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To apply for a place for your child at George Heriot’s School, please complete the Application for Admission form below.

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To apply for financial assistance, please tick the relevant box. We will then send you the appropriate form to complete.

Applications for Primary 1 to Senior 5 must be made by 1 December for entry the following August. Please be aware we do not admit new pupils to Senior 4. Nursery places are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Applicants to the Foundation are not required to pay the £50 registration fee. Further information about the Foundation and qualifying criteria can be found here. Please contact the Admissions Office for a different version of the form.

Before applying, please view our Admissions and Financial Assistance Privacy Notice.

Please note, if you are applying outwith the usual application timings, ie after 1 December in the preceding year of entry, please can we request you check availability of places before you apply by contacting the Admissions Office either via email or by calling 0131 221 6709.

* = mandatory field
Section 1: Pupils personal details
First name*
Preferred name*
Surname*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code Country
Date of birth*
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Gender*
- Male
- Female
- Other
Please specify
British passport holder*
- Yes
- No
Copy of Passport / Birth Certificate*
Max. file size: 100 MB.
Please provide a copy of your child’s passport or birth certificate if an in-date passport is not available.
Nationality*
Copy of Permit / Visa
Max. file size: 100 MB.
Please note if you require a permit/visa to live in the UK please provide a copy of this above.
Languages spoken (please list first language first)*
Section 2: Details of parents / guardians
It is a legal requirement for the school to hold the details of both parents of an applicant, therefore details of BOTH parents must be provided below (please note this does not apply to Foundation applicants).

For pupils from separated families, the school is obliged to communicate with each parent until we receive information to the contrary, therefore BOTH parent’s details must be completed.
For parents with sole rights over their child, please check the box to confirm you are the applicant's sole/only guardian.
- I am the applicant's sole/only guardian. (Please ONLY select this option if you and your child have no contact with their other parent, where applicable. This is NOT to be selected if both parents are in contact with the applicant).
PARENT 1
Relationship to child*
Title*
First name*
Surname*
Occupation*
Company*
Home telephone
Work telephone
Mobile*
Email*
Address (if different to child)
Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code Country
PARENT 2
Relationship to child*
Title*
First name*
Surname*
Occupation*
Company
Home telephone
Work telephone
Mobile*
Email*
Address (if different to child)
Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code Country
Section 3: Siblings
Siblings
Name Date of Birth Actions
There are no Siblings.
Maximum number of siblings reached.
Section 4: Entry information
Proposed school Year Group*
Nursery to Senior 6
Proposed date of entry*
Eg. August 2022
Current school*
Current Year Group*
Name of Head Teacher
Current school address*
Current school telephone
Previous school
Dates of attendance
Previous school address
Pupils applying for P2 to S6 we will contact your child’s current school prior to the entrance assessment but it would be helpful if you enclose a copy of a recent school report. Pupils applying for Primary 1 should enclose a pre-school report if available.
Has the applicant received any Support for Learning, either currently or in the past?*
- Yes
- No
If yes, please provide details and dates here. Please also upload copies of any reports you have in the “upload report” section below.*
Has the applicant, at any point, been referred to a speech and language therapist, an educational psychologist, CAMHS or any other agency?*
- Yes
- No
If yes, please provide details and dates here. Please also upload copies of any reports you have in the “upload report” section below.*
If yes to either of the above, please provide a copy of any reports from an Educational Psychologist or any other agency. It is in the interest of the applicant to provide this information in order that assistance, where applicable, can be put in place during the application process.
Upload report
Max. file size: 100 MB.
Additional reports
Max. file size: 100 MB.
Please provide any additional information you feel is relevant to your child's application
Section 5: Financial assistance
I wish to apply for the Foundation (see page 13 of Infobook for details)*
- Yes
- No
I wish to apply for a Bursary (see page 15 of Infobook for qualifying criteria)*
- Yes
- No
My child currently receives free school meals
- Yes
- No
Section 6: Declaration
As parent/s guardian/s of the applicant I/we
(1) apply for a place at George Heriot’s School for our child to become a pupil at the school with effect from the Admission Date specified above;
(2) enclose a non-refundable application fee of £50;
(3) accept that this application is subject to Heriot’s current admissions policy on the date when this application is received by the school;
(4) recognise that there is no obligation on George Heriot’s to offer a place at the school or accept our child as a pupil and that the Principal’s decision in relation to an offer of a place or any other matter is final;
(5) have enclosed information regarding any disability, additional support need, medical condition or other circumstances which might require our child to be given special assistance during the application process. (Please give specific details in a separate letter to accompany this form.)
(6) authorise the Principal to contact our child's current school for
a) confirmation that all fees and other amounts due to them have been paid up to date
b) information on him/her which will assist the application such as academic reports or pupil profile, and we authorise his/her current school to provide this information to the Principal and
(7) accept that if George Heriot’s School offers a place at the school for our child, then I/we understand that if it is not accepted by me/us by the deadline stated on the letter of offer, the offer will be treated as declined or refused without any further notification.
(8) confirm that I/we and our child are either
a) British passport holders with the right to remain in the UK
b) Non-British passport holders with relevant VISA/Leave to remain documentation which can be provided on request.
Signature*
Connection to Heriot’s?
Please send me information on Wrap Around Care?
- Yes
- No
How did you hear about Heriot's?
Please send me information about the next Open Morning
- Yes
- No
Section 7: Payment
Please enclose a non-refundable application fee of £50.

We use Stripe as our payment provider. You can find out how Stripe processes your data here.
Admission Fee
Price:
Credit Card*
Card Details
Cardholder Name
Section 8: Submit

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Admissions and Financial Assistance Policy pdf

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Section 1: Pupils personal details

Section 2: Details of parents / guardians

Section 3: Siblings

Section 4: Entry information

Section 5: Financial assistance

Section 6: Declaration

Section 7: Payment

Section 8: Submit