P7 Placing Requests St. Thomas of Aquins’ High School P7 Information Evening P7 Placing Requests

City of Edinburgh Council Procedures City of Edinburgh Council will post a letter regarding transition from P7 to S1 If you live in the City of Edinburgh council area, a place is automatically reserved for your child within the catchment schools If you request a place in St. Thomas’, you may be asked to provide proof of baptism

Children who are not baptised in the Roman Catholic faith can still be registered for a place at St. Thomas’, but a place cannot be guaranteed Places are granted on the basis of having a home address in the catchment area and not by attendance at feeder primary school.

Placing Requests If you do not live within the St. Thomas’ catchment area, you will be required to apply for a placing request. Applications are processed initially through City of Edinburgh council Placing requests are only considered after all catchment pupils have been allocated a place Once the school year has started in August, the waiting lists are transferred to St. Thomas’ and we can allocate any remaining places

Key Dates Placing Requests for S1 places will open on 6th November 2016 The closing date for placing requests is 24th December

Useful links http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/placingrequest www.edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmaps https://www.st-thomas-of-aquins.org.uk/ Contact Email: school.placements@edinburgh.gov.uk Tel: 0131 469 3033