Flats to rent in Balerno Community High School catchment

No — Edinburgh catchments give priority for admission, not a guarantee. Catchment children are placed first, but at oversubscribed schools even catchment children can be turned down after siblings and exceptional cases. Most primaries do place all catchment children; the council's official wording is that they cannot always guarantee a place at one of your catchment schools.

Check by full address — not just postcode — using the City of Edinburgh Council's interactive catchment map at edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmap. Two flats on the same street can fall in different catchments, so always confirm before signing a lease. If you're cutting it close to a boundary, contact the council's school admissions team directly.

Exact street-level boundaries are drawn by the council — confirm any address by full postcode at edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmap. Boundary lines often cut through individual streets, so a single street can be split between two catchment schools.

Dean Park Primary School, Kirknewton Primary School and Ratho Primary School feed into Balerno Community High School. Each of these primary catchments sits within (or mostly within) the Balerno Community High School secondary catchment. Children moving from these primaries typically continue to Balerno Community High School for S1 without a placing request; children at primaries outside this list would normally need to apply via a placing request.

Yes — out-of-catchment applications are called placing requests and are submitted to the council each year. Placing requests are considered only after all catchment children have been placed. For high-demand schools, placing requests from outside the catchment are usually unsuccessful in the most oversubscribed year groups. Apply via edinburgh.gov.uk/schools/school-placing-requests.