School placing requests
As a parent/carer you have the right to ask for your child to be educated in a school other than your catchment school.
There are sound educational reasons for trying to ensure that the transfer or admission of children to a new school takes place at the start of the school session. We strongly advise all parents who are considering making a request (other than those who are moving home to a new area) to do this.
Every effort will be made to try to meet your wishes but it is not always possible to grant every placing request application made to each school. Therefore you must also enrol your child at the catchment school pertaining to your home address, to ensure they have a space should the placing request be unsuccessful.
Please check your catchment school using the catchment checker before submitting a Placing Request. If you live in the catchment for your preferred school please do not submit a placing request, instead submit a registration, details of which can be found under Primary School Registration and Secondary School Registration.
How to make a placing request
PLEASE NOTE APPLICATIONS FOR AUGUST 2025 WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2025.
Parents are informed of their outcome by 30 April each year.
If applying for a Mid-Session placing request for session 2024/2025 the Council has two months from the date of receipt of your request to notify you of a decision.
It should be noted that where a successful placing request is made, you, as a parent/carer must accept full responsibility for the arrangement and cost of transport to and from the school.
- You can apply using our online placing request application form below. Please ensure you you have read the school placing request guidance notes before applying
- If you are unable to complete the online application form, you can request support by emailing Shared Services.
You must complete an application for each child/young person. Please ensure that all sections of the form are completed. This will assist the education office in prioritising your request.
Application
Please use the application form below to make a school placing request.
To complete the application, you will need:
- Birth certificate
- Council tax
- Additional support needs
- Evidence of involvement of external agencies
- Evidence of medical needs
- Evidence - any other relevant documentation.
Application form
Please use this form to make a school placing request.
Appeal hearing information
The reason may be one or more of those outlined below and which the Council is entitled to rely on when refusing a placing request.
Information about about placing request refusals and the appeals process
If the Council is not able to grant your child a place in the school you request, you will be provided with the reason/s for this in the letter that you will have received by email or by post.
The reason may be one or more of those outlined below and which the Council is entitled to rely on when refusing a placing request.
The Council does not have to admit your child to the school you request if one or more of the following apply:
- It would make it necessary for the authority to take an additional teacher into employment.
This means that if the Council accepted the placing request there would be a need to employ an additional teacher. This can be because the class sizes are breached and is a more complicated situation in secondary schools where allocation of staff across all subjects, taught and practical, needs to be taken into consideration.
- It would give rise to significant expenditure on extending or otherwise altering the accommodation at or facilities provided in connection with the school.
This means that if the Council accepted the placing request the Council would have to spend money on the school making alterations to accommodate more children and also where necessary considering specialist classes in the secondary schools such as Home Economics.
- It would be seriously detrimental to the continuity of your child’s education.
This would apply where admitting the child to the school would impact negatively on the child’s education. For example, where the school is not in a position to provide with subject choices that would ensure continued progress in learning in these areas, and that different choices would have to be made.
- If the education normally provided at the specified school is not suited to the age ability or aptitude of the child.
This might apply if you want your child to be admitted to a stage of education for which the child is not yet ready, or to a school which cannot meet your child’s needs.
- It would prevent the education authority from retaining reserved places at the school for those that subsequently take up residence in the school’s catchment area.
This means that if the Council accepted the request it would prevent the Council from keeping reserved places at the school for pupils who may move into the catchment area of the school during school year.
What to do if you want to make an appeal
Under Section 28C(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 parents/carers whose placing request has been refused are entitled to appeal against this decision to the East Dunbartonshire Education Appeal Committee (“EAC”). An appeal must be lodged either within 28 days of receipt of the written notice of refusal or the date on which your request was deemed to have been refused.
Any appeal should be emailed to sharedservices.education@eastdunbarton.gov.uk in the first instance. Where electronic submission is not possible, written appeals can still be submitted and should be addressed to the address at the top of this letter and clearly marked “Education – Placing Request Appeal”.
If you choose to appeal after receiving your decision you will be advised of the date of the appeal hearing. The Education Appeal Committee will conduct hearings remotely by way of video conference. The Education Authority is aware that the appeals formats must be fair and inclusive to all applicants so that no parent, carer or young person is disadvantaged as a result of the requirement to operate to a different format.
The Scottish Government sets out the statutory timetable within which the EAC must hear appeals. The timetable is as follows:
- The EAC must hold a hearing within two months of the date of an appeal being lodged, failing which as soon as reasonably practicable where it can’t meet that timescale owing to circumstances beyond its control
- Where the EAC fails to make a decision an appeal becomes a deemed refusal after four months
- The EACs has 28 days from the appeal hearing to communicate their decision to the parent/carer.
Placing request details
Details of the Placing Requests submitted for previous school session can be viewed below.
