Schools with available places in P1 or S1
If your request has been turned down, you may wish to request a place in an alternative school.
Places are available in the schools listed below, and you may ask us for a place in for one of these schools.
This list is correct as of 7 March 2025 but this may change at any time, and places are limited.
To request a place in P1, submit an enquiry using our contact form. State you are making a second preference request and give the name of the school you wish to apply for.
To request a place in S1, make a second placing request.
Make a second placing request for S1
Primary schools
- Blackhall Primary
- Brunstane Primary
- Canal View Primary
- Clermiston Primary
- Craiglockhart Primary
- Currie Primary
- Echline Primary
- Hillwood Primary
- Maybury Primary
- Pentland Primary
- Sighthill Primary
- St Margaret's RC Primary
- Stenhouse Primary
Secondary schools
- Balerno Community High
- Drummond Community High
- Gracemount High
- Leith Academy
- Wester Hailes High