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Choosing a School : A GUIDE FOR PARENTS

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The booklet is made up of four sections:

Choosing a School
Considering your request
How to appeal
Further information

This booklet is provided to assist parents who are choosing a local authority school for their child. If you wish to send your child to an independent school please contact the Scottish Council for Independent Schools (SCIS).

SCIS website: www.scis.org.uk

telephone 0131 220 2106

If you wish information on home education, please see the relevant section on the Parentzone website.

www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk

The information in this booklet is available, free of charge, in Braille, audio, large print, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Cantonese, Arabic and Gaelic from the Scottish Executive on the number below.
telephone 0131 244 4485

Introduction

Parents' rights in relation to their children's education include the right to have information about their children's school, to have a say in their children's education through School Boards, and to have a quick and effective means of redress when things go wrong.

Parents have the right to express a preference for a particular school that they want their children to attend. This booklet gives information for parents in Scotland about choosing a local Council school. It gives a general explanation of the law relating to these placing requests and sets out the procedures that parents and local Councils have to follow.

This booklet cannot give a definitive interpretation of the law.
That is a matter for the Courts.

Information in this booklet should answer most of your questions. If you want more information or have queries, you may wish to contact your local Council (see addresses and telephone numbers in the back of the booklet), the headteacher of your local school, the local parents' association or School Board.

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