School sessions
Details of the Placing Requests submitted for the school session 2024/25 are as follows:
49.0% Placing Requests were accepted
50.5% Placing Requests were refused
0.5% Placing Requests were withdrawn
| School | Percentage of Successful Placing Requests | Cancelled / Withdrawn Placing Requests | Percentage of Refused Placing Requests |
| Bearsden Academy | 11.1% | 0.0% | 88.9% |
| Bishopbriggs Academy | 0.0% | 3.4% | 96.6% |
| Boclair Academy |
21.1% |
0.0% | 78.9% |
| Douglas Academy | 31.7% | 1.6% |
66.7% |
| Kirkintilloch High |
100.0% |
0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lenzie Academy |
57.7% |
0.0% | 42.3% |
| St Ninian's High |
100.0% |
0.0% | 0.0% |
| Turnbull High |
56.5% |
0.0% | 43.5% |
| Baldernock Primary | 80.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% |
| Baljaffray Primary |
21.4% |
0.0% |
78.6% |
| Balmuildy Primary | 70.0% | 0.0% | 30.0% |
| Bearsden Primary | 75.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% |
| Castlehill Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% | 0.0% |
| Clober Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% | 0.0% |
| Colquhoun Park Primary | 53.8% | 0.0% | 46.2% |
| Craigdhu Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% | 0.0% |
| Craighead Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Gartconner Primary | 91.7% | 0.0% | 8.3% |
| Harestanes Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% |
0.0% |
| Hillhead Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% | 0.0% |
| Holy Family Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Holy Trinity Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Killermont Primary | 85.7% | 0.0% | 14.3% |
| Lairdsland Primary | 75.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% |
| Lenzie Meadow Primary | 83.3% | 0.0% | 16.7% |
| Meadowburn Gaelic Unit | 75.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% |
| Meadowburn Primary | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Millersneuk Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Milngavie Primary | 55.6% | 0.0% | 44.4% |
| Mosshead Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Oxgang Primary | 66.7% |
0.0% |
33.3% |
| St Helen's Primary | 61.1% | 0.0% | 38.9% |
| St Matthew's Primary | 18.2% | 0.0% | 81.8% |
| St Nicholas' Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Thomas Muir Primary | 6.7% | 6.7% | 86.7% |
| Torrance Primary | 0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
| Twechar Primary | 100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Wester Cleddens Primary | 40.7% | 0.0% | 59.3% |
| Westerton Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
*all percentages have been rounded to the decimal point.
Details of the Placing Requests submitted for the school session 2023/24 are as follows:
- 57.0% Placing Requests were accepted
- 39.0% Placing Requests were refused
- 4.0% Placing Requests were withdrawn
|
School |
Percentage of Successful Placing Requests |
Percentage of Refused Placing Requests |
Percentage of Withdrawn Placing Requests |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bearsden Academy |
38.1% |
61.9% |
0.0% |
|
Bishopbriggs Academy |
0.0% |
96.9% |
3.1% |
|
Boclair Academy |
49.0% |
51.0% |
0.0% |
|
Douglas Academy |
71.8% |
15.4% |
12.8% |
|
Kirkintilloch High |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Lenzie Academy |
38.8% |
59.5% |
1.7% |
|
St Ninian’s High |
85.7% |
14.3% |
0.0% |
|
Turnbull High |
85.1% |
12.8% |
2.1% |
|
Baldernock Primary |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Baljaffray Primary |
33.3% |
66.7% |
0.0% |
|
Balmuildy Primary |
83.3% |
11.1% |
5.6% |
|
Bearsden Primary |
8.3% |
83.3% |
8.3% |
|
Castlehill Primary |
83.3% |
0.0% |
16.7% |
|
Clober Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Colquhoun Park Primary |
50.0% |
50.0% |
0.0% |
|
Craigdhu Primary |
70.0% |
20.0% |
10.0% |
|
Craighead Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Gartconner Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Harestanes Primary |
50.0% |
0.0% |
50.0% |
|
Hillhead Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Holy Family Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Holy Trinity Primary |
66.7% |
33.3% |
0.0% |
|
Killermont Primary |
50.0% |
37.5% |
12.5% |
|
Lairdsland Primary |
0.0% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
|
Lennoxtown Primary |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Lenzie Meadow Primary |
45.0% |
55.0% |
0.0% |
|
Meadowburn Gaelic Unit |
16.7% |
66.7% |
16.7% |
|
Meadowburn Primary |
37.5% |
50.0% |
12.5% |
|
Millersneuk Primary |
89.5% |
5.3% |
5.3% |
|
Milngavie Primary |
81.8% |
0.0% |
18.2% |
|
Mosshead Primary |
75.0% |
16.7% |
8.3% |
|
Oxgang Primary |
94.7% |
0.0% |
5.3% |
|
St Helen’s Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
St Machan’s Primary |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
St Matthew’s Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
St Nicholas' Primary |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Thomas Muir Primary |
63.6% |
18.2% |
18.2% |
|
Torrance Primary |
50.0% |
50.0% |
0.0% |
|
Twechar Primary |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Wester Cleddens Primary |
74.1% |
22.2% |
3.7% |
|
Westerton Primary |
64.3% |
35.7% |
0.0% |
|
TOTAL of all Placing Requests |
57.0% |
39.0% |
4.0% |
*all percentages have been rounded.
