Eight primary schools in Inverness to have pupil rolls capped next academic year
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EIGHT primaries in Inverness will have their school rolls capped next academic year, Highland Council has announced.
Kinmylies Primary, Duncan Forbes Primary, Smithton Primary, Merkinch Primary, Hilton Primary, Holm Primary, Lochardil Primary and Milton of Leys Primary are all affected.
"Due to current pressures on school rolls and following an analysis of school roll forecasts, the Highland Council is ‘capping’ or limiting school rolls and reserving places in some primary schools in Inverness for the 2017/18 academic session," said a council spokeswoman.
"The council will do its best to accommodate all pupils in their preferred choice of school. Priority will be given to children within a school’s catchment area, and then to siblings of pupils already in a school."
But they added that caps that are currently in force at the Cradlehall and Inshes primaries will be lifted in the new session after "the roll forecasts show a gradual decline in the total roll for these schools".
