Admissions/Catchment area

Every household in Edinburgh falls into a specific catchment area. Being within a certain catchment area gives your child(ren) a priority place at that school.

Most addresses typically have 4 catchment schools such as.

  • non-denominational (ND) primary school
  • non-denominational secondary school
  • Roman Catholic (RC) primary school
  • Roman Catholic secondary school.

See more on the Edinburgh Council website

Map showing Balerno High School, Kirknewton, Dean Park, and Ratho Primary School catchments.

This map shows Balerno Community High School’s catchment area as well as the catchments of our feeder primary schools.