Details of the Placing Requests submitted for the school session 2022/23 are as follows:
- 54.8% Placing Requests were accepted
- 37.8 Placing Requests were refused
- 7.4% Placing Requests were withdrawn
| School | Percentage of Successful Placing Requests | Percentage of Refused Placing Requests | Percentage of Withdrawn Placing Requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsden Academy | 51.9% | 38.5% | 9.6% |
| Bishopbriggs Academy | 0.0% | 95.9% | 4.1% |
| Boclair Academy | 33.6% | 60.8% | 5.6% |
| Douglas Academy | 37.9% | 58.6% | 3.5% |
| Kirkintilloch High | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Lenzie Academy | 60.8% | 31.1% | 8.1% |
| St Ninian’s High | 0.0% | 100% | 0.0% |
| Turnbull High | 59.1% | 33.8% | 7.1% |
| Baldernock Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Baljaffray Primary | 71.4% | 0.0% | 28.6% |
| Balmuildy Primary | 43.5% | 47.8% | 8.7% |
| Bearsden Primary | 34.4% | 59.4% | 6.2% |
| Castlehill Primary | 85.7% | 0.0% | 14.3% |
| Clober Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Colquhoun Park Primary | 55.6% | 11.1% | 33.3% |
| Craigdhu Primary | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Craighead Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Gartconner Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Harestanes Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Hillhead Primary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Holy Family Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Holy Trinity Primary | 75.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% |
| Killermont Primary | 62.5% | 37.5% | 0.0% |
| Lairdsland Primary | 83.3% | 16.7% | 0.0% |
| Lennoxtown Primary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Lenzie Meadow Primary | 29.3% | 51.2% | 19.5% |
| Meadowburn Gaelic Unit | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Meadowburn Primary | 36.4% | 54.6% | 0.0% |
| Millersneuk Primary | 86.2% | 6.9% | 6.9% |
| Milngavie Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mosshead Primary | 89.5% | 0.0% | 10.5% |
| Oxgang Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| St Nicholas' Primary | 88.9% | 0.0% | 11.1% |
| St Helen’s Primary | 83.4% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
| St Machan’s Primary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| St Matthew’s Primary | 84.6% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Torrance Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Thomas Muir Primary | 14.3% | 80.9% | 4.8% |
| Twechar Primary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wester Cleddens Primary | 91.6% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Westerton Primary | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| TOTAL of all Placing Requests | 54.8% | 37.8% | 7.4% |
*all percentages have been rounded.
Details on the Placing Requests submitted for the school session 2021/22 are as follows:
- 49.7% Placing Requests were accepted
- 50.3% Placing Requests were refused
|
School |
Percentage of Successful Placing Requests |
Percentage of Refused Placing Requests |
|---|---|---|
|
Bearsden Academy |
2.4% |
97.6% |
|
Bishopbriggs Academy |
0% |
100% |
|
Boclair Academy |
69.4% |
30.6% |
|
Douglas Academy |
82% |
18% |
|
Kirkintilloch High |
100% |
0% |
|
Lenzie Academy |
74.1% |
25.9% |
|
St Ninians High |
50% |
50% |
|
Turnbull High |
55.4% |
44.6% |
|
Baldernock Primary |
33.3% |
66.7% |
|
Baljaffray Primary |
62.5% |
37.5% |
|
Balmuildy Primary |
66.7% |
33.3% |
|
Bearsden Primary |
33.3% |
66.7% |
|
Castlehill Primary |
0% |
100% |
|
Clober Primary |
0% |
100% |
|
Colquhoun Park Primary |
5.9% |
94.1% |
|
Craigdhu Primary |
50% |
50% |
|
Craighead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Gartconner Primary |
0% |
100% |
|
Harestanes Primary |
66.7% |
33.3% |
|
Hillhead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Holy Family Primary |
42.9% |
57.1% |
|
Holy Trinity Primary |
0% |
100% |
|
Killermont Primary |
20% |
80% |
|
Lairdsland Primary |
20% |
80% |
|
Lennoxtown Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Lenzie Meadow Primary |
42.1% |
57.9% |
|
Meadowburn Primary |
62.5% |
37.5% |
|
Meadowburn Gaelic |
NA |
NA |
|
Millersneuk Primary |
80.8% |
19.2% |
|
Milngavie Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Mosshead Primary |
25% |
75% |
|
Oxgang Primary |
25% |
75% |
|
St Helen's Primary |
33.3% |
66.7% |
|
St Machan's Primary |
NA |
NA |
|
St Matthew's Primary |
6.3% |
93.7% |
|
St Nicholas' Primary |
50% |
50% |
|
Thomas Muir Primary |
22.2% |
77.8% |
|
Torrance Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Twechar Primary |
NA |
NA |
|
Wester Cleddens Primary |
52.9% |
47.1% |
|
Westerton Primary |
66.7% |
33.3% |
|
Total of all Placing Requests |
49.7% |
50.3% |
* all percentages have been rounded.
