Enrolling in secondary school

For information regarding your child’s move from P7 to S1 please see Moving to secondary school.

For all other enrolments to secondary school you should normally apply to the school whose catchment serves the area where you live.

View a map of secondary school catchment areas

To enrol in your catchment school you should complete an enrolment form.

If you require support to complete the digital enrolment form, please contact your prospective school.

School enrolments and placing requests

If you are applying to your catchment school you will need to upload copies of your child’s birth certificate (full version if possible), and two current proofs of address/residency (one of which must be dated within the past three months) such as:

  • Council Tax letter
  • bank/building society statement
  • credit card statement
  • utility bill (electricity, gas, phone)
  • utility connection letter
  • driving licence or V5 vehicle registration document
  • social work letter
  • Child Maintenance Service letter
  • Department for Work and Pensions letter
  • HMRC letter

If you are due to move, and want to enrol your child in the school serving the area where you will live, you can upload a copy of either:

  • your final missive/concluded bargain letter
  • the rental agreement for the property you are moving into

If a family live with other family members or friends, copies of the following will be requested in place of the above:

  • a letter from the person that the family are staying with confirming that they are living there
  • proof of residence/address for the person that the family are staying with
  • proof showing that the parent is living at this address such as
    • Child Tax Credit letter
    • bank/building society statement
    • V5 vehicle registration document
    • driving licence
    • social work letter
    • Child Maintenance Service letter
    • Department for Work and Pensions letter

To request a school outside your catchment area

Visit our making a placing request page.

Please note that if you are requesting a school outside your catchment area, copies of your child’s birth certificate and address proofs are not required at this stage.


School handbooks

You can find information about your child’s prospective school, and all other Angus Council schools in our school handbook directory.


Contact information

If you require further advice regarding school enrolments and placing requests please contact:

Education and Lifelong Learning – Support Services
Angus House
Orchardbank Business Park
Forfar
DD8 1AN

Email: ACCESSSchoolsLearnEnrolment@angus.gov.uk  
Tel: 03452 777 778