwd to hear your views about these schools and Roseburn primary too.Or any other primary suggestions.

Thanks for reading this post and your comments.

Sorry if I'm getting a bit ahead of myself here, but when do we have to put names down on a waiting list for schools? My daughter is only 16 months and we're in the catchment for Flora's, which is where I want her to go anyway - should I be expressing an interest at this early stage or will she just automatically get a place? We're quite laidback and would be equally happy to send her to Stockbridge primary.

emma she will automatically get a place at catchment primary based on your address. The council website has the registration process detailed on there

You will be invited to enrol her at your catchment primary around November before she will/should go to school. Even if you decide to defer you still need to enrol for when she would go to school and then do the deferral process.

If she goes to a council nursery at 3 they have lots of posters up about enrolment week which as Groovee says is in November.

Emma. You won't get in to Stockbridge if floras is your catchment school. It can barely accommodate the catchment kids for the foreseeable future.

Have to agree with other posters that the quality of life to be gained by being local to your school is absolutely priceless.

Thanks ladies, as I said I want her to go to Flora's anyway.