Midlothian/ East Lothian village/ small town primary schools - relocating help please!

[Wingingit44]

Hi,

Would love some thoughts on village/ small town Midlothian or East Lothian primary schools please (non denominational). At the moment I have done basic research on Roslin, Bilston and Rosewell, but happy to look up to about half an hour away from that area. And I am curious to see if we could live on the coast. Have found out bits and pieces through Google but would be great to get some opinions.

DS1 (6) would be going into P2 and is Autistic. He needs a nurturing environment but also to be academically challenged. DS2 (4 1/2) is Jan born and we would hope to get funding to defer P1 as we are coming from England and he is due to go into reception here in a few weeks.

Thanks in advance, this is a really stressful time so any help is much appreciated!

Can’t help with primary schools in the area that you are looking at but deferring shouldn’t be an issue. Most councils will allow parents to choose to defer Jan/Feb born children - have never heard of anyone being declined a deferral

But check out the number of free nursery hours that you will be able to get - it's increasing but might not be as much as you were expecting with a child at reception.

I agree that there shouldn't be a problem with deferral so your ds2 should be able to start P1 in either August 2019 or August 2020.

https://www.mygov.scot/childcare-costs-help/funded-early-learning-and-childcare/

....sorry, been mentally miscalculating , your ds2 can start P1 next year if you want, and it shouldn't be a problem. But as I mentioned on the other thread, would end up one of the oldest in the class rather than the youngest.