Details on the Placing Requests submitted for the school session 2020/21 are as follows:
- 53% Placing Requests were accepted
- 47% Placing Requests were refused
|
School |
Percentage of Successful Placing Requests |
Percentage of Refused Placing Requests |
|---|---|---|
|
Bearsden Academy |
36% |
64% |
|
Bishopbriggs Academy |
2% |
98% |
|
Boclair Academy |
57% |
43% |
|
Douglas Academy |
80% |
20% |
|
Kirkintilloch High |
100% |
0% |
|
Lenzie Academy |
88% |
12% |
|
St Ninians High |
25% |
75% |
|
Turnbull High |
48% |
52% |
|
Baldernock Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Baljaffray Primary |
94% |
6% |
|
Balmuildy Primary |
67% |
33% |
|
Bearsden Primary |
29% |
71% |
|
Castlehill Primary |
25% |
75% |
|
Clober Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Colquhoun Park Primary |
12% |
88% |
|
Craigdhu Primary |
67% |
33% |
|
Craighead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Gartconner Primary |
67% |
33% |
|
Harestanes Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Hillhead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Holy Family Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Holy Trinity Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Killermont Primary |
38% |
62% |
|
Lairdsland Primary |
63% |
37% |
|
Lennoxtown Primary |
NA |
NA |
|
Lenzie Meadow Primary |
40% |
60% |
|
Meadowburn Primary |
42% |
58% |
|
Meadowburn Gaelic |
NA |
NA |
|
Millersneuk Primary |
52% |
48% |
|
Milngavie Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Mosshead Primary |
32% |
68% |
|
Oxgang Primary |
9% |
91% |
|
St Helen's Primary |
67% |
33% |
|
St Machan's Primary |
NA |
NA |
|
St Matthew's Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
St Nicholas' Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Thomas Muir Primary |
0% |
100% |
|
Torrance Primary |
0% |
100% |
|
Twechar Primary |
NA |
NA |
|
Wester Cleddens Primary |
16% |
84% |
|
Westerton Primary |
50% |
50% |
|
TOTAL |
53% |
47% |
* all percentages have been rounded up/down.
Details on the Placing Requests submitted for the school session 2019/20 are as follows:
- 66% Placing Requests were accepted
- 34% Placing Requests were refused
- 25% of the refusals were appealed and heard at the Placing Requests Appeal Board
- 3% of all appeals were upheld by the Appeals Panel.
|
School |
Percentage of Successful Placing Requests |
Percentage of Refused Placing Requests |
|---|---|---|
|
Bearsden Academy |
43% |
57% |
|
Bishopbriggs Academy |
4% |
96% |
|
Boclair Academy |
66% |
34% |
|
Douglas Academy |
85% |
15% |
|
Kirkintilloch High |
97% |
3% |
|
Lenzie Academy |
82% |
18% |
|
St Ninians High |
59% |
41% |
|
Turnbull High |
76% |
24% |
|
Baldernock Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Baljaffray Primary |
94% |
6% |
|
Balmuildy Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Bearsden Primary |
88% |
13% |
|
Castlehill Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Clober Primary |
83% |
17% |
|
Colquhoun Park Primary |
30% |
70% |
|
Craigdhu Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Craighead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Gartconner Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Harestanes Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Hillhead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Holy Family Primary |
40% |
60% |
|
Holy Trinity Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Killermont Primary |
19% |
81% |
|
Lairdsland Primary |
50% |
50% |
|
Lennoxtown Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Lenzie Meadow Primary |
29% |
71% |
|
Meadowburn Primary |
32% |
68% |
|
Meadowburn Gaelic |
50% |
50% |
|
Millersneuk Primary |
79% |
21% |
|
Milngavie Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Mosshead Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Oxgang Primary |
77% |
23% |
|
St Helen's Primary |
65% |
35% |
|
St Machan's Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
St Matthew's Primary |
92% |
8% |
|
St Nicholas' Primary |
85% |
15% |
|
Thomas Muir Primary |
86% |
14% |
|
Torrance Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Twechar Primary |
100% |
0% |
|
Wester Cleddens Primary |
56% |
44% |
|
Westerton Primary |
52% |
48% |
|
TOTAL |
66% |
